Peter Cairns Driving Tuition - Carlisle

Khadeem E.

I don’t think I’ve ever left a negative review before, but I’ve been left with a real sour taste in my mouth after my experience dealing with Peter.

I’m generally a positive person & I can handle criticism, but when people start swearing at you and belittling you it can be pretty hard to take in the actual critique because it comes with a real disrespectful attitude.

& he 100% believes it is totally okay to communicate with someone this way, what all the negative reviews say about him were my exact experience too! So I know I’m not crazy.

My advise would be get a small package first and see if you can handle his attitude before making any big purchases.

Best of luck!

Lee J.

AVOID ! AVOID ! AVOID ! AVOID! AVOID! AVOID! Wow you really are an angry little man aren’t you. Shouting profanities and throwing the v sign like it’s going out of fashion at people all whilst having a learner driver in the vehicle. If you paid clearer attention to the road signs that are in front of you and not being an angry little man, you would see signs ahead of you stating that roads are closed making people attempt to merge into other lanes. I think you need to go to anger management classes! Not only that you need to clearly show students an exemplary manner of driving behaviours, not the way you do. Which is basically telling people road rage is ok to do. 69.5% of drivers experience road rage but you should know this as an instructor. You are an appalling excuse of an instructor!

Stephen C.

Recently passed after completing a Direct Access course which includes everything from bike hire, cbt, theory, mod 1 and mod 2. Majority of the 15 hours training I had was with Peter who is very informative with a lot of knowledge who teaches you his way. Mod 1 training I had with Scott who has a different style of training and breaks everything down so it's easy to remember. With a mixture of both instructors it worked well. Thanks for getting me through.

Euan H.

I recently completed my cbt and A2 licence with Peter and Scott. Both of them are excellent instructors, very skillful and experienced riders with alot of knowledge to pass on. The quality of there bikes is great with all of them being modern and maintained, easy to ride and comfortable.

They don't mess you about or try to drag anything out, they just teach you how to ride safely and confidently. They both have a great priority on safety and constantly pay full attention to the riders with them.

Even though they are so focused with there training they both manage to make it all enjoyable and have a laugh while doing it.

Regardless of what licence your planning on doing (or even a couple lessons as a refresher after a long break from riding) just give them a ring and get it done. Can't recommend them high enough.

Oli D.

Scott (specifically) is an excellent instructor - he is patient and encourages you to stay safe & effective on the road. He shows you how to be vigilant but not cautious and can spot differences in ability when you're riding in trios and adapts accordingly. He will push you to improve and learn but never too far. Thanks to him (again, specifically) and his skill, good communication and patience, I passed my Mod 1 and Mod 2 (after a brief hiatus in training) with one minor across the two tests. It's clear he is a busy busy guy but he doesn't let this reflect in his approach to teaching.

The polar opposite of every single point made above describes Peter. Star rating reflects the degree to which this affected the experience for me. My advice: ask for Scott and you'll be fine! Better than fine in fact.

Lindsay B.

Refresher lesson on Kawasaki 125, put at ease and friendly, confident instruction - would recommend. Lovely dogs in office too

Johny S.

I have recently passed my Mod 1 & 2 with no minors thanks to the training provided by Peter and Scott. You will find when you are out on the road riding that Peter and Scott have different training styles, with one being more patient than the other….won’t mention names 😆, but the training they provide is excellent and you can have good banter along the way 👍🏽

Chalkie F.

As a new or inexperienced rider if you are lucky - you get his son to instruct you. If you are REALLY UNLUCKY, you get Peter who is the worst instructor I have ever had the misfortune to "work with."

It's not for nothing that a lot of new starters are now making the trip to Newcastle to do their MBT instead of doing it in Carlisle. After that - go to the guy near Dobies instead - he's a really good instructor. Peter on the other hand has no manners, no customer care and simply wants a 1 day MBT done in 2-3 hours or you get shouted at or belittled for every mistake you make.