Nina Storm – Battersea, London (22nd October 2010)

I passed my test easily on the first try after having trained with Mary at Britannia Driving School. Being in my mid-to-late twenties, I was initially a little apprehensive to start driving. Before finding Mary, I had met with a one or two other instructors who hadn’t made me feel very confident (and to be honest I had been somewhat unimpressed with their teaching abilities). Mary, however, was calm and positive while not letting me ‘chicken out’ in any way. Considering the amount of (already stressful) hours that you will spend sitting next to your driving instructor when training, having him or her make you feel completely comfortable is a massive help, and Mary certainly does this. She was also incredibly flexible and understanding with meeting times and locations, despite having a busy schedule. So many of my friends tell horror stories about their driving instructors, I on the other hand have nothing but positive things to say about Mary. I would recommend her to anybody wanting to learn to drive but perhaps especially to ‘older drivers’ such as myself.