Getting your learner permit in Bern: step by step
Eye test, first aid course, theory exam, application: how to get your Swiss learner permit in Bern without detours.
Passing the Swiss theory exam: a simple study plan
How to prepare for the Swiss theory exam in three weeks without endless cramming.
The VKU course in Bern: format, content and timing
Eight hours of traffic theory in four blocks, with one aim: reading situations, not just knowing rules.
Overcoming driving anxiety: the first three steps
Driving anxiety does not disappear because someone tells you to relax. It disappears through small, controlled successes.
Test nerves before the practical driving test
If you can drive but still shake on test day, you do not have a driving problem. You have a test problem, and that can be trained.
Fear of the motorway: making the first slip road work
Slip roads, lane changes, speed: the motorway is more predictable than the city centre once you know the sequence.
Getting back behind the wheel after years without a car
Licence in your pocket, practice long gone: what is actually missing, how many sessions it takes and a four week plan.
Driving in later life: eight honest questions
A short self assessment showing whether training makes sense, and what family members can do.
Driver training for older drivers: how a session runs
One session, 90 minutes, possible in your own car: how a Seniordrive session is structured.
The medical check from 75: what to expect
From the age of 75 a medical check becomes due in Switzerland. What is assessed and how to prepare.
ADHD and driving: what actually helps in lessons
Structure, short instructions, one clear goal per session: how lessons with ADHD become productive instead of exhausting.
ADHD and theory revision: short blocks, not marathons
Fifteen minutes a day, a fixed time, visible progress: a revision system that works with ADHD.
Autism and driving lessons: avoiding sensory overload
Same times, same routes, announced sequences: how lessons become predictable and therefore possible.
Driving after an accident: the way back
After an accident it is not only the body that is affected. How to get back behind the wheel in small, controlled steps.
Driving again after illness: assessment and build up
After a stroke, an operation or long treatment: how a structured return to driving works.
Driving with hand controls: adaptation, training, licence
Hand controls, left hand accelerator, accelerator ring: which adaptations exist and how the route to a licence entry works.
A foreign licence in Switzerland: the deadlines and why timing matters
Twelve months after you move here. Why an early application decides whether you may keep driving until the Kontrollfahrt.
Exchanging a foreign licence in Bern
Documents, application, processing time and what happens after the invitation: the process step by step.
The Kontrollfahrt in Bern: how to prepare
One drive, one attempt. What is assessed and which Swiss specifics make the difference.
Talk first, then decide
Message me on WhatsApp, I will get back to you as soon as I am not driving. If you prefer to talk, call me. A short 15-minute conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing. Even if you decide against me, you will know more than you did before.
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