OUR DRIVING SCHOOL’S LEARNING CRITERIA

Your Road Map
to Success.

Know what you’re learning.
See what comes next.

Seven stages to guide your manual or automatic driving lessons in Perth, prepare for your PDA and build safe driving skills for life.

Explore the 7 Stages
Driving West’s original Road Map to Success, with seven numbered stages along a winding road from Car Control to Mock Test
YOUR DRIVING WEST LEARNING GUIDEOpen Full-Size Road Map
YOUR JOURNEY, MADE CLEAR

Understand your
next driving lesson.

Our driving instructors use this same seven-stage guide. Select a stage to see what it covers and the resources that can help.

Driving West learner car beside the original circular Road Map to Success teaching diagram
THE COMPLETE ROAD MAPSee the Diagram in Full
EXPLORE EACH STAGE

Choose a stage below

01
STAGE 01 / 07 · Car Control

Get comfortable with the car.

Learn to use the car’s controls and build the basic driving skills you will use in every driving lesson.

Review the cabin drill notes
Stage 1 of 7

Your driving instructor uses this Driving West teaching guide to plan your driving lessons and review your progress.

20+YEARS USING OUR
ROAD MAP CRITERIA
EXPERIENCE WITH A PURPOSE

A clear plan.
Support at every stage.

For more than 20 years, Driving West has used these criteria to guide learner drivers and has seen extremely high pass rates. The aim is simple: help you pass your driving test and drive safely for life.

OUR EARLY YEARS · 2000s

Where Our Driving School Began

Driving West’s early driving school team and learner cars at Mindarie Marina in the 2000s
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES · 2026

Our Driving Instructors Today

Driving West driving instructors with learner cars outside the Joondalup Driver and Vehicle Services centre

Know What Comes Next

All our driving instructors use the Road Map to Success, so your driving lessons follow a clear plan.

Learn With Experienced People

Our male and female driving instructors complete specific training for the WA Department of Transport’s driving instructor examination.

Meet Our Driving Instructors

YOUR DRIVING LESSON TOOLKIT

Resources for your
driving lessons.

Videos, visual aids and driving lesson notes to help you revisit what you have covered with your driving instructor.

VISUAL AIDS

A clearer view
of intersections.

Our driving school’s visual aid helps your driving instructor explain intersections and driving scenarios during your driving lessons.

Use it together to discuss road position, signs and what to look for when approaching an intersection.

DRIVING WEST VISUAL AIDFour-Way Intersection
Driving West driving school’s four-way intersection visual aid showing stop signs, road markings and the circular school logo
© Driving West Motor School · Learning resource

Four-Way Intersection

Enlarged Driving West four-way intersection guide

© Driving West Motor School · Use this visual aid with your driving instructor.

Driving West Motor School animation showing nine simple steps to reverse parking WATCH THE REVERSE PARKING VIDEOClose Video
ANIMATION VIDEOPause. Replay. Practise.

WATCH THE STEPS AGAIN

Reverse parking.
One step at a time.

Our animation videos help you retain information and recap the skills from your driving lessons.

This video breaks reverse parking into nine simple steps. Pause and replay it whenever you need a refresher.

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OUR FACEBOOK LEARNING GROUP

Your online
driving classroom.

The Driving West Online Classroom is a Facebook group for our driving school students to connect, share driving lesson experiences and learn from each other.

Keep the conversation going between driving lessons. Ask your driving instructor for the group link and how to join. You’ll need a Facebook account to join the group.

About Our Online Classroom
Driving West online classroom with a learner car, road signs and classroom board

Connect on Facebook

Meet other Driving West students on their driving journey.

Share Your Experience

Discuss what you’re learning and learn from other students.

Keep Practising

The group supports your practical driving lessons. Your driving instructor guides your on-road learning.

YOUR PROGRESS, ON PAPER. Example of a Driving West driving lesson report with a summary, homework and the next driving lesson LESSON BY LESSON

05 A SHARED VIEW OF PROGRESS

Every lesson.
A little clearer.

Driving lesson reports

Learning works better when everyone stays connected. Our driving lesson reports help keep an open line of communication between parents and our driving instructors.

The example report includes a lesson summary, homework and an overview of the next driving lesson.

  • 01 Lesson summary
  • 02 Homework
  • 03 Next lesson
Take a closer look at a lesson report
TODAY TONIGHT FEATUREROAD SAFETY
Driving Instructor’s Tragedy Sparks Road Safety Push
MORE THAN A DRIVING TEST

Safety is at the
heart of our story.

Driving West’s commitment to road safety goes beyond driving lessons.

We take a leading role in driver education and are regularly interviewed about driver safety. This Today Tonight feature shares the story behind that commitment.

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REAL STUDENTS. REAL MILESTONES.

Driving test success.
Picture by picture.

Meet some of the students who have celebrated their driving test pass with Driving West.

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LET’S TAKE THE NEXT STEP

Ready for your
next driving lesson?

Ready to book your first driving lesson? Contact Driving West Motor School for manual or automatic driving lessons in Perth.

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