Driving on the left
Lane position, turning into the correct lane, and the roundabout direction. For most people this settles quickly, but it settles faster with someone watching.
Overseas licence
Converting an overseas licence in South Australia.
You can already drive. What you need is the South Australian road rules, the habit of driving on the left, and an honest account of which of your existing habits will cost you marks.
This is the largest part of the work here, and the reviews say why: experienced drivers arrive expecting a formality and discover that the test marks things they have done safely for a decade in a way South Australia does not accept. Unlearning is harder than learning, and it is most of the job.
The common ones are signalling for long enough rather than briefly, head checks the examiner can actually see, lane discipline around parked cars, and give way to the right at unmarked intersections, which many drivers have simply never encountered.
Lessons are tailored to what you already do well. Nobody is going to spend an hour teaching you to steer. The time goes on the specific gap between how you drive now and what the practical test requires.
What the lessons cover.
South Australian road rules
Give way to the right at unmarked intersections, school zone speeds, the 25 km/h rule around stopped emergency and roadside assistance vehicles, and lane line rules.
What the examiner is marking
Observations that are visible, signals held long enough, and the six immediate fail items. Knowing what is being watched changes how you drive it.
The five manoeuvres
Reverse parallel park, angle park, moving off, U-turn and three point turn, done the way they are marked here rather than the way you learned them.
How it runs.
- Tell us where your licence is from. Country and roughly how long you have been driving. That alone tells us a lot about which habits will need attention.
- An assessment drive. One lesson to see how you actually drive. You leave with a specific list rather than a general sense that you need practice.
- Targeted lessons. We work the list. Experienced drivers often need only a handful of lessons, and several reviewers describe fitting them into a single week.
- Test day. A warm-up lesson, then the test in the same car. Test day support and car hire is available as a separate service.
Guides worth reading first.
These are the printed sheets we hand students, published in full. Free to read, and useful whether or not you book a lesson.
Lane Change
Moving safely into the next lane
Read the guideStraddling Line (Lane Line)
Staying inside your lane
Read the guideUnlaned Roads
Keep to the left
Read the guideU-Turn
Turning to face the other way in one movement
Read the guideQuestions about overseas licence.
Licence rules in South Australia are set by the state government and can change. The authoritative source is mylicence.sa.gov.au.
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