Derek Richards Driver Training

Pass Number 3️⃣7️⃣0️⃣

Congratulations to Liam on a great pass yesterday morning at Baillieston Driving Test Centre: first time with just four faults. Great stuff Liam, very well done.
The driving safely was absolutely no problem at all, opening the bonnet turned out to be more problematic! 🤣 Don’t worry though, I won’t tell anyone about it. And I certainly won’t let them know you’re an apprentice mechanic either 🤣🤣🤣
Very well done Liam, take care, drive safely and I’ll see you out on the road! 👍😊🚙

LESSON AVAILABILITY
From complete beginners to those with some experience, I cover the east end of Glasgow from Dennistoun to Baillieston and everywhere in between and I’m actively looking for new, reliable customers who are looking to learn to drive safely and pass quickly. Nervous beginner? I specialize in calm, structured, confidence-building lessons.
All lessons are 90minutes long and manual only

Get in touch today to get on the road soon 🛣️

📩 📲 💬📞☎️📠✍️ 07939 893672

I’d welcome Police Scotland carrying out a similar operation around the Baillieston area. There’s certainly a few suspicious looking “driving schools” 👀 operating in the area.

Fully qualified instructors must display a green badge in their windscreen, trainee instructors must display a pink badge.

Joint operation targets unlicensed driving instructors 🚗

On Tuesday (14 April), our Road Safety Team and Roads Policing, working in partnership with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) held a joint enforcement operation targeting unlicensed and illegal driving instructors.

To operate legally as a qualified Approved Driving Instructor (ADI), individuals must complete a formal, official qualification process set by the DVSA. This involves multiple stages of testing, including theory, advanced driving assessments, and practical instructional examinations.

Only those who successfully complete this process and are correctly licensed and insured are permitted to charge for driving lessons.

During the day of action, North Yorkshire Police and the DVSA stopped more than 45 learner driver vehicles across York and Knaresborough and carried out visits to driving test centres.

Officers and DVSA examiners checked instructor credentials, vehicle insurance, and compliance with licensing requirements.

Thankfully, the majority of vehicles stopped were compliant, with instructors correctly qualified, licensed, and insured to the required standards. This demonstrates that most driving instructors operate professionally and within the law, helping learners develop safe and responsible driving skills.

However, a small proportion of vehicles were found to be operating without the required ADI licence and/or appropriate insurance. Enforcement action was taken immediately, and those involved were prosecuted for the relevant offences.

TC Matt Harvey from our Road Safety Team said:“This operation was about protecting learner drivers and the wider public. Becoming a qualified ADI is not optional - it requires formal training, testing, licensing and proper insurance.

“Anyone attempting to bypass that process is putting learners at risk and undermining the system. We will continue to work with the DVSA to identify illegal instructors, enforce the law, and take action where standards are not met.”

We remain committed to working with the DVSA on robust enforcement and will continue joint operations to ensure only properly qualified, licensed, and insured instructors are teaching learner drivers.

Members of the public are encouraged to check that their driving instructor is registered and authorised by visiting the official DVSA ADI Register before starting lessons.

Pass Number 3️⃣6️⃣9️⃣

Congratulations to this mystery person (mystery person to you reading this, not to me, I have the required clearance level and therefore know
exactly who this is! 😂) who passed their driving test this afternoon at Baillieston Test Centre with just one driving fault. One. That’s hardly any.

Absolutely great drive mystery person, very well
done to you!
Be safe and I’ll see you on the road! 👍😊🚙

Spaces are available now for immediate starts.
Have a look at this photo, imagine the joy on this silhouettes wee face, and know that this can be you! Get in touch with me today to start your driving journey!

📩📲📞☎️📠✍️ 07939 893672

pass number 3️⃣6️⃣8️⃣

Congratulations to Aiven on a brilliant first time pass with only two driving faults this morning at Baillieston test centre.
Canny believe you got the oil question wrong, especially considering you got it right when I asked you it two minutes away from the test centre! 🤣 So really only one actual driving fault, which is as close to the prefect drive as you can get!
A brilliant and very well deserved result Aiven, very well done. Take care, drive safe and I’ll see you on the road! 😊👍🚙

(Also, a very big well done to me for not calling you Ainsley at any point in the course of your lessons. Didn’t think I’d manage it! 🤣)

Daytime spaces are available now for Mondays and Wednesdays. (Between 9:20am
and 2:30pm)
From complete beginners to those with some experience, I cover the east end of Glasgow from Dennistoun to Baillieston and everywhere in between and I’m actively looking for new, reliable customers who are looking to learn to drive safely and pass quickly. Nervous beginner? I specialize in calm, structured, confidence-building lessons.
All lessons are 90minutes long and manual only

Get in touch today to get on the road soon 🛣️

📩 📲 💬📞☎️📠✍️ 07939 893672

Pass number 3️⃣6️⃣7️⃣

Congratulations to Donna’s wee lucky crystal 🔮that passed her driving test this morning at Baillieston Test Centre with just four driving faults.
Absolutely nothing to do with Donna, it was the wee crystal that managed to navigate some tight roads, tricky junctions, a reversing manoeuvre, a wee blast on a national speed limit single carriageway and about half a dozen roundabouts 🤣
Time to stop beat yourself up and start bigging yourself up Donna!! You did it. Very well done to you, 100% deserved. Take care, drive safe and I’ll see you on the road! 😊👍🚙

Daytime spaces are available now for Mondays and Wednesdays. (Between 9:20am
and 2:30pm)
From complete beginners to those with some experience, I cover the east end of Glasgow from Dennistoun to Baillieston and everywhere in between and I’m actively looking for new, reliable customers who are looking to learn to drive safely and pass quickly. Nervous beginner? I specialize in calm, structured, confidence-building lessons.
All lessons are 90minutes long and manual only

Get in touch today to get on the road soon 🛣️

📩 📲 💬📞☎️📠✍️ 07939 893672

Pass number 3️⃣6️⃣6️⃣

Congratulations to David who made the driving test look like a walk in the park by passing first time today with just one tiny wee fault. Tremendous driving, very well done.
He had a wardrobe change, a wardrobe malfunction and then he’s telling me to delete photos and take them again - what a diva! 😂 But an excellent driver! Take care, drive safe and I’ll see you on the road!

Spaces are available now!
From complete beginners to those with some experience, I cover the east end of Glasgow from Dennistoun to Baillieston and everywhere in between and I’m actively looking for new, reliable customers who are looking to learn to drive safely and pass quickly. Nervous beginner? I specialize in calm, structured, confidence-building lessons.
All lessons are 90minutes long and manual only

Get in touch today, to get on the road soon 🛣️

📩 📲 💬📞☎️📠✍️ 07939 893672

Spaces are available for manual driving lessons.

Seven passes already this year mean I have plenty of spaces available for new starts on weekdays, weeknights and weekends.

For complete beginners to those with loads of experience, I cover the east end of Glasgow from Dennistoun to Baillieston and everywhere in between and I’m actively looking for new, reliable customers who are looking to learn to drive safely and pass quickly.

Nervous beginner? I specialize in calm, structured, confidence-building lessons.

All lessons are 90minutes long and manual only

Message me today to book in or call/text/whatsapp 07939 893672

Not another one?!
Pass number 3️⃣6️⃣5️⃣

Congratulations to Caragh on an excellent driving test pass this afternoon at Baillieston test centre. Caragh passed her test first time with just four driving faults. Tremendous stuff.
She said she was going to spend last night praying (and watching show me tell me TikToks 🤣) and Jesus Joanie macaroni those prayers were answered!

Absolutely phenomenal effort Caragh, very well done to you. I hope you remember the examiners words of wisdom: learn left and right, stop fixing your hair and sloooooow doon! Words of wisdom to see you through life and not just your driving career! 🤣

Take care, drive safe and I’ll see you on the road! 😊👍🚙

🚦Availability🚦
That’s now been 7 passes over the past 5 weeks so that means there’s plenty of space for new starts.
From complete beginners to those with some experience, I cover the east end of Glasgow from Dennistoun to Baillieston and everywhere in between and I’m actively looking for new, reliable customers who are looking to learn to drive safely and pass quickly. Nervous beginner? I specialize in calm, structured, confidence-building lessons.
All lessons are 90minutes long and manual only (Because of all these recent test passes I’m losing customers left, right and centre. I canny afford to run two motors!)

Get in touch today, to get on the road soon 🛣️

📩 📲 💬📞☎️📠✍️ 07939 893672

Test passes

Pass number 3️⃣6️⃣4️⃣

Congratulations to Andrew who passed his driving test this afternoon at Baillieston Test Centre with just three driving faults.

A great drive Andrew, phenomenal stuff. Good things happen when you stop at red lights and keep off the kerbs! Very well done, see you on the road! 😊👍🚙

🚦Availability🚦
That’s 6 passes already this year so there’s plenty of space for new starts. From complete beginners to those with some experience, I cover the east end of Glasgow from Dennistoun to Baillieston and everywhere in between. If you’re not sure if I cover your area, just ask. All lessons are 90minutes long.
Manual lessons only - I am and always have been, a faithful to the clutch!

Get in touch today, to get on the road soon 🛣️

📩 📲 💬📞☎️📠✍️ 07939 893672