Driving Lessons Gladstone Park

Coolaroo VicRoads, at 12/1530 Pascoe Vale Road, Coolaroo. It is about 7.4 kilometres north east of Gladstone Park and it is the office your driving lessons are built around, so the testing routes are familiar well before test day.

About 7.4 kilometres heading north east. Allow a good quarter of an hour rather than ten minutes, because the arterials through this part of the north run slower than the distance suggests for much of the day.

Yes for ordinary driving lessons. The ten minute rule goes on minutes rather than kilometres though, and this corridor is slower than it looks, so for drive test preparation we would suggest meeting at Coolaroo VicRoads or booking a 90 minute driving lesson instead.

The residential streets around Gladstone Park Drive and South Centre Road, well back from the arterials. They are quiet, and because they curve rather than meet at square corners they teach road position and looking ahead from the very first driving lesson.

They make it different, and usefully so. On a straight grid a beginner can get away with looking only at the next corner. Here the road bends away from you, so you learn to look further ahead and hold your position properly, and both of those are exactly what the drive test is watching for.

Yes, once the quiet streets are comfortable. Both are multi-lane with steady traffic, so they ask for lane discipline and turns planned well in advance. They are also the closest local match to the conditions around Coolaroo VicRoads, which makes them worth proper time.

For the first driving lesson or two. It is a reasonable place to get used to the pedals, the steering and moving among other cars at low speed. It does not teach you to judge a kerbside gap between parked cars, which is what the drive test asks, so we move onto the streets fairly quickly.

Yes. The shopping centre is a common meeting point for driving lessons in Gladstone Park, along with home and work. For drive test preparation we would still suggest Coolaroo VicRoads instead.

On the residential streets where cars are parked along the kerb in a normal line. The curving streets mean some gaps sit on a bend, which is harder than a straight one and worth doing deliberately before test day rather than meeting for the first time on it.

Automatic. Driving lessons in Gladstone Park are in a small dual-control automatic, and that is also the car you would sit the Coolaroo VicRoads drive test in if your package includes it. An automatic licence covers you for automatic cars, which is what most people in Melbourne drive now. If you specifically need manual, tell us when you book and we will give you an honest answer on whether we can cover it.

The same as everywhere else we teach. A 60 minute driving lesson booked as a package of three works out at $225, and packages that include the Coolaroo VicRoads drive test start at $224. The full list is further down this page. The price does not change for weekends, public holidays, early mornings or evenings, which is worth checking when you compare quotes.

Most overseas drivers need 3 to 5 driving lessons. If you already drive regularly in Melbourne, 2 to 3 is usually enough, and if you are still adjusting to Melbourne conditions, plan on 5 to 10 or more. Those are recommended ranges, not fixed minimums. The gap is rarely car control. It is Victorian road rules, and it is the multi-lane arterials this part of the north runs on. Your driving instructor takes you through all of it ahead of the Coolaroo VicRoads drive test.

No. There is a VicRoads office at Essendon Fields, south of Gladstone Park, and it does not conduct drive tests. It stays open for other business. Drive tests from Gladstone Park happen at Coolaroo VicRoads.