Are Driving Lessons Getting Cheaper in Great Britain?

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Driving lesson prices went up very quickly compared to inflation between January 2020 and June 2021. But between June 2021 and November 2023 did inflation and average earnings catch up with driving lesson prices or has the rise in driving lesson prices still been higher?
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00:00 Jan 2020 Prices
00:30 What happened
02:01 Jan 20 - Jun 21 comparison
03:12 Jan 20 - Nov 23 comparison
06:01 Long term price of lessons
09:19 What controls the price

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@EpicNovA97 2 ай бұрын

One of the best things about your videos that goes completely unnoticed is how you start them. You just start talking about the subject, perfect volume, no long winded intro. It’s always refreshing coming from other creator’s videos, not just driving content but other content in general.

@zeggyy 2 ай бұрын

The whole video is just quality, from the very first second

@54356776 2 ай бұрын

Yep. Not even so much as an opening graphic sequence.

@CheckDisOutpeeps 2 ай бұрын

New here?

@sectorgamma 2 ай бұрын

His speech in general is concise. There's rarely a misplaced word, or a failure to clarify something which needs clarification - if not caught in the moment, he adds a text overlay on the video. Even when the subject matter is hardly interesting, I watch his videos for the simple reason that they are satisfying.

@EpicNovA97 2 ай бұрын

@@sectorgamma same.

@michaelarcher6278 2 ай бұрын

When I passed my driving test in February 1974 the cost per hour was £1.50 . Best £80 I ever spent, even though it took me 3 attempts. 50 years driving this year and I still have a clean licence. I wish I could thank my old instructor but she is sadly long gone now.

@VNOMxVIPRZZ 2 ай бұрын

My grandad told me he bought his first car for 10 quid back in the day haha

@JawadKhan-dn8ip 2 ай бұрын

@@VNOMxVIPRZZ old is gold ❤

@MrMrRush 2 ай бұрын

If u count for inflation that's £19.59 today. And 1044.89 altogether

@MAS-js8nk 2 ай бұрын

That was very cheap back then

@ozgurakgul1273 2 ай бұрын

I can not thank you enough. Today I passed my driving test with 0 faults at the first attempt! Your videos has been extremely great help for me. Thank you very very much!

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

That's fantastic news! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!

@0utd0wns0uth 2 ай бұрын

Hi Mate, just wanted to say I passed my driving test today with only a few minors , your videos have helped me massively in between lessons, whenever I came away from a lesson with something to work on, you have a free video explaining exactly how to tackle the issue I needed to deal with, thank you for making your knowledge free and accessible 🙏👍

@ricequackers 2 ай бұрын

Well, I can firmly say that you understand free-market economic theory much better than most ordinary people, politicians, civil servants, public policymakers and even some actual economists! One little niggle is the use of RPI rather than CPI as RPI consistently overestimates inflation. Doesn't stop the government cheekily using it when getting money off you, but they use CPI for things where they give you money!

@laflemme7247 2 ай бұрын

I passed yesterday and no matter the price of driving lessons, they are essential to becoming a safe and well rounded driver, along with your videos!

@Big-Timbo 2 ай бұрын

ngl, the majority of people wanting to learn each year are teenagers who've just turned 17 or there abouts, who are more than likely earning minimum wage (minimum wage for people their age is about half as much). To expect them to work more than three hours for an hour lesson is quite unfair honestly. Yes, some people will have their parents pay for them, and others earn well for their ages, but on average the affordability of that should always remain or be lower than the 1:3 hours trained vs hours worked ratio imho Bearing in mind the DVLA average for driving lessons to be test ready is 45 hours! It would take someone age 23+ on minimum wage 18 days of their working life to afford just a 1:3 ratio, and 36 days for someone aged 17 on minimum wage! (and that's spending your entire wages, not to mention the current cost of living) I have respect for driving instructors, as my father was one himself, and I've recently passed my own test with the help of great tutelage of another. But anyone who thinks it should cost more is absoloutely delusional

@jmdev8775 2 ай бұрын

To play devil's advocate here... Whilst I agree that for a teenager on minimum wage it is expensive, I don't entirely believe it is unfair. I see learning to drive as an investment, not an expense. While 1:3 is an expensive ratio, teenagers (just like adults) will buy a holiday that greatly beats 1:3, are those prices considered unfair too? Especially when you consider what you're paying for: - an experienced teacher's knowledge - their time - their petrol - use of their specialised vehicle - their insurance - wear & tear And the outcome: - transport freedom - cut costs of travel (if you get around a lot) I actually think it's quite fair :)

@Big-Timbo 2 ай бұрын

@@jmdev8775 1:3 I think is fair, it's for people who think it should be more than that I disagree with. It is an investment for sure, but just getting the lessons is only one step of that, still got to pay for: tests, a car, insurance and road tax etc. Not to mention most will have to probably take time off work to get in the hours needed for their lessons/test. Also think the holiday comparison is a bit off, as if you take a week off and spend say 500 (probably the average I was spending on a holiday at that age, 27 now so wasn't that long ago). That's 500 divided by a week's working hours of 37.5 (not to mention the out of work hours you're on holiday), equalling 13.33 an hour, which is still a lot less than 1:3 at any minimum wage despite the age range.

@alansouthall8221 2 ай бұрын

instructors don't set the price, the market does when lessons are in short supply then the people who value them most should get them.

@Big-Timbo 2 ай бұрын

@@alansouthall8221 that is true, unless instructors form a syndicate to raise all their prices 😂 but I'm just talking about those who believe it should cost more

@alansouthall8221 2 ай бұрын

@@Big-Timbo maybe it 'should' though. i don't think any market price is 'unfair' and high prices are a good way of ensuring scarse resources get allocated to the people that value them most and act as a signal to others to start to provide those resources.

@rufusgreenleaf2466 2 ай бұрын

Also i know you mentioned in a video a while back all the costs instructors have to pay a year but even so some are still touching £45,000 - £50,000 a year which is still exceptionally huge. Yet some people who want to learn to drive are barely on £12,000 a year with stupid zero hour contracts.

@antimatter2417 2 ай бұрын

In France there is a huge problem with driving lesson prices. If you want to learn the traditional way, you need to register into a traditional driving school (one that has a physical office) where the price per hour averages 70€, sometimes 80€ in Paris. These driving schools have a business model centered around getting you to stay as long as possible. Also, they're known to underpay their instructors, which obviously lowers the quality of the lessons, which makes you pay more hours, etc... Thankfully, things are slowly changing with "online" driving schools. They're basically just platforms that match students and freelance driving instructors for minimal side fees, lowering the price of a driving lesson to 44€, with most of the money going directly to the instructor and not some CEO's Porsche

@annabelholland 2 ай бұрын

Surely Paris discourages driving altogether. Like with London, a car is unnecessary in most cases as they have extensive public transport.

@deborahdlz20 2 ай бұрын

When I passed my theory in 2008 my lessons we're £19 per hour and £25 for a 2 hour lesson. I completely gave up due to bad anxiety and instructor took unwell. So now i went back in my 30s as i need my licence with being a Mum now from a rural town, I've been doing lessons for a year and now due to sit my test in a few weeks time and my lessons are £86 for 2 hours. Theres waiting lists everywhere and some only take on theory passed students this is Scotland Lanarkshire. The prices are phenomenal and making it hard to save money to put towards a car but im not ever giving up again. This is my year to get my license at 33 and my freedom, Thanks for all your videos really helps.

@54356776 2 ай бұрын

Good luck ! The test is over before you know it and you'll be driving down the road like it's nothing.

@nodtothestrange1008 2 ай бұрын

You can do it! I started learning this year at 39, thought I was too old to learn but I passed my test two weeks ago. Learning in an automatic helped a lot, but it did make it more expensive.

@natz8433 2 ай бұрын

@nodtothestrange1008 Well done, I also passed my driving test in November last year and I was 39 too. 😊

@tofurakhanom2644 2 ай бұрын

£70 to 85 for to hrs now

@detectivethinker3637 2 ай бұрын

Are you talking about automatic cars? @@tofurakhanom2644

@michaelthomas3646 2 ай бұрын

it is why there has always been a shortage of large goods drivers, is because company's don't want to pay above minimum wages, like told in 2006 never to accept a job that pays less than £17 an hour for a cat. c licence holder, but then going down the job centre and all the jobs were offering minimum wage of something like £4.88 an hour, so the trucking industry wouldn't offer above £6 per hour, then when the foreigners flooded the industry they were doing it for peanuts, so taken until the pandemic to get a half decent wage here in Wales. but just looking it up, they are still offering around the £15 mark in 2024, and that is after inflation for the passed 18 years.

@premraghvani 2 ай бұрын

Passed my test 2 months ago, came back for the (unintended) Economics lesson you managed to give

@Luke-fz1qx 2 ай бұрын

Hi Richard, been watching your videos for a while and can say that you were a big help in me passing my test yesterday. Thanks for the effort you put in your videos, it is much appreciated.

@MissStacie-XO 2 ай бұрын

I have my mock test tomorrow then my test is in just over a week. I’m back to binge watching a lot of your videos, thankyou they really do help. Update- I passed my mock test 🎉

@mistyvaxxy4365 2 ай бұрын

Been watching your videos they helped me a lot I passed my driving test today with 3 driving faults thank you so much for the videos they were very helpful

@Palo-jm7xc 2 ай бұрын

Just thought I'd say thanks as your videos have been a great help. I passed first time today with 3 minors all without any instructor lessons (just private practice), and it wouldn't have been possible without your videos.

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

That's really great to hear! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!

@abi5158 2 ай бұрын

it is crazy that a 2 hour driving lesson costs me an 8 hour shift at work

@Bayta 2 ай бұрын

Passed my test today, thanks for all your videos they’ve been a massive help!

@Iiiix235 2 ай бұрын

How many lessons did you have. Any tips? I have failed my 2nd test am so tired😢

@Bayta 2 ай бұрын

@@Iiiix235 honestly watching test route videos helped me so much for my actual test. I’d also say that you should be confident on all 4 reversing Manoeuvres so you don’t feel worried about that when you start your test. Don’t beat yourself up about it, just breath, take your time, you’ll get there eventually!

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations on passing!

@davidbowie2046 2 ай бұрын

Glad I took my lessons and test in 1990. £8 an hour or 2 for £15. My wages back then were about £75. No theory test. Get in the car, 3 point turn, emergency stop, reverse round a corner, then a couple of picture cards. Passed first time 👍

@user-jg6vw3em9f 2 ай бұрын

Same here. I took driving lessons in 1990 for £6.50 an hour. Today you couldn’t buy a bag of fish and chips for that price 😅

@DeadHeadDraven 2 ай бұрын

Just passed my test this morning and just wanted to leave a message saying thank you for all your videos, I found them very helpful :)

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

That's fantastic news! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!

@adinigel 2 ай бұрын

Currently training to return to the ADI register (Part 1 passed but having to wait until mid April for my Part 2). I think i was charging about £25 when i stopped in 2010. Planning to adapt my car to cater for the Motability market this time around and i am led to believe from similar instructors in my area there is a 2 year waiting list!

@crystalquinneybarella7519 2 ай бұрын

Like everybody else, I just wanted to say a ginormous thank you. I passed my test first time with 1 minor in Ipswich today. I’ve watched many of your videos over and over. You’ve helped me understand so many techniques and skills which seemed overwhelming during a 2 hour lesson! You’re really making a difference to many people. Thanks again 🚗🥳

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

That's really great to hear! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!

@coleem1012 2 ай бұрын

Richard, I know everyone constantly posts comments saying you've helped them pass which is amazing. SO I WANT TO HAPPILY SAY YOU HELPED ME TOO!! Thank you so much for posting informative videos in a format that's easy to soak up. I can happily say that thanks to you and my driving instructor, I passed my test first time with only 4 minors!! Also worth mentioning that I have a neurological illness so I feel like I have to work harder than most, so your videos really did help me gain so much knowledge on days where I wasn't having a lesson :D

@steevoh7186 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations 🎉

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

That's really great to hear! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!

@Gazzxy 2 ай бұрын

seeing as petrol/diesel is going back up i wouldnt expect lessons to go down

@ethangriffiths7802 2 ай бұрын

I remember the madness when fuel prices were first shooting up, feels like they always are now 😂 but I do feel for anybody getting into driving these days and looking for first cars etc. so expensive. I’m early 20s, bought my first car just before turning 20 and I’ve never had as much money saved since I did when bought that first car. Inflation and general circumstances are to blame but I’ve also been paying insurance, mot, tax, repairs, fuel, accessories, engine fluids etc.

@HaydnG266 2 ай бұрын

I've noticed a bit of an increase in the last couple of weeks

@gravemind6536 2 ай бұрын

@@ethangriffiths7802 I bought my current car 1 year before everything went to pot. Gone are the days where you can get a good car at a good price. Now all these LTNs and removal of lanes are happening to make driving completely miserable for people. You've got 20mph zones popping up everywhere in places where there is zero need for them. They want the working class out of their cars.

@mattstobbsskinn6775 2 ай бұрын

Passed my test in Colchester a day before valentines this year 2nd try, felt like I did worse than my original test but I just thought about how the examiners looking for a SAFE driver and I stuck to that and it lead to a pass! :)

@Ian-du2it 2 ай бұрын

Passed my test with 1 minor yesterday. Your vids definitely help

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

That's fantastic news! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!

@annabelholland 2 ай бұрын

One of the only things that have kept its price for a while is the price of the theory and driving tests (£23 and £62 respectively). Even better, I think they actually went down in ~2014. The price of railway tickets have just increased this month by 5%. Buses used to cost £2,50 for me until they kept it at £2. Who knows when prices in general will eventually stop increasing or even go down?

@harrym1862 2 ай бұрын

nah deflation is very rare, and counterproductive for the gov to decrease prices lol

@iamaduckquack 2 ай бұрын

Prices in general dont go down and we dont want them to as deflation is very bad. Massive inflation like we have been having the last couple of years is also very bad. Hopefully we will get back a normal rate of inflation soon.

@annabelholland 2 ай бұрын

@@harrym1862 yet they did reduce the bus fares to £2 except TfL (meaning Trnsport for London? which is already under £2 - £1,75) and Mancester. TFL also planned to remove the travelcard from Network Rail in July 2023 but got delayed to January 2024 before withdrawing the plan to do so (same thing can be said with ticket offices). TFL is also keeping the prices of public transport until at least March 2025 which meant that prices haven't changed since March 2023. They also made public transport on Friday (from 8 March 2024) cheaper meaning the prices would be as if it was on a weekend. In other words, off peak prices apply all day Friday to Sunday (or should I say from Thursday 7pm to Monday 6,30am). But this doesn't address the general part. Also, the fuel prices are slightly more expensive than pre Feb 2022 even though it was almost £2 in July 2022 and now its £1,55.

@harrym1862 2 ай бұрын

@@annabelholland its to make public transport more accessible for obvious reasons, to get more cars off the road fuel on the other hand is only going to get more expensive lmao

@gravemind6536 2 ай бұрын

@@annabelhollandBus fares have not been reduced the government is subsidising the £2 fare the bus companies are still getting the usual money just some of it comes from the taxpayers pocket rather than an individuals pocket.

@OrbitSloth 2 ай бұрын

I find incorporating videos like this into your feed whilst learning is really helpful. Found myself passively scrolling and would often find videos like yours. Passed first attempt yesterday and couldn’t believe it since I was convinced I had failed. Going into the test knowing exactly what your examiner wants to see helps a ton.

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

That's great to hear! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!

@alisont308 2 ай бұрын

Interesting subject, I started lessons in September 22 and passed May 23, I paid £28ph which I know is very low (West Midlands, manual) I’ve had one automatic lesson since passing as wanted to find out if it suited me better and that was £39ph.

@WasherGareth 2 ай бұрын

These prices are just insane to me. I didn't even pass that long ago (2016) and I was paying £15 per hour lesson and eventually had a deal with my instructor where I paid £60 to book in five lessons in advance. I don't think I'd be able to justify paying nearly £40 for a single lesson as a teenager. I feel for anybody trying to learn today.

@emrankhanlearnwithme4474 2 ай бұрын

Self employed people have no paid holiday so effectively getting paid 10 or 11 months a year. No pension. And no sick pay. Your quite naive or haven’t experienced the real world yet.

@ggbrown11 2 ай бұрын

How much is it for One hour in a taxi?

@Brandon-ff9my 2 ай бұрын

@@emrankhanlearnwithme4474 Just because the instructors need that level of pay, doesn't mean £40 an hour for an average of 45 hours is feasible for a young person. Both of these things can be true at once. You're the naive one.

@Brandon-ff9my 2 ай бұрын

@@ggbrown11Taxi's can charge on mileage or time so it can wildly vary. Seen as low as 25 as high as 70, in the same month both around 45 mins.

@ggbrown11 2 ай бұрын

@@Brandon-ff9my Yes but all you’re doing as a customer is sitting doing f all. Not being taught anything. So if you take mileage, car wear and tear. And the teaching aspect is it really that bad? I can’t say there’s any issue with it. The simple solution for those that don’t want to pay or can’t afford to pay. Just learn with a friend or relative and use their cars. Let’s see how that plays out.

@James179 2 ай бұрын

Hi Richard, just passed my test today 3rd try with 5 minors! Just wanted to comment to say thank you for your videos as they really helped me during my learning journey. 🙂

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

That's really great to hear! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!

@da_prince8604 2 ай бұрын

This is my first time raising a comment here and I’m doing this because I cannot thank you enough for your videos and great knowledge. I passed my driving test today with 2minor faults WITHOUT USING AN INSTRUCTOR (Just private lessons and your videos)! All I did was watch your videos thoroughly for 2weeks then I tried the test. I failed at 1st with 1major ( Junctions - turning right) and 2minors. I watched your videos again for the wait period (10working days) and I applied again. I passed!!!!! Thank you so much for the knowledge you share.

@MissStacie-XO 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations 🎉

@BALHAM69 2 ай бұрын

Nice statistics and research 😊

@mhoward181 2 ай бұрын

There’s a reason I stopped being a driving instructor. In 2003 I was loving it and earning about £18 per hr and that was about £800 per week. 7 years later in 2010 I was earning much less than that so I quit. I even saw people advertising first 5 lessons for something stupid Like £58. It was upsetting seeing something I loved doing starting to make me hate the job. It stressed me out that my wages had dropped from £800 a week to half that amount.

@sud0gh0st 2 ай бұрын

5 lessons for £58 I consider this a fair price considering the market you target tends to be younger people on less wages. The issue is not the learners being poor it's the cost of running as an instructor. And you was stressed about losing half of your wages yet these poor teens have to spend most if not all of there wages for this service

@tomasklovas5560 2 ай бұрын

@@sud0gh0styour understanding of the market is flawed, it's not only teenegers who want to learn to drive, I'm a driving instructor and I don't have even one pupil who's under 19, most or my pupils are in their 30s or even 40s

@tylerevans4898 2 ай бұрын

I am doing my lessons currently, so I'm paying the 2024 rate. Although I agree fully that prices should go up with inflation. It is difficult for many as my own wages have nowhere near gone up by that amount. I have made progressively less over this period and in terms of real earnings I and many others are demonstrably worse off. It is worth it and driving instructors should be fairly paid, But I can imagine for many it will force them to not be able to learn to drive. My point is driving should be accessible to everyone it is important in life, but I fear that if the current trend continues it will only enrage the economic inequality that we already see.

@HelloitsmeRhi 2 ай бұрын

Passed my test a month ago with 0 faults but still watching your videos. I've heard loads of chatter about how dreadfully expensive lessons are but very interesting to see the actual breakdown

@Declan_Mc04 2 ай бұрын

Hi Richard, Is the inflation metric on that graph measuring the inflation rate or net price inflation o. If it is just measuring the inflation rate then net price inflation would be even more than your graph says. Inflation means the rate/speed at which prices rise is increasing. Rising prices are present if the inflation rate remains unchanged or even if it falls and if the inflation rate then rises, prices will rise at an even higher rate. Just was curious as to what metric you used as it might mean that the inflation versus lessons is even higher than you display

@wrx9482 2 ай бұрын

Cheapest lesson I have found is 40 quid for an hour. I' got in contact with another instructor through facebook, he was advertising that he charges 35 quid. I texted him and now he's increased it. He was charging me 74 quid for two hours as he prefered to do 2 hours. Safe to say my instructor is now my dad, Until I am ready to take the real test.

@dragons02018 2 ай бұрын

My partner (mid 30s) is very low income and has been talking about learning to drive, and I've been offering to just let her learn in my car with me as she'd only have to worry about insurance, theory and maybe polishing up with resources like this channel.

@jaithorn3612 2 ай бұрын

@ConquerDriving thank you Richard for your videos. Really helped with my learning. I failed my test though yesterday for one fault which i didn't understand. Have another test booked though for in 6 weeks but further afield.

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that. Thank you for watching and I wish you the best of luck with your next test.

@jaithorn3612 2 ай бұрын

@@ConquerDriving Thanks Richard. I have a clip of the fault in question if you want to review it and let me know where I went wrong and how to deal with the situation again if it arises.

@geogodzhongli 2 ай бұрын

thanks so much for your videos Richard, I feel much more confident with my driving and have my driving test later today :)

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

I hope it went well!

@geogodzhongli 2 ай бұрын

@@ConquerDriving it was my first time, and unfortunately failed with one serious and no minors. was coming out of a junction and made a car brake slightly that was approaching on the left (I was turning right). other than that it was a very good drive, so I'm sure I'll do better next time 🙏🏾 practice makes perfect

@callumhughes6448 2 ай бұрын

I passed my test last month with 8 minor faults. Your videos were a big help thank you.

@CheckDisOutpeeps 2 ай бұрын

Enjoy the freedom broski

@Iiiix235 2 ай бұрын

How did you avoid the serious faults?

@callumhughes6448 2 ай бұрын

@@Iiiix235 I kept calm and did not panic when I made the mistakes.

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations on passing!

@callumhughes6448 2 ай бұрын

@@ConquerDriving thanks mate

@jameselton3960 2 ай бұрын

I passed today with 3 minors first time. Your videos helped massively thank you!!

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

That's great news! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!

@jameselton3960 2 ай бұрын

@@ConquerDriving My proudest moment in my driving career will be getting this reply. Love your stuff!

@kierancalma5150 2 ай бұрын

My lessons are £40 per hour in london

@VNOMxVIPRZZ 2 ай бұрын

Same I'm near Liverpool

@reecedawson6113 2 ай бұрын

Same here in a more rural area of the country

@masterbowler1630 2 ай бұрын

I paid 29£ per hour back in 2022 in London

@CheckDisOutpeeps 2 ай бұрын

Better be making good use of those lessons because that’s bullshit

@yourlocalhuman3526 2 ай бұрын

Same here man 😭😭😭

@saggioperduto_7566 2 ай бұрын

Hi Richard! Great Video. Can I ask you to talk about a problem in modern cars. Big one. Newer vehicles have AUTOmatic headlight, But in a lot of rainy and Foggy wheather they don't tun on! So new cars drive with their lights off! People think that they're on but in reality they're driving whit lights off. Quite dangereous. Also speedomeders and rev counters are digital or are always illuminated. In older Vehicles they were illuminated only if lights were on. I think is another key reason why someone at night don't realise that they're driving with something important off!

@Jac70 2 ай бұрын

There most definitely is a shortage of instructors. In Leeds anyway - everyone I asked over the last few months is fully booked.

@nicholasdrivingacademy9435 Ай бұрын

I’ve been an ADI for nearly 40 years, and I’ve seen recessions a massive influx in trainees, and of course the lockdowns. Lessons generally were to low for years. I’d say a good experienced ADI with a good track record I’d say average price would £40-45 an hour lot can depend on location too. Are a few out there who are well above 45 mark you must also take into account running costs have increased a lot and insurance gone through the roof!

@Its_Danny- 2 ай бұрын

In the netherlands we have it at around 50-60 euros per hour, also due to lockdown the exam centres were overloaded, our system is a government agency CBR has exam centres where they have examiners working and you plan a test with an examiner not your own instructor and all the driving schools are dependent on the exam centres and there was a big hold up like 6 month wait time

@TheDarrenP 2 ай бұрын

When you look at the cost of everything fuel buying a car insurance everything food....min wages does need to go up i believe £12.50 to around 13.50ph or so, I passed my driving instructor theory tests in 2003 I did it for a few years and fell out of love with being a DI, and the hours where sometime very unsocial, the market at the time was saterated and people doing lessons and often bad ones on the cheap, I do EICR Testing and pat testing and my experience is if you want a good job you generallly you what you pay for.

@gravemind6536 2 ай бұрын

The number the minimum wage is means nothing its still the minimum and its still just about enough to get by on. Companies that are making increasingly high profits on the back of rising prices need to stop being so greedy and offer genuine rises without also hiking everything up massievly. Its time they took a hit too.

@Beam_on_team 2 ай бұрын

Hi Richard, I've already passed my test (January!) but I have a video request for you. Recently I had to drive a car filled with passengers and luggage. It took me quite a while (and I'm still not confident) to adjust to the different weight of the car - how it affected braking, corners, hill starts in traffic, etc. Up until that point I had only ever driven either by myself or with 1 passenger in the front seat. Are there better ways to learn this difference to not get caught out by surprise?

@Deedumdee 2 ай бұрын

Given the price of fuel these days, then wear and tear on the car (I remember my old instructor saying he had to have his clutch replaced every 40k miles or something insane like that), insurance, the fact you can't fit a full lesson into every working hour of the day, I'm kind of surprised lessons are as cheap as they are.

@youngwt1 2 ай бұрын

Just imagine the abuse a learner car clutch gets day in day out! I had a hard time understanding clutch control at first, wish my instructor could actually explain what a clutch was I would have understood it a lot better and there was no KZfaq back then!

@deans6571 2 ай бұрын

I’m a PDI with a national driving school - our school has increased lesson prices THREE times since October’23. Our school currently allows us to charge up to £80 per 2 hour lesson!

@marble3260 2 ай бұрын

From personal experience as a learner that sounds about right. I paid 55 for 1.5 hours and 40 for 1 hour. I guess it all depends on whether there a company or solo and the part of the country your in🤷‍♂️

@CheckDisOutpeeps 2 ай бұрын

£80 for a two hour lesson is absolutely insane

@user-yz7vc8zh6s 2 ай бұрын

@@CheckDisOutpeeps A PDI should not charge £ 80 for 2 hours , they should be no PDI on the road only ADI , just schools grabbing money off people ,i was instructor for 20 years and the standard of the PDI is shocking , i passed all tests in 4 month ,they need to reduce the time to pass ADI test from 2 years to one , that way you get only the best people for the job.

@tomasklovas5560 2 ай бұрын

@@CheckDisOutpeepsinsane? That's a standard rate at the moment, I know instructors who charge between £50 to £70 per hour and they are fully booked, if instructor can offer immediate availability people will pay for it

@CheckDisOutpeeps 2 ай бұрын

@@tomasklovas5560 £70…. Wtfff

@AKAMustang 2 ай бұрын

We need to know what those washing machine balls were. My guess was to do with aquamation, but apparently that wasn't an option in this country until last year(?).

@StaxRail 2 ай бұрын

This is one of my biggest issues when it comes to looking for an instructor- not only are all instructors in my area charging over £40/hr, but a fair few dont do weekends (causing an even bigger backlog) and as Im an apprentice, I earn around £400 a week. Throw on top of that buying my first car and paying for insurance, tax etc, and there's not much left over for the lessons themselves :((

@tomasklovas5560 2 ай бұрын

these companies who are paying an apprentice £400 per week should be closed down, that's an insult to working people

@StaxRail 2 ай бұрын

@tomasklovas5560 dont think they should be closed down, more that apprentice conditions should massively be improved! I love my jobrole, but my first employer treated me like absolute crap and ended up dismissing me without giving me any reason, mere weeks before Id been there long enough to qualify for legal protection from unfair dismissal- having said that, the railway that took me on afterwards have been absolutely superb, paying slightly more but more importantly my contract is far better. Still got a year to go in my apprenticeship though, and by the time I qualify Ill be 20, but like I say wouldnt change the job itself for the world

@chunkplunk 2 ай бұрын

I just passed my driving test today with 4 minors Your videos about roundabouts and hills have really helped me feel more confident with them, also good luck to anyone else taking their test soon

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

That's fantastic news! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!

@mryrius 2 ай бұрын

Are earnings after tax? Also, I these numbers are regional-specific, no? And supply-demand can be regional if supply is low in some areas, and if demand is high they can charge whatever they want.

@SeshGodX 2 ай бұрын

Driving lessons aren't really getting cheaper because in reality most jobs don't adjust for the yearly inflation

@Nir18481 2 ай бұрын

Hi, i love your lessons videos, and have a question unrelated to this video. You teach to start a manual car uphill with the handbrake to not wear the clutch, but how do you start uphill when there's traffic and you can't always use the handbrake?

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

This video may be of interest: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lZyJrKupzMCufXU.htmlsi=rtqp8UdPC80Sv-sH

@BALHAM69 2 ай бұрын

i tried booking and looking at the DVSA website today to book a uk driving test they keep giving me a error 15 Even though i know i can only book Monday 6 am correct ? Why is this ? i do feel as everything is against me in passing my uk driving test in a way

@FBIAGENT95103 2 ай бұрын

best time of the week, Monday @ 18:00 for his helpfuluploads

@rufusgreenleaf2466 2 ай бұрын

It makes me glad i passed in October 2019 merely a few months away from the whole start of the crisis. Hourly rate for me was only £25. I get that inflation and other problems haven't been easy but some of that is dropping slightly yet i see instructors still charging the same if not more. As soon as fuel prices came down, lessons should have dropped a few quid. At least in my mind they should have.

@stevekenilworth 2 ай бұрын

about 6 years ago was £30 hour in my area but they were going up a tad

@SoulFromMars 2 ай бұрын

The driving lessons in my area are on average £45. Some small discounts when you buy 10hrs, but rarely below £40.

@hazel78392 2 ай бұрын

Same mine is £44/ hour

@colinjava8447 2 ай бұрын

Last year I paid £35 / hour in Dudley, or £33 when buying a 10 hour block. If you're a learner that needs a 100 hours it can be a ridiculous cost overall, say 3-4k

@sidewinder86ify 2 ай бұрын

In Sweden, 80min lesson costs around 100usd.

@jkd4568 2 ай бұрын

is that weekly pay before or after tax?

@kennwan9917 2 ай бұрын

I'm paying 40 a lesson, but you get 1 free lesson for 10 paid. So paid for 20 lessons at the cost of 18. Also don't have to pay to use the car for the test. Just one of the lessons is directly before the test.

@kspades2530 2 ай бұрын

I just passed my test. And my cousin asked how much I paid for my lessons, I told him £35 for 1 hour and he laughed saying he paid £18.50 per hour when he done it 8 years ago. This is crazy. The trend of things getting more expensive and wages lacking it's not gonna stop. Gov and elites want the poorer to keep getting poorer

@deadore 2 ай бұрын

Yeah same for me, my cousin paid £150 for 10 hours

@ygo900 Ай бұрын

I'm not quite sure where these extortionate lesson prices are coming from, I've had two instructors from bsm, first one was £37 for two hours and my current instructor is £32 for every 2 hours, bearing in mind I'm older and work full-time so I buy my lessons in bulk (normally 10 hours each), but still the prices I'm hearing are ridiculous, I don't know how they're allowed to get away with it!

@mahneh7121 2 ай бұрын

Good video but the value estimated by yourself may be below the real price at the moment. Here it's 72/2hr and for 1hr lesson it's 40£

@meandogassbite 2 ай бұрын

Haha! Next thing 'Conquer Driving' changes its name to 'Conquer Economics' - had to double check to make sure that it hasn't already :D In any case nice vid Richard ;)

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

😂

@jamie_j0h 2 ай бұрын

Note: CPI inflation would have been a better comparison. RPI is usually a couple of % higher than CPI as it includes other costs such as housing.

@maxb4085 2 ай бұрын

As someone who started learning at the end of 2020 (basically started in 2021 as I had like 2 lessons before the 3rd Lockdown), when it came round to the summer my instructor had to cancel some of my lessons as otter pupils had their tests coming up (on guy had his pushed back 3 times due to each Lockdown) so was foxusing on them more than me, which I didnt really mind as I was able to go driving with my parents in the mean time.

@Anthony-pl2hk 2 ай бұрын

Quick question Richard, I got my lessons coming up and I want to know this beforehand. When driving and you want to signal thanks, do you take your hand off the wheel to wave? I've just noticed you doing this a lot but I was told if you do this you can fail right away

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

As long as you maintain good control of the car it's not something that concerns me. You also take you hand off the wheel to change gear regularly.

@Anthony-pl2hk 2 ай бұрын

@@ConquerDrivingThat's true I suppose, didn't think of that. Thanks for replying Richard!

@dirty_elite_modz3116 Ай бұрын

In my area driving lessons are 42/44 pound in November 23

@goose9912 2 ай бұрын

I learnt to drive in Bristol in 2016 and I paid £380 for an intensive course of 18 hours over 3 days with a test included in the price. Luckily I passed first time. I feel ridiculously sorry for people learning these days as wages haven’t really increased that much since then.

@abdulwakil2613 2 ай бұрын

Off topic but I wanted your thoughts on something, Richard. 18 year old (nearly 19) from london here. I think insurance prices are really unfair for new young drivers. It renders consistent driving pretty much impossible for me. I can’t even get any quotes for temporary insurance on family and friends’ car. Insurance prices on a .9l fiat 500 for me are still ludicrous. It’s frustrating because I can’t continue to drive and improve my skills. And all of this just because I am a young man and not all of us are irresponsible 😢 What are your thoughts?

@KindredBrujah 2 ай бұрын

Appreciate that I'm not Richard, but the sad fact is your demographic is by far the most likely to be in a serious accident. Insurers are risk-averse, so they charge proportionally to mitigate their risk.

@abdulwakil2613 2 ай бұрын

@@KindredBrujah I totally get that. I still think that it’s unfair. There are plenty of older numpties on the road who are very likely to cause a serious accident as well.

@gravemind6536 2 ай бұрын

@@abdulwakil2613 Its also because you're in London. I don't what trickery if any you've tried but always make sure you arrange insurance to start 21 days after purchase it brings costs down big time, consider a telematics policy, give them your license number and put a good 2nd driver on the policy either your Mum or Dad depending on has a better effect and also have their license number too if their license is clean. If you get a telematics policy purchase less mileage than you need as it will reduce the cost and you can buy more miles later on when your good driving score on the box brings down the cost of additional miles that was an option for me when I had my 1st years insurance. Check out whatever Martin Lewis has to say too he is a money saving expert.

@kategrant334 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your great tips I passed with two minors

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

Congratulations on passing!

@bethanyheath-jones5373 2 ай бұрын

I have my test today. 5 days prior to my test my driving instructor told me it was £355 for a test day, i.e an hour lesson before test, use of thr car for the test, driving to the test, and driving back. I was gomsmacked!

@marianbadea369 2 ай бұрын

9:56 I'm "self-employed" as well, kind of... I'm a delivery driver and our fees per delivery have actually been going down all this time. 🙄🤦🏻 While inflation and everything keeps going up, so... 😐

@MichaelFlatman 2 ай бұрын

time for a job change if you can. The delivery / logistics business is in a race to the bottom by all accounts. Lots more people order online since covid, and they want to keep the costs low (to keep good profits despite recession).

@Kewickviper 2 ай бұрын

I'd be interested to know how much a driving instructor actually makes on an hourly and annual basis. I'm surprised the lessons don't cost more when you factor in travel time to the students place, insurance, fuel, tax, wear and tear etc...

@clairt8043 2 ай бұрын

Will you ever/ have you got any videos on anxiety? I have started and stopped lessons more times than I care to think and all because of the anxiety I feel when it comes to learning to drive. It's something that I can't ever seem to get over, drivings for clever people, not the likes of me, if I do pass I'll end up causing a horrible accident. Just can't get past those thoughts, is this normal?

@davesmith4413 2 ай бұрын

in my area some instructors are charging £60 a hour and only do 2 hours a lesson

@KindredBrujah 2 ай бұрын

You shouldn't do more than two hours anyway. There are significant diminishing returns, even just going over a single hour. Sometimes you need two to get a certain type of driving in, so fair enough, but on the whole you should really only do one hour lessons unless you're really far from any proper features to practice.

@vivarockstar 2 ай бұрын

Its so expensive. In London it is more expensive £38/40 for automatic lessons. This is not okay! Too pricy and wages have not gone up much to match it

@Jay-lw8cz 2 ай бұрын

Currently average store pays around 12 pound per hours. When goes for driving lessons it cost 35 to 40 per hour.

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

When I learnt to drive I was earning £2.66 per hour from memory and I think I paid £18 per hour for my lessons. That was nearly 20 years ago.

@MichaelFlatman 2 ай бұрын

Interesting points about supply and demand How are the costs of being an instructor changing? Has your insurance gone up a lot? A lot of people's insurance has gone up, sometimes far beyond inflation, I wonder if this affects driving instructors too.

@tomasklovas5560 2 ай бұрын

Insurance for Driving Instructors when up crazy, very often it doubled in price, also car pats and servicing went up a lot, bear in mind that instructor needs to service his car every few months because of huge mileages

@TechnicalDirectorFM 2 ай бұрын

I haven’t started the video yet, but I can’t imagine the answer is yes. I’m still forking out nearly £300 odd a month (for block lessons). I should be using that to save for a car. I know I can’t get finance because my credit score is absolutely bobbins

@sebbywakenshaw3395 2 ай бұрын

Thats crazy. My instructor was only charging £25 per hour (or 10 lessons for £210) in 2022. Im very fortunate that I wasnt having to pay £30+ like some of my friends were

@DoragonRider75 2 ай бұрын

I'm an American who likes this driving instructor content, even if many of these scenarios may not apply to my situation as someone who doesn't have my license yet. Quick question though, wouldn't it be better to take the median (or middle) household incomes instead of the mean (or average)? I'm only mentioning this because the mean doesn't take income inequality into account. The richest 1% of individuals are outliers is going to skew the average numbers higher compared to the median in which the poorest and the richest outliers wouldn't be taken into account.

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. I was just using what statistics were available to me, but you're probably right.

@Nav1g8r1 Ай бұрын

I got a pupil who offered £100 for a two hour lesson. I didn't tell them the price as they came from an agency. I ended up not taking them as they wanted odd times like 6am and 9pm starts.

@sepidehsajjadi7514 2 ай бұрын

How can I say thank you, I PASSED my test at first attempt. Your videos help me alot🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇

@ConquerDriving 2 ай бұрын

That's really great to hear! Thank you for watching and congratulations on passing!

@drewscott2753 2 ай бұрын

Cost me all in over £2500 to pass my test. That was my lessons, theory and 2 tests. I was £40 an hour. Was very expensive but worth every penny when you get the full photo card license through the post. World we live in unfortunately.

@ellisnsutherland 2 ай бұрын

My lessons are £40 per hour. That’s in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

@edvinasal 2 ай бұрын

My lessons are 45 an hour in Oxfordshire and the instructor is now increasing prices to 50 for new students.

@Joanyan 2 ай бұрын

for the quality of your lessons there's gotta be a premium

@youngwt1 2 ай бұрын

Be interesting to see what happens when all instructors are teaching in EVs, those that can invest in solar will have much lower costs than an ICE more profit for them hopefully

@UkMoneymatters 2 ай бұрын

Imnpaying 35 per hour, my driving instructor has increased the prices 3 times in the year that I have been learning with him. The last time she did an increase in price, he froze my price.

@zenabraithwaite1934 2 ай бұрын

When I was looking for an instructor I went on reviews , not price. I pay £38 for an hour. I wish I earned the average earnings!! No chance 😕

@Digg3r 2 ай бұрын

I am currently paying £35 per hour. One 2 hrs lesson a week. I should have stuck at it 20 years ago when I first tried driving. It was £15 per hour back then

@ninpauline 2 ай бұрын

Iv just started, I'm paying 47ph and that was the cheapest I could find in Mansfield Nottinghamshire

@daviemac9925 2 ай бұрын

My Lessons were £1 and I think it was £3 11 shillings to sit the test. Everybody wants to know what the washing machines with the stones in them are for and then wishes they hadn't asked! I wouldn't worry about it you're 50 to 60 years away from needing it.