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RSA School of Motoring Abbeyleix
Manual driving lessons Abbeyleix
Most Abbeyleix learners start in a manual, and passing in one covers you for manual and automatic cars. The first lessons stay on quieter streets like Market Square. Once the clutch stops being the main event, we move out to Main Street.
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Automatic driving lessons Abbeyleix
Automatic takes the clutch out of it, which helps on Main Street at busy times. A test passed in an automatic gives a Code 78 licence, limited to automatic cars. Same instructor, same free pick-up in Abbeyleix.
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Once you're matched, your lessons sit on our booking platform. You see what's next, move a lesson when you need to, and get a reminder before each one.
An RSA guide to the EDT
Before you sit the driving test you need all twelve EDT lessons, each one stamped in your logbook. Your Abbeyleix instructor works through them in order, starting on Market Square and building up to Main Street.
By the last few lessons you're driving the roads around the Portlaoise test centre, so the approach is familiar long before the day itself.
Get ready to pass your Abbeyleix driving test
Once the EDT is done, it's on to test preparation. The nearest centre to Abbeyleix is Portlaoise, 14.3 km and about 13 minutes by road. Pretest lessons run on the roads around it, and you sit the test in the car you practised in. If Carlow has an earlier date, we cover those routes too.
Driving instructors across Abbeyleix
Choose RSA School of Motoring for your driving lessons in Abbeyleix
Because not all Abbeyleix driving schools are made equal. Our County Laois instructors cover Abbeyleix and the towns around it, including Portlaoise, Ballyroan and Durrow. Pick-up is free from home, work or college, or meet us near Market Square.
Learning elsewhere? You can also visit these nearby town pages:
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The EDT: a guide
Essential Driver Training is twelve set lessons with an Approved Driving Instructor. Some foreign licence holders qualify for a reduced six. In Abbeyleix the course runs from your door, and the later lessons take in the Portlaoise test routes.
The EDT: a guide ↗ Preparation for the driving test ↗Abbeyleix lessons. A few good questions.
Where is the nearest driving test centre to Abbeyleix?
The closest is Portlaoise, about 14.3 km by road from Abbeyleix. Carlow and Kilkenny are the next closest if their dates come up sooner.
How much do driving lessons in Abbeyleix cost?
A single manual lesson is €53.27. The full 12-lesson EDT package is €587.95, which works out at €49.00 a lesson. Automatic runs from €61.41. Full prices are on our pricing page.
Do you offer free pick-up in Abbeyleix?
Yes. We collect from home, work or college anywhere in Abbeyleix, at no extra cost. Common spots are SuperValu on Main Street and Abbeyleix South National School on Knocknamoe Lane.
Do you teach automatic driving lessons in Abbeyleix?
Yes. We run manual and automatic lessons from the same Abbeyleix base. A single automatic lesson is €61.41 and the 12-lesson package is €659.24.
Which nearby towns do you cover from Abbeyleix?
We cover Portlaoise, Ballyroan and Durrow, plus Mountrath. The instructor lives close enough to come to your door.
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on 01 902 3100
Abbeyleix driving lessons, with free pick-up anywhere in Abbeyleix.
