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The First Drive programme at the Leinster Driving Campus in Taghadoe, Maynooth Co. Kildare, allows you to drive a dual controlled vehicle under instruction from an Approved Driving Instructor in a safe environment on a private road facility. The campus includes over 2kms of private roads with marked junctions, a roundabout, yellow box junction, traffic lights etc. The site has two classrooms, plus a coffee dock and toilet facilities for waiting parents.
The First Drive programme is suitable for participants 14 years and older, and covers-
• Vehicle familiarisation & safety checks
• Car foot and hand controls
• Move away and stop, observation, mirror use
• Junction routines, left and right
• Use of mirrors
• Roundabouts, pedestrian crossing, traffic lights
• Manoeuvres, left reverse, turn in road, parallel parking, bay parking, emergency stop and hill starts
Each student learns at their own pace and can learn in a way, which is not pressured and is suited to them specifically. Each private lesson is finished with a detailed record of what has been covered in preparation for further lessons.
Each First Drive driving lesson lasts 1 hour. Minimum Age: 14. No driving licence or learner’s licence required as the lessons do not involve driving on public roads. Price is for 1 person for 1 hour. Open 7 days a week, 9:00am – 9:00pm. Advance booking required.
Location: Kildare
Price: €40
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