Already Have Some Driving Experience?Here’s What Your First Lesson Looks Like.
Already Have Some Driving Experience? | Lessons2Drive FOR EXPERIENCED LEARNERS Already Have Some Driving Experience? Here’s what your first lesson with Lessons2Drive looks like. Lessons2Drive Driving School Ex-VicRoads Licence Testing Officer · Founder, Lessons2Drive June 2026 · 7 min read Welcome — and thanks for choosing Lessons2Drive. You’re reading this because your first lesson is […]
Getting Started (Learner & Licence)
Getting Started with Driving Lessons | Lessons2Drive Getting started with driving lessons is one of the most important steps a learner driver can take. At Lessons2Drive, we help complete beginners understand not just how to drive — but why every decision behind the wheel matters. Founded by an ex-VicRoads Licence Testing Officer, our approach to […]
Converting Your Overseas Licence to a Victorian Licence
Converting Your Overseas Licence to a Victorian Licence | Lessons2Drive Converting your overseas licence to a Victorian licence requires specific preparation that most overseas drivers underestimate. At Lessons2Drive, we specialise in helping overseas licence holders understand exactly what the VicRoads drive test requires — and why years of overseas driving experience does not exempt you […]
How to Get Your Victorian Learner Permit – Step by Step
Getting Started — Learner & Licence Written by Chamitha Lokuwithana — Ex-VicRoads Licence Testing Officer 1,800+ official drive tests conducted · Founder, Lessons2Drive How to get your Victorian learner permit is one of the first questions every new driver in Victoria asks — and it’s worth getting right from the start. At Lessons2Drive, we help […]
Your First Step on the Road: How to Ace the Driver Knowledge Test (DKT)
Written by Chamitha Lokuwithana — Ex-VicRoads Licence Testing Officer 1,800+ official drive tests conducted · Founder, Lessons2Drive Most people treat the DKT as a hurdle to clear and forget. That’s the wrong approach — and I say that as someone who sat in the examiner’s seat for over 1,800 official VicRoads drive tests. Every road […]
The 120-Hour Rule: Driving Quality Over Just Clocking Time
Written by Chamitha Lokuwithana — Ex-VicRoads Licence Testing Officer 1,800+ official drive tests conducted · Founder, Lessons2Drive Most learner drivers think 120 hours means 120 hours of driving. It doesn’t. I sat in the passenger seat for over 1,800 official VicRoads drive tests. The students who failed were not the ones with the fewest hours. […]
Master the Hazard Perception Test: Your Key to Safer Driving
Written by Chamitha Lokuwithana — Ex-VicRoads Licence Testing Officer 1,800+ official drive tests conducted · Founder, Lessons2Drive The Hazard Perception Test sits between your learner permit and your drive test — and most students treat it as a box to tick. That’s a mistake. After conducting over 1,800 official VicRoads drive tests, I can tell […]
The Importance of Proper Training for Overseas License Holders Before Hitting the Australian Roads
Written by Chamitha Lokuwithana — Ex-VicRoads Licence Testing Officer 1,800+ official drive tests conducted · Founder, Lessons2Drive You’ve been driving for years. Possibly decades. Your licence is valid in Victoria for the first six months. So what’s the problem? The problem — and I saw it repeatedly across 1,800+ official drive tests — is that […]
Is Your Learner Driver Covered? Don’t Let a Simple Mistake Cost You!
Written by Chamitha Lokuwithana — Ex-VicRoads Licence Testing Officer 1,800+ official drive tests conducted · Founder, Lessons2Drive If you’re supervising a learner driver in Victoria, there are two types of protection you need to think about. The first — car insurance coverage — is the one most parents think of. The second — knowing what […]