Driving lesson questions, answered

A one-hour automatic lesson with Ashraf is $80 and a two-hour lesson is $150. Packages lower the hourly rate: five hours is $370 and ten hours is $700. Pick-up and drop-off within the service area is included in every price, with no booking fee or fuel surcharge. The full list, including test day packages, is on the pricing page.

Yes. Every lesson is taught in an automatic dual-control training car. Learning in an automatic lets you focus on observation, road position, speed management and judgement, which are the things the NSW driving test looks at most closely.

Yes. Ashraf collects you from home, school, work, Westfield Liverpool or Liverpool railway station at no extra charge, and drops you back afterwards. Tell him where you would like to be collected when you book.

Yes. Lessons for nervous learners start on quiet residential streets, add one new thing at a time, and move to busier roads only when you are ready. Ashraf explains each step before it happens, and a parent or support person is welcome to sit in on a first lesson if that makes it easier.

Yes. Test preparation covers the skills the NSW driving test assesses, including observation, speed management, gap selection, intersections and parking, followed by a practice test with honest feedback on what is ready. Driving tests are booked and conducted by Service NSW, and no instructor can guarantee a result.

It depends on how much supervised driving you have already done and how you are progressing, so there is no fixed number. Most learners find out quickly after one or two lessons. Ashraf will tell you honestly how many more he thinks you need, and why, rather than selling you the biggest package.

Yes, for learners under 25. Under the Transport for NSW 3-for-1 rule, each hour with an accredited driving instructor records as three hours in your Learner Log Book, up to ten lesson hours, which is thirty logbook hours. Check the current rule on the NSW Government website, and Ashraf will record your hours after each lesson.

Yes, and most learners should. Reverse parking, parallel parking, kerbside stops and three-point turns are broken into reference points you can repeat, then practised with real parked cars on residential streets and in marked car park bays.

Yes. Lessons run seven days a week from 7am to 7pm, including Saturdays and Sundays, so they can fit around school, university, work or shifts.

Ashraf teaches across Liverpool and the surrounding suburbs, including Casula, Prestons, Warwick Farm, Lurnea, Moorebank, Chipping Norton, Hoxton Park, Hinchinbrook, Green Valley, Edmondson Park, Middleton Grange and Cecil Hills. If your suburb is nearby but not listed, call and ask.

Yes. Liverpool is the centre of the teaching area. Once the basics are steady, lessons move into the CBD for 40km/h zones, pedestrian traffic around Liverpool Hospital and the Bigge Street precinct, buses on Moore Street and busy car parks near Westfield Liverpool.

Yes. Both are common pick-up points, along with home, school and work anywhere in the service area. Pick-up and drop-off are included in the lesson price.

Driving tests are booked through Service NSW. The Liverpool-area centre is on Orange Grove Road in Warwick Farm, and Edmondson Park also conducts tests. Testing locations can change, so confirm the current centres on the Service NSW website when you book. Road Safety Trust is an independent driving school and is not affiliated with Service NSW.

Yes. Both are part of the regular teaching area. Casula combines quiet streets with the Hume Highway nearby, and Prestons has a regular street grid that suits parking practice, with faster roads close by for merging.

Yes. Chipping Norton, Cecil Hills and Lurnea all have wide, quiet residential streets that suit first-time and nervous learners, well away from heavy traffic.

Yes. Newer estates such as Middleton Grange and Edmondson Park have plenty of single-lane roundabouts for early practice, and busier multi-lane roundabouts closer to Liverpool come later once lane choice is steady.