Prices - 2013
Learning to drive through VDS can be done at very
competitive and favourable rates. The number of sessions required will depend
on a number of factors, the uppermost being your (as the learner driver)
present level of skill and competence. This will not be difficult to establish.
Where will you, the learner driver, be picked up
from and dropped off? Usually both points will be your home, though other
arrangements can be easily made.
The Costs
Instructional
o Lessons are $40 per hour
o Purchase a block of 5 one-hour lessons in advance, get
the 6th lesson free. That is, get 6 lessons for $200 (5 x 40 = 200 +
1 free lesson) – a saving of $40.
o Purchase a block of 10 one-hour lessons in advance for
$350 – this equates to $35 per lesson (a saving of $50). This will also include a free 11th
lesson just prior to sitting your Vic Roads practical test.
o An Incentive: If you refer someone to VDS for driving instruction and
who subsequently purchases at least three lessons in advance, you will qualify
for two additional free lessons yourself.
Supervised Driving Program
o Sessions are $30 per hour.
o Initial assessment session (approximately 30
minutes) is $50.
o
Note that: The
payments for the hourly supervised driving sessions and the initial assessment
session (where applicable), is to be made immediately before the driving
session. Payment needs to be in cash.
Licence
Test Information
It is respectful for the learner driver
to bear in mind that when a learner sits their practical test, not only are
they under the microscope by Vic Roads and the discerning public, so too is the
driving instructor and driving school. No matter what transpired prior to test
day, all that the learner does at testing time becomes a reflection on the
driving school and instructor. To this end, most driving schools fairly expect
you, the learner, to have then had some time under the tutelage of their
school. The pricing policies of most driving schools reflect in some way this
attitude. Many schools primarily see themselves as an instructional body, not a
‘car rental service’ to be hired out at whim to sit your test in. Again, most
schools’ pricing policies reflect this view: they, quite naturally, value the
loyalty the learner gives them. VDS is, quite obviously, no exception.
Bearing the above in mind, VDS has in
place the following pricing structures:
§ For those who have undertaken at least 5 hours of
instruction/supervision with VDS within the two calendar months prior to
licence test date and have gained the approval of VDS to sit the test under the
VDS name, the cost is $100. This
includes the mandatory VDS revision hour sometime prior to the licence test
time on the VicRoads test day.
§ For those learners who have had at least 5 hours of
instruction from VDS, but not wholly within the two calendar months preceding
the VicRoads licence test date, the cost is $150. This will include the mandatory VDS revision hour sometime
prior to the licence test time on the
VicRoads test day.
§ For those learners who wish to use VDS for their driving
licence test, but have never utilised VDS in the manner listed above, there
will be a 30-60 minute session of practical review (an initial assessment) no later than a calendar week before your
VicRoads licence test date. The cost of this review session is $100. Upon satisfactory completion of this review, you may use VDS for
your test. The additional cost for this is $150.
This includes the mandatory VDS revision hour sometime prior to the licence
test time on the VicRoads test day.
Note: VDS retains the right to withdraw its services, without
reimbursement, if the behaviour and conduct of the learner or any supporter of
the learner is such that: it brings VDS into disrepute; is threatening or
intimidating; or is a behaviour that is unbecoming of a learner wanting to
acquire their Probationary licence. VDS reserves the right to make a final
determination on whether a learner, regardless of circumstances, is suitably
skilled to undertake the VicRoads licence test under the VDS name. VDS also reserves
the right to negotiate individual or group arrangements with respect to costs
and availability.
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