Progressive Driving Academy, Tamale

In charge of the day to day running of the driving school. Administrative duties and financial management services.

Have we ever thought that the act of SAFE DRIVING is actually NOT for everyone?

It is important to note that driving goes beyond just being able to move a vehicle

The Best and Credible Driver Training Institution in Northern Ghana. Tell your friends to tell their friends to come and be part of the success story.

PDA! PDA! PDA!!!

Are you looking for a reliable driving institution for your ward or yourself?
Do you want to refresh or upgrade your driving skills?
Have you heard of Progressive Driving Academy? The official representative of National Drivers’ Academy in Tamale.
Look no further! Your long awaited expectation in the driving industry is finally here. Progressive Driving Academy (PDA) is here to solve your driving needs. At PDA, our excellent and certified professional instructors are ready and willing to train beginners to the highest level.

We also offer:
 Refresher courses for licensed drivers;
 Training for upgrading of license;
 Courses on defensive driving skills;
 Training on routine maintenance and servicing.
At the end of your training at PDA, you will be issue with certificate.
We have morning, evening and weekend classes just to suit your schedules. So rush and pick your application forms at PDA and be part of the success story.
Locate PDA at Kaladan along the Tamale-Kumasi road on the second floor, same building with Ernest chemist and GN Bank, Directly opposite Goil filling station Tamale.
You can also call us on 0372094433 / 0233944300 / 0240927225. Come and have a feel of our comfortable classroom fitted with the state of the art technology to make your learning process a memorable success.
PDA, the answer to your driving call!!
PDA, your right path to defensive driving!!

Automatic Car Gearing System

Very many automatic car users are careless to understand the gearing transmission system of autos. We are aware of 'P, R, N, D, D1, D2, D3' or 'P, R, N, A, 2, 3, L' in our cars and we understand only P=park, R=reverse, N=neutral and D=drive only. The others' function are discussed bellow.

The d1, d2, d3 can be used for engine braking. That is u can use it to downshift when u are going down the hill or nearing a red light and u don't won't to use ur brakes, just like in manual. If u are moving say in gear 4 and u shift to d2, ur car will downshift to gear 2, likewise ur car will downshift to gear 1 if u shift to d1. This is useful in slowing down the car in case of brake failure.

For D1, when u're stucked in sand or mud and u need to maintain gear 1 power to get ur car out.
For D2, when u're ascending a hilly road and ur engine is loosing power. To gain instant engine power, u need drop to D2( just like in manual trans)
For D3 (if a car does not have it, OD button does the function), when u're trying to overtake in low rev say 2500 rpm and need to rev up to say 5500 rpm to gain more engine power to overtake successfully.

Also 'D2' 'D3' functions are designed for emergency scenario, a situation where your gear in 'D' could not change itself automatically due to electrical or mechanical malfunctioning, all you need to do is to drive the car manually and it has no side effect of on your car.

Some automatic cars dont have such d1, d2, rather they have +/- .The plus shifts up while minus down shifts the gear. Some like mercedes have it also behind the steerin like paddles. Mercedes C-class, ML and Volks passat cars, never upshift or downshift except in extreme cases of engine revolution above or below safety limit. It makes the experience similar to driving a manual car without the third pedal

Unlike the manual, you can change gears to upshift or downshift as asserted without having to hit on your brake pedals at such extremes of speeding by suppressing the k**b on the head of the gear shift selector handle to pick on the specified gear you wish to be on. So for automatic, if I'm moving at, say 120km/hr on 'D', I can just change to, say 'D2' without stepping on the brakes, and the car will slow down automatically?

A professional drivers use this to control when they want their cars to shift to lower or higher gears at the right rpm. A professional driver who knows how to handle auto gears will outrun an ordinary driver even when they are both driving the same cars with the same auto tr**ny. If u watch fast and furious 6, most of the cars they used are automatic but the drivers controlled when they want the cars to shift.

We're fast approaching the rainy season in Ghana and as road safety advocates at Progressive Driving Academy, we advice our clients and the entire road users to go by these tips for safe driving during the season. We also want to take this opportunity to wish our followers Happy Easter. Stay safe because you are different from that person who died through that accident.

Today makes the end of 2016 and yet the beginning of another long journey, 2017.
We must first give Thanks and Praises to the Almighty God for bringing us this far.
Progressive Driving Academy (PDA) wants to take this opportunity to thank everyone
for being with us and contributing in diverse ways to our success story. We wish you all a
Prosperous 2017, And may we all stay away from any kind of road accident in 2017
and beyond.

This is to help us learn about the negative effects of alcohol in driving.
Let's stay away from DRUNK DRIVING to save our lives and the lives of others.

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