Lessons

🗺️ Licence roadmap: from permit to passThe whole Malta licence journey from learner's permit to probationary licence, with tests, fees and a test-day document checklist. 🏛️ The official process: applications, fees and minimum agesEvery step from learner permit to licence according to Transport Malta's own forms: fees, documents and translator help for the theory test. 📋 Training syllabus: the Student Record SheetThe 27 skills on Transport Malta's Student Record Sheet that you must master before the practical test, with the minimum level required for each. ⛔ Instant-fail mistakesOur instructor's 17 grievous mistakes — why each is dangerous and how to avoid it on test day, plus the five-same-minor-mistakes rule. 🚦 Practical test dayWhat happens step by step on test day, what the examiner looks for, how to handle nerves and the most common reasons for failing in Malta. 🔧 Questions you need to know before the testCockpit drill, tyres, lights, hand controls and engine-bay checks, plus likely "show and tell" questions with model answers. 🪞 MSPSL: Mirror – Signal – Position – Speed – LookThe MSPSL routine behind every manoeuvre, which mirror to check when, blind spots, following distance, lane discipline and planning where to stop.

🅿️ Reverse parallel parkingReversing into a space behind a parked car: step by step with reference points, observation, common errors and how to recover with small corrections. ↩️ "L park": reversing around a cornerReversing around a corner into a side road on the left (the L manoeuvre) step by step, plus the L-shaped bay park that some instructors also call "L park". 🚗 Reverse bay parkingReversing 90° into a marked parking bay: reference points, a step-by-step method, observation and how to fix your alignment. 🔄 Turn in the road, hill start and emergency stopThe three-point turn, hill starts with the handbrake on Malta's slopes, the emergency stop and reversing in a straight line — each step by step. ⭕ Roundabouts in depthLane and signal choice with the clock method, giving way to the right, cyclists, long vehicles, yellow bars, traffic-light, mini, double-mini and spiral roundabouts. 🚸 Junctions, crossings and traffic lightsSTOP vs give way, emerging safely (peep and creep), yellow box junctions, the zebra crossing procedure, traffic lights and school-time no-entry signs.

🚦 Speed limits in MaltaThe legal limits for every vehicle and road in Malta, why 80 km/h is a ceiling and not a target, and why driving too slowly also fails the test. 🍷 Alcohol, drugs, penalty points and documentsMalta's alcohol limits, drugs and fatigue, the 3-year probationary licence, penalty points and revocation, insurance and the documents you must carry. 📏 Stopping distances and the 2-second ruleThinking, braking and total stopping distances you must know for the test, how to keep a safe gap with the 2- and 4-second rules, and what makes distances longer. 🛣️ Road markingsWhat yellow and white lines, coloured parking bays, zig-zags, yellow boxes, chevrons and painted islands mean in Malta, and which ones you must never drive over. 🪧 Road signsThe logic of sign shapes and colours, a gallery of the signs you meet most in Malta, and how to read time plates and school-day restrictions. 🚸 Priorities and vulnerable road usersWho goes first at roundabouts, junctions and crossings, how to react to emergency vehicles and buses, and how to protect pedestrians, cyclists, riders and animals. 💡 Lights, horn, tunnels and bad weatherWhen to use dipped, main-beam, fog and hazard lights, why flashing headlights is not a signal, horn rules, Malta's tunnels, and driving in rain, wind, glare and darkness. 🦺 Safety equipment, breakdowns and accidentsSeatbelts, child seats and airbags, the phone rule, what to do when you break down or have a collision, basic first aid, and eco-driving.

🚗 Category B: the car licenceWhat a Category B licence lets you drive, the minimum age, the automatic-only restriction, towing and B+E, and exactly what the theory and practical tests cover. 🏍️ Motorcycle licences and riding skillsCategories AM, A1, A2 and A, the 125cc permit, protective gear, the off-road and on-road tests, and the core riding skills: lifesaver, road position, filtering, braking and cornering. 🚛 Heavy vehicles: trucks and busesCategories C1, C, CE, D1 and D, minimum ages, blind spots and turning, air brakes, tachographs and driving hours, loads, limits and passenger safety.