Going for a free driving lesson is a good way to test the waters with your instructor

Many driving schools and driving instructors offer different types of incentives to attract new customers. These include free driving lessons, an introductory price on the first lesson, a discount when you book lessons in bulk or simply a half price offer on the 1st driving lesson.

A while back HSBC was offering a free driving lesson with BSM to its customers but this has now been discontinued unfortunately. However the flexibility that a driving instructor job offers has seen an increase in the number of driving schools and private instructors and this has surely made the market more competitive which as a result has made room for more appealing offers for the learner driver. Therefore it is worth looking around for possible discounts if you are learning to drive as you will inevitably spend quite a bit of money on driving lessons.

Free driving lessons are a good way to see how you get along with your instructor before actually committing yourself to a driving course and before spending any money. You should consider things like whether you are comfortable with the car you'll be driving, the way the instructor teaches you (no shouting, no intimidation) and your overall confidence when you're behind the wheels.

Where can you get a lesson free

Just do a search online and call a few places. Driving school franchises usually have them on all year round and private instructors do offer them as well. If you think about it, they don't lose much giving a lesson or 2 without charging for it because in the long run if you decide to stick with them, you'll be having more than 40hrs worth of chargeable lessons.