Achieving your Provisional Licence
To progress from a learner driver to your P’s you will need:
- To have held a learner’s permit for at least 12 months
- And completed at least 75 hours of supervised driving (including 15 at night). If you’re over the age of 25, you’ll need to hold your permit for only 6 months.
The Driving Companion is a book that you will receive with your learner’s permit and includes:
Driving. Controlling your car and responding to what’s happening around you. Plus checking your vehicle, observing, planning and defensive driving strategies.
Log book. To record your compulsory driving hours each time you drive.
Using the log book – Driving Lessons
Every time you drive, record the details on the green forms in The Driving Companion for day driving and 2 forms in black for night driving.
Drive in a range of different driving conditions:
- Light conditions – day, night, dawn, dusk
- Weather conditions – rain, fog
- Types of roads – highways, gravel roads
- Traffic conditions – light or heavy
Choosing Your Qualified Supervising Driver
Choosing the right Qualified Supervising Driver is an important part of your learning journey. This person will support you as you gain experience behind the wheel, helping you develop safe driving habits, build confidence, and learn essential skills such as vehicle checks, car control, observation, planning ahead, and defensive driving.
Your supervising driver will also be responsible for verifying your driving hours in your log book or the Driving Companion app.
A Qualified Supervising Driver can be a parent, family member, friend, or another trusted adult. To supervise a learner driver, they must:
- Hold a current full driver’s licence for the class of vehicle being driven and have held it for at least two years.
- Not have been disqualified from driving within the past two years.
- Not be subject to any good behaviour licence conditions.
- Be seated in the front passenger seat next to the learner driver at all times while driving, including when practising in car parks.
Having a supportive and experienced supervising driver can make a real difference to your learning experience and help you become a safe and confident driver.