About Zula Driving School in North Vancouver
Zula Driving School is a North Vancouver driving school built around focused one-on-one instruction, honest feedback, and safer habits that last beyond the road test.
About Shayan
Shayan is the instructor at Zula. He has taught driving in North Vancouver since 2016 and has coached more than 1,200 students in person. Every lesson is one-on-one with him, in English or Farsi, from your first drive to road-test day.
- ICBC-licensed driving instructor
- Teaching in North Vancouver since 2016
- 1,200+ students taught in person
- Lessons in English or Farsi
Back in 2016, I was tutoring math and physics and wanted to teach something that felt less stationary, so I started teaching driving part time. Over time, it grew into a full-time operation, and I still teach every lesson myself. I enjoy helping someone go from not being able to drive to passing their road test with confidence. Every time that happens, it feels like I have passed my own road test all over again.
I have a B.Eng from UVic and am licensed by ICBC under the BC Motor Vehicle Act (BCMVA). My electrical engineering background still shapes how I teach: I break driving down analytically, explain the why behind each habit, and adapt the lesson to the person in front of me. When I am not teaching, I am usually playing tennis, learning about financial derivatives, or developing software with AI assistance.
Students leave with a clearer practice plan.
Zula lesson reports turn instructor feedback into a readiness score, coaching notes, and focused skills to practice before the next drive.
We Care About Teaching Properly
A driving school should do more than keep a student busy for an hour. A useful lesson should make your driving clearer: what improved, what is still unsafe, what needs repetition, and what you should practise before the next drive.
That is the standard Zula is built around. We explain the habit, practise it in real traffic, correct it when it slips, and make sure the student understands why it matters. If something is not ready yet, we say so directly.
That does not mean being harsh. It means being honest. Students deserve calm instruction, but they also deserve feedback that actually helps them become safer drivers.
Built for North Vancouver Roads
North Vancouver is not an easy place to learn if the lesson is not planned well. Students deal with hills, tight residential streets, parked cars, school zones, playground zones, rain, glare, cyclists, buses, busy intersections, and traffic that changes quickly.
Good instruction should prepare you for those conditions, not just run through a few test-day movements. We want students to understand lane position, speed choice, space management, scanning, shoulder checks, parking judgment, and how to make decisions before the instructor has to rescue the situation.
That local experience matters whether you are a beginner, a nervous driver, a Class 7 learner preparing for the N test, or an N driver preparing for the full licence road test.
Road Test Preparation Without Fake Promises
We do not guarantee road test passes. No honest driving school should.
What we can do is help you understand the common reasons students lose marks, the safety habits examiners are watching for, and whether your current driving is consistent enough for a Class 7 or Class 5 road test.
If you failed a previous road test, bring the result sheet if you have it. We can help you understand what likely happened, separate small mistakes from serious driving issues, and build a clearer practice plan before you try again.
The Same Teaching Standard Behind Our Videos
Our driving lesson videos have helped millions of learners understand safer driving habits. The same idea guides our in-car lessons: explain the habit clearly, practise it properly, and make sure it sticks.
A video can help you understand a concept, but in-car instruction shows what you actually do when traffic, pressure, timing, and other drivers are involved. That is where honest feedback matters.
We are not trying to make lessons feel complicated. We are trying to make driving make sense.
Are you a licenced driving instructor? Come work with us.
If you care about teaching properly and want to help students become safe, capable drivers, get in touch.
Road-test results from our students
A real ICBC road-test result sheet from one of our students, with personal details hidden.
Book your first lesson
Start with a regular driving lesson. We will assess your current habits, coach the highest-impact issues, and keep the next step clear.
As seen on CHEK News
Zula Driving School was featured in a CHEK News story about how quickly roads can turn slick when temperatures drop.