1 hr = 3 hrs: How to get bonus log book hours (QLD)

Getting a driver's licence is a key milestone in a young person's life. Unfortunately, the process from first sitting the written Road Rules Test through to obtaining your P1 licence takes significant time, effort and support from family and/or friends. One of the most significant challenges in the Queensland (QLD) licencing regime is meeting the minimum logbook hours requirements. This is where you must gain and record a significant amount of driving experience behind the steering wheel before being able to attempt the driving test.

What is the logbook requirement in QLD?

Your learner driver log book is for you and your supervising driver to record your driving experience.

In QLD, if you are under the age of 25 you must log at least 100 hours of supervised driving, including a minimum of 10 hours of night driving, before you can attempt the driving test.

100 hours of supervised driving is no small undertaking, for most people this is going to take many months and you are going to need plenty of support from friends and family. If you drive on average for only 1 hr, you will require as many as 100 separate driving sessions.

A little known hack.....

Here at EzLicence, we get many enquiries about the logbook requirements however we find that very few learners know about the scheme in Queensland that allows them to receive up to 30 bonus log book hours if they learn with a driving instructor. All of our driving instructors are able to support this scheme.

For every 1 hour structured driving lesson you complete with a licensed QLD driving instructor, you can record 3 hours driving experience in your log book. A maximum of 10 hours of lessons will be accepted and recorded as 30 hours driving experience.

This doesn’t mean that you should stop having lessons once you reach the 10 hour limit, especially if you feel you’d benefit from more lessons.

Driving lessons at night (between sunset and sunrise) count for only 1 hour of night driving. 

Professional driving lessons

So simply scheduling 10 hours of driving lessons with a driving instructor will give you 30 hours of driving time in your logbook. This will get you off to a great start and ready to start driving with friends and family. Alternatively, it could be an accelerated method of getting your final 30 hrs in your logbook and a great way of preparing to pass your driving test.

The benefits of driving lessons

So we've learnt that 10 hrs of professional driving lessons will give you 30 hrs in your logbook. Getting 10 hours of driving lessons will not just accelerate your progress towards P1 licence, it will also have some added benefits........

Professional driving lessons will teach you correct and safe driving techniques. Your friends & family can provide great support as you build your driving experience. However the chances are it has been a long time since they passed their driving test and bad habits will have crept in.

There are also the driving test pass rates to consider. Would you believe that only 63% of driving tests attempted in QLD in 2018 resulted in a pass? Professional driving lessons may actually save you time & money. 

If you are considering getting some driving lessons, why not try EzLicence? Simply enter your pickup suburb and preferred transmission type into the search tool below. You can then review the profiles of the available driving instructors in your area and then book your lessons online in real time. When you buy a 10 pack of lessons you receive 10% off the total price, meaning that the 10th lesson is FREE.