Learner Driver FAQs

Learning to drive can be a long process, so should you need additional cover once your first policy has expired, you can purchase another learner policy up to 28 days in advance for the following durations - 12 hours or 1-28 days.

As per the DVLA guidelines, you are required by law to be supervised as a provisional driver. In order to get temporary learner driver insurance, your supervisor (anyone you practise your driving with without paying them) will need to meet the following requirements:

• Be over 25
• Be qualified to drive the type of vehicle you want to learn in, for example, they must have a manual car licence if they're supervising you in a manual car
• Have had their full driving licence for 3 years (from the UK, the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein)
• Been a UK resident for a minimum of 2 years
• Does not have a DR coded motoring conviction endorsed on their driving licence within the past 5 years

You can be fined up to £1,000 and get up to 6 penalty points on your provisional licence if you drive without the right supervision.

You can drive with as many passengers as the vehicle can legally hold.

Once you've passed your test, you will no longer be a Learner Driver and therefore we would not permit you to drive against the Learner Driver policy. Our current insurers will only insure a full licence holder with a minimum licence length of 6 months, so unfortunately we won't be able to insure you straight away on our private car scheme.