1. Our School: a. Berkut Driving School is a licensed Driver Training School under the Motor Vehicle Act. b. All our instructors are well-trained and licensed under Motor Vehicle Act. 2. Private Lessons: a. Students must provide a valid BC Learners Drivers License or Drivers License, including foreign drivers’ license before the first lesson. Students must carry their license at all times during training. b. All in-car lessons are private one-on-one lessons with only the instructor and the student in the training vehicle throughout the entire lesson. However, with the consent of the student and instructor, one extra person may be present in the vehicle for the purpose of observation only. c. Each Driving Lesson is a minimum of 1 hour. d. Each driving lesson after completing the theory course will have a minimum of 55 minutes practice time (5 minutes will be used for debriefing during each in-car training lesson). e. Each Road Test Session is a minimum of 2 hours including: pick-up, drop-off and 45 minutes warm-up with our instructor and road test using our vehicle. 3. Fees: a. Individual in-car lesson fee is $80.00 for 60 minutes and $120.00 for 90 minutes. b. With permission of the student and instructor, one student may be present in the back of the car or observation. Use of the school vehicle is offered for road tests and standby at a minimum of $80.00 per hour. c. Road Test Session fee is $160.00. d. Payment must be made no later than the end of each driving lesson or road test session. There will be no refund for driving lessons or road test sessions that have taken place. 4. Scheduling: a. Our Instructors schedule their lessons. We reserve the right to make changes in car, instructor or lesson schedule due to some circumstances beyond our control. However, we will make every effort to minimize these inconveniences.
b. Road tests can be booked either by the student or by Driving School. The student must sign a Consent and Release form before Driving School may book a road test on their behalf. Student must be in an active training program, taking driving lessons, within 30 days prior a road test booked by Driving School, or Driving School reserves the right to cancel any road test appointments it has made.
5. Cancellation & No-Shows: a. If you wish to cancel a driving lesson, we require 48 hours notice otherwise a cancellation fee of $40.00 will be assessed.
b. We will reschedule any appointment without penalty if given adequate notice or with a doctor’s note in case of any emergency. c. For canceling a road test appointment made by Driving School, we require 72 hours notice, as we must notify ICBC. d. Failure to give Driving School sufficient notice may result in the student having to pay a $25 Road Test Cancellation fee to ICBC.
e. If the student has pre-paid for driving lessons or a road test session, there will be no refund given in cases of insufficient notice of cancellation as stated above