Automatic licence
Automatic driving Lessons in Brisbane.
The simplest way to your licence. Two pedals, no clutch to think about, and more brain space for the road. Lesson progress depends on your experience and practice. Discuss your goals and preferred transmission with your instructor.
Your next step
Start with your suburb
Choose your suburb and send your enquiry. Finish selecting your instructor and lesson time on RAC’s booking website.
Already learning with RAC? Go directly to bookings.
Compare current lesson and package prices on RAC’s booking website. Current RAC packages and prices
Current package and payment options are shown on RAC’s booking website. Current RAC packages and prices
Now servicing
Automatic driving lessons across Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich, the Redlands, Moreton Bay and the Sunshine Coast.
Where we operate
Automatic lessons, right across South East Queensland.
Confirm your pickup area, location and any charges with your chosen instructor before booking.
Brisbane City
Fortitude Valley, New Farm, West End, South Brisbane, Newstead and the inner city.
Brisbane North
Chermside, Aspley, Nundah, Stafford, Everton Park, Ashgrove and the northside.
Brisbane South
Sunnybank, Mount Gravatt, Carindale, Coorparoo, Holland Park and the southside.
Ipswich & Springfield
Ipswich, Springfield, Goodna, Ripley, Raceview, Redbank Plains and the western corridor.
Moreton Bay & Redcliffe
North Lakes, Redcliffe, Strathpine, Narangba, Burpengary and the peninsula.
Sunshine Coast
Caloundra, Buderim, Sippy Downs, Mountain Creek, Warana, Landsborough and the coast.
Why automatic
The easiest road to your Ps.
Lesson progress depends on your experience and practice. Discuss your goals and preferred transmission with your instructor.
No clutch to juggle
Two pedals, no gears to change and no stalling. You just steer, brake and go.
Eyes on the road
With less happening inside the car, more of your attention goes where it counts, outside it.
Building your driving skills
Lesson progress depends on your experience and practice. Discuss your goals and preferred transmission with your instructor.
Modern dual-control cars
Two sets of brakes and an accredited instructor beside you, so you can relax and just drive.
Pickup options
Confirm your pickup area, location and any charges with your chosen instructor before booking.
Queensland logbook hours
Eligible Queensland learner hours with an accredited trainer can count at triple time for the first ten driving hours. Night hours and bonus time have separate recording rules. Queensland learner logbook guidance
Automatic or manual?
Building your driving skills
Both get you a licence. Here's how they stack up, so you can start with confidence.
Automatic
- No clutch and no gears, so there's far less to juggle
- Lesson progress depends on your experience and practice. Discuss your goals and preferred transmission with your instructor.
- Covers the vast majority of cars on the road today
- Compare current lesson and package prices with RAC before choosing your lessons. Current RAC packages and prices
Manual
- Manual lessons help you practise clutch control and changing gears.
- A manual licence covers automatics too
- Lesson progress depends on your experience and practice. Discuss your goals and preferred transmission with your instructor.
- Best if you already know you'll need to drive one
Lesson progress depends on your experience and practice. Discuss your goals and preferred transmission with your instructor. If you know you'll need a manual for work, start there instead. RAC offers automatic and manual lessons. Check the individual instructor’s profile for the transmission they teach. Set on manual? See our manual driving lessons. RAC instructor profiles
Not sure how many?
How many automatic Lessons will you need?
Every learner's different. Discuss your experience and goals with an instructor to plan useful lessons.
Use these starting points to discuss a lesson plan with your instructor.
Total beginner
Never really driven
Discuss a starter lesson plan
Compare current package options with RAC and choose lessons around your experience and goals. Current RAC packages and prices
Some practice
A few goes with family
Build on the practice you have already had
Use lessons to identify and practise the skills you want to strengthen. Compare current package options with RAC and choose lessons around your experience and goals. Current RAC packages and prices
Nearly there
Just need polishing
Focus on the skills you want to polish
Build familiarity with local roads while practising the driving skills assessed in the practical test.
3× logbook hours
Queensland logbook hours
Eligible Queensland learner hours with an accredited trainer can count at triple time for the first ten driving hours. Night hours and bonus time have separate recording rules. Queensland learner logbook guidance
In the driver's seat
Calm coaching, from a local.
Build familiarity with local roads while practising the driving skills assessed in the practical test. Lessons follow a calm, patient approach so you can learn at your own pace.
Every single lesson
What's included, always.
- A fully accredited instructor, patient and local.
- A modern dual-controlled automatic, two sets of brakes.
- Pickup by arrangement from home, school, uni or work. Confirm your pickup area, location and any charges with your chosen instructor before booking.
- Eligible Queensland learner hours with an accredited trainer can count at triple time for the first ten driving hours. Night hours and bonus time have separate recording rules. Queensland learner logbook guidance
- Read RAC’s current terms before buying a lesson or package. RAC terms
- Current package and payment options are shown on RAC’s booking website. Current RAC packages and prices
Real automatic learners
What Brisbane Learners say about going auto.
Read learner feedback published by RAC. RAC learner feedback
"Before I started having lessons with Ejaz I failed my test a couple times. And today I PASSED!… he actually took the time to understand where my mistakes were coming from and taught me in a way I could understand."
"When I first started I was really anxious after previously being in a car accident. Muzzy is very calm and attentive… I am now a really confident and safe driver."
"Thanks to Mirza's excellent teaching, patience, and encouragement, I passed my driving test on my first attempt… always made lessons calm and enjoyable."
Automatic packages
Choose your lesson options
The same great instructors whichever you pick. Compare current package options with RAC and choose lessons around your experience and goals. Current RAC packages and prices
Single
Compare current lesson and package prices on RAC’s booking website. Current RAC packages and prices
- 1 × 1-hour automatic lesson
- Try us out, no commitment
- Pickup by arrangement. Confirm your pickup area, location and any charges with your chosen instructor before booking.
Starter
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- 3 × 1-hour automatic lessons
- Perfect to find your feet
- Pickup by arrangement. Confirm your pickup area, location and any charges with your chosen instructor before booking.
Standard
Compare current lesson and package prices on RAC’s booking website. Current RAC packages and prices
- 5 × 1-hour automatic lessons
- Compare current package options with RAC and choose lessons around your experience and goals. Current RAC packages and prices
- Eligible Queensland learner hours with an accredited trainer can count at triple time for the first ten driving hours. Night hours and bonus time have separate recording rules. Queensland learner logbook guidance
Test-ready
Compare current lesson and package prices on RAC’s booking website. Current RAC packages and prices
- 10 × 1-hour automatic lessons
- Learning and test readiness depend on your experience, practice and progress. Discuss a lesson plan with your instructor.
- Compare current package options with RAC and choose lessons around your experience and goals. Current RAC packages and prices
Current package and payment options are shown on RAC’s booking website. Read RAC’s current terms before buying a lesson or package. Current RAC packages and prices
Good to know
Automatic driving Lessons, answered.
How many automatic lessons will I need?
It depends where you're starting from. Learning and test readiness depend on your experience, practice and progress. Discuss a lesson plan and your preferred transmission with your instructor.
Is automatic really easier than manual?
For most people, yes. Lesson progress depends on your experience and practice. Discuss your goals and preferred transmission with your instructor. Manual lessons help you practise clutch control and changing gears.
Can I switch to manual later?
Absolutely. RAC offers automatic and manual lessons. Check the individual instructor’s profile for the transmission they teach. Nothing you learn in an auto goes to waste. RAC instructor profiles
Do the lessons count toward my logbook?
Eligible Queensland learner hours with an accredited trainer can count at triple time for the first ten driving hours. Night hours and bonus time have separate recording rules. Your instructor signs it off on the spot. Queensland learner logbook guidance
What's included in a lesson?
Pickup by arrangement, a modern dual-controlled automatic, an accredited instructor, and your logbook hours signed off. Confirm your pickup area, location and any charges with your chosen instructor before booking. Read RAC’s current terms before buying a lesson or package. RAC terms
Automatic driving Lessons across Brisbane and South East Queensland
RAC School of Motoring runs automatic driving lessons right across Brisbane and beyond, with pickup by arrangement from home, school, uni or work. Confirm your pickup area, location and any charges with your chosen instructor before booking.
Learning to drive automatic in Brisbane
Lesson progress depends on your experience and practice. Discuss your goals and preferred transmission with your instructor. No clutch, no stalling, no crunching gears at the lights, just you and the road. Our instructors keep every lesson calm and structured, building your confidence on quieter streets first, then out onto the roads and roundabouts you'll face on test day.
Beyond Brisbane, right across SEQ
Check RAC’s current locations and contact the team about your pickup area. Read RAC’s current terms before buying a lesson or package. See where we operate, or browse the full range of packages. RAC locations