Automatic driving lessons
Calm, personalised lessons that adapt to your experience, confidence and pace. Subjects are revisited when useful rather than ticked off and forgotten.
Automatic driving lessons across East DevonDrive safer. Drive confidently.
TrueLane learning pathway
Safer Driver for Life.
A flexible learning journey designed to develop the judgement, confidence and independence needed for a lifetime of real driving.
£60 per hourPay for each lesson at least 48 hours before it starts
The difference is what happens after the test
Passing gives you a licence. This approach prepares you to use it.
Passing is one milestone. Lessons should also prepare you for your first solo drive, when your instructor, dual controls and familiar lesson structure are no longer there.
The TrueLane pathway is designed to build that independence from the start. You will practise unfamiliar situations, manage pressure, recognise your own risks, recover from mistakes and make thoughtful decisions without waiting for somebody else to tell you what to do.
The aim is not one impressive drive for an examiner. It is safer, more capable driving when nobody is watching.What you can explore
One connected pathway. Your own pace.
Your lessons, progress and reflection are brought together around one personalised plan at £60 per hour.
Practical-test preparation
Test readiness and any use of the TrueLane car are agreed separately. The learner books and pays the DVSA test fee.
The complete 13-stage syllabus
A connected pathway from first controls and observations through complex roads, independent journeys, mindset, test readiness and driving beyond the test.
Real-world driving experience
Town, rural and higher-speed roads; unfamiliar destinations; busy systems; independent planning and the situations you will genuinely meet around East Devon and Exeter.
Personal planning and reflection
Goals, confidence checks, self-assessment and coaching conversations help you understand your own driving—not simply copy the instructor’s answers.
Evidence-led test preparation
Your test is approached when varied, independent driving shows reliable readiness. A date does not dictate the learning; your development does.
Digital learning resources
Keep learning between lessons.
Rob can discuss two complementary resources that may support learning between lessons. One supports official theory-test preparation; the other helps turn knowledge and practice into safer real-world driving.
Theory Test SuitePrepare for theory with purpose.
Practise more than 2,500 DVSA theory questions by topic or in mock tests, alongside hazard-perception practice, audio support and reports. Rob can use the results to connect theory knowledge with situations you meet on the road.
- 2,500+ DVSA theory questions
- 9 hazard-perception case studies and 34 mock tests
- Audio support and useful reports
Real-world learningMake every drive count.
Explore more than 100 bite-sized lessons, plus driving games and videos for learners and companion drivers. It can help private practice support your lessons and give you useful ideas to discuss with Rob.
- 100+ bite-sized lessons
- 15+ driving games and 60+ videos
- Support for productive private practice
Who this pathway is for
For learners—and parents—who want more than the minimum.
This approach may be valuable for a complete beginner who wants a clear route from first lesson to independent driving, a nervous learner who needs patient progression, or a parent who wants their young driver prepared for life beyond the test centre.
Tell Rob about the learner →What the investment is designed to build
Skills that remain valuable long after test day.
Reliable routines that free attention for the road rather than overwhelming the learner.
Scanning, planning and hazard recognition that create time and safer options.
Decisions based on evidence, not dependence on prompts or memorised routes.
The ability to notice, reflect and adapt before a weakness becomes a serious risk.
Strategies for route changes, pressure, mistakes and situations that were not rehearsed.
Awareness of how fatigue, emotion, passengers, distraction and time pressure affect behaviour.
The complete pathway
Thirteen stages.
One connected journey.
Rob uses a detailed learning resource alongside your lessons, with every stage and skill connected to your progress in TotalDrive.
Foundations
Control, observation, road awareness and early decision-making.
Roadcraft
Sharing the road, complex systems, manoeuvring and varied roads.
Independence
Unfamiliar journeys, self-evaluation and preparation for solo driving.
Safer Driver for Life
Motorways, night driving, difficult conditions and continued development.
“The test is one day. Safer driving is for life.”
— Rob Stone, TrueLane Driver TrainingStart with a lesson
Give yourself more than a chance of passing. Build the foundations for a lifetime of driving.
Start a conversation with Rob about your experience, confidence and goals. If a suitable space is not currently available, join the TrueLane waiting list.
£60 per hour · Payment due 48 hours before each lesson · DVSA practical-test fee separate