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Develop the Skills You Need to Earn a Driver's License in West Kelowna

As you prepare for a driving test, you'll need all the help you can get. You need your driver’s licence to keep up with your friends or even find a new job. If you have lost your licence, you need to earn it back quickly so you can resume life as usual. To do well on your driving test, you must acquire or update your skills. Find the practice you need at Westside Driving School in West Kelowna.


Our driving school in Kelowna has been training many students and interested candidates who want to learn driving. We always equip our candidates with complete knowledge in driving and practical on-hand lessons. After taking extensive lessons from our driving school, you will be able to feel comfortable on the road with experience that matches other skillful drivers.

Driving Skill Categories

Westside Driving School teaches the crucial skills you need to develop in order to earn a driver's licence. Use our program to get more in-depth training on different driving techniques. We teach the following skill categories at our driving school in West Kelowna:

  • Challenging turns

  • Freeway driving

  • Defensive driving habits

  • Parking skills

  • Difficult maneuvers

Choose an Experienced Driving School in Kelowna

Westside Driving School in West Kelowna has served drivers like you since 1994. Our curriculum helps you learn driving techniques intuitively and gives you lifelong skills you can utilize long after your final driving exam. After taking extensive lessons from our driving school, you will be able to feel comfortable on the road with experience that matches other skillful drivers. If you need to improve your driving skills and maneuvers, call us at 250-768-8771 today.

Skills and Maneuvers

We have provided a whole list of skills and maneuvers below to help you identify the maneuver to learn the most.

  • Pre-trip

  • Safety devices

  • Stopping/starting

  • Steering

  • Lane tracking

  • Right turns

  • Left turns

  • Controlled intersections

  • Cul-de-sac

  • 4-way stops

  • Uncontrolled intersections

  • Running commentary

  • Self-correcting

  • See-think-do

  • Regulation knowledge

  • Risk perception

  • Anticipating

  • Communicating

  • Identifying hazards

  • Minimizing risk

  • Backing

  • 360 check

  • Backing right

  • Backing left

  • Crossing intersections

  • Lane changes

  • Intersection safety scan

  • Freeway driving: entering

  • Right turn at large intersection

  • Freeway driving: lane change

  • Freeway driving: exiting

  • Freeway driving: signs

  • Observation skills

  • L-turn at large intersection

  • Turn lane at large intersection

  • S-maneuver

  • Space cushion

  • Yielding

  • Merging

  • Curb/hill parking

  • Parallel parking

  • Stall parking: front

  • Stall parking: back

  • Angle parking

  • Emergency vehicle

  • Traffic control

  • Pedestrian

  • Cyclists

  • Motorcyclists

  • Animals: large/small

  • Nighttime

  • Strange areas

  • Highway driving

  • Highway driving: curves

  • Highway driving: grade

  • Highway driving: exiting

  • City driving: pedestrians

  • City driving: vision skills

  • City driving: traffic circles

  • 2-point turns

  • 3-point turns

  • U-turns

  • Freeway driving: emergency conditions

Driving Lessons in West Kelowna

Westside Driving School offers complete knowledge and practical training so you can be confident behind the wheel.

Get in Touch

Contact Details

Westside Driving School

2552 Delray Road,

West Kelowna, BC V4T 1P9

Main:  250-768-8771

Cell: 250-864-4717

info@westsidedrivingschool.com

Office Hours

Monday – Friday: 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Text or Call

Saturday: 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM

Sunday: Closed

Service Area

  • Kelowna

  • West Kelowna

  • Peachland

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