Practice routes and recording miles
Plan a practice route from a test centre, record it once on a real drive, then share it with the learner so they can rehearse at the right speed and the right manoeuvres before test day.
What's included
- Pick a test centre — Passdesk pre-loads its catchment map
- Plot a route in the editor, save with manoeuvres tagged
- Record on a real drive — the GPS trace becomes part of the route
- 50 free recording miles per person (instructor or learner), lifetime; £5 top-ups available
- Share routes with learners — they can drive them solo or with family
- Auto-builds a "route library" per test centre
How to plan and share a practice route
- 1
Pick the test centre
Open the Routes tab and pick the test centre the student is booked at. Passdesk shows the catchment area on the map.
- 2
Plot or record
Either drag-plot the route in the editor, or open the in-car app and hit Record while you drive it. The GPS trace becomes the saved route.
- 3
Tag manoeuvres
Mark where the bay parks, parallel parks, emergency stop, and other manoeuvres happen. The student sees this overlay when they review the route.
- 4
Share with the learner
Hit Share. The route lands in their portal so they can rehearse it solo, with family, or in their next paid lesson.
FAQ
How does the recording-miles quota work?
Each user — instructor or learner — gets 50 free recording miles for life. After that, schools can buy 50-mile top-up packs at £5 per person — packs never expire. Manual route plotting (no recording) is always free.
Do students see the route or just the school?
Both — once a route is shared with a learner, they can pull it up in their portal and rehearse with family, with a hired instructor, or in their next paid lesson.
Which test centres can I anchor routes to?
Every active DVSA test centre in England, Scotland and Wales, and every RSA test centre in Ireland — your workspace shows the ones for the country your school is set up in. New centres get added on the next deploy when they are published. The public test-centre directory on this site is DVSA-only for now.