Learning to drive INTENSIVE style. Advice?

[Brighton Breezy]

Never learned to drive. Need to.

Anyone done an intensive course? If so, how much and where and would you recommend it?

 

[ali jenkins]

Its not always a good thing Rich, you will be doing 6hrs+ a day and that is a LONG time to be driving, especially if your not used to it. there is also the trouble of booking your test for the end of the week and if your not ready you wont have enough time to cancel it and get a refund.

Im sure it works for some people but if it was me, and I wasnt in a rush to pass then book 2/3 lessons a week and do loads of driving with the missus (if she can handle it) as that will get you used to driving without your instructor next to you all the time.

 

[Frutos]

3 of my mates have done intensive courses, every one of them failed.

They've now all retaken their tests after having "normal" lessons and passed comfortably.

 

[vegster]

I'm sure Edna Kerbabble can advise on the names of a few 14 year olds who have learned very quickly

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

Complete con.

There's no guarentee whatsoever you'll pick it up in a week.... everyone's different... took me 2 years to learn! (and I'm still shit)

 

[sir danny cullip]

Just do 4 hours a week of lessons which gives you enough of the 'correct procedure' stuff about how to pass the test. After about 4/5 weeks you should be able to to take your test and pass. Add into that lots of practice with someone else who drives and trusts you (!!) to drive them around and you should be sorted!

 

[vegster]

Complete con.

There's no guarentee whatsoever you'll pick it up in a week.... everyone's different... took me 2 years to learn! (and I'm still shit)

Have you tried an automatic ? much easier than playing with your gear lever

 

[steward 433]

I did an intensive and passed. Two of my brothers failed.

I would suggest a couple of single lessons to see how quick you pick it up.

Also if you haven't got your eyes checked in the last 6 months get them redone as i got headaches after 9 months of a test and the optician suggests 6 monthly if you drive a lot.

 

[Hiney]

My son did it a couple of years ago and passed - basically from scratch a couple of weeks after his 17th birthday.

As others have said it's pretty bloody intensive but gets you out on the road quickly.

It cost around £600 I think.

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

I was working with an ex BSM driving instructor a couple of weeks ago and he said, younger people often passed quicker on these methods because they did not think about it as much as older folk.

He said as quoted above that he found most people could acually have a good chance of passing the test after about 10 hours worth of lessons. He said he found the average to be about 20 hours. We just bought my neice some lessons for her 18th birthday and lots of places give cheap first lessons to see if you like em.

You also have the theory and hazard perception to tackle, good luck. Why do you have to pass quickly, if you have been entered for the Arlington bangor racing a couple of lessons should do you fine

 

[BensGrandad]

Have a holiday in Florida and take a test that takes about 30mins then get your licence and come back to England and drive for 12 months asa visitor. Then take a UK Driving test. ou used to be able to do the same with ROI but not sure now. The only dodgy things is you must have USA address.

Before any barrack room lawyers say it is illegal it isnt because I know of somebody who got done on a DD and flew to Florida next day and did exactly that and then drove in England during his ban and was stopped by the police and the law is that you are banned from holdinga a UK or Euro licence not actually banned from driving.

 

[Cian]

ou used to be able to do the same with ROI but not sure now.

You need to go a theory test, then wait 6 months before doing our driving test, which is realistically no easier than the UK one.

However, if you get the licence you can swap it for a full UK one. In the time it takes, you could have tried the UK test repeatedly...

 

[Clothes Peg]

I knew a cocky little sh*t who did one, having booked the test for the end of the week. He did the intensive, failed the test. As if that wasn't sweet enough, he then took another 8 tests before eventually passing.

Get your theory test out of the way first, as you can't book your proper test until you've done that. I don't know how long the practical test waiting list is at the moment, but it can be months.

I don't think I would have been able to cope with a lesson longer than a couple of hours. Learning to drive was knackering.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

It depends on the intensive course you do. I passed many years ago on an intensive course but there were two of us learners in the car with the instructor so we took turns to drive and the other watched/rested which made it much better than the ones where you drive all day yourself.

 

[BensGrandad]

I believe that the theory should be taught in the last year at school.

 

[steward 433]

I believe that the theory should be taught in the last year at school.

That's fine but it only lasts two years and what if the pupil can't afford to take his/her test in that time?

 

[BensGrandad]

At that age the memory is very retentive so they would probably remember it if they had to take it again.

 

[steward 433]

At that age the memory is very retentive so they would probably remember it if they had to take it again.

Fair enough but then they would be penalised by having to pay for it when they probably struggled to get the money together for lessons.

 

[Skint Gull]

HOw old are you Richie? As far as i'm concerned if you are over 21 and haven't bothered to learn to drive you really shouldn't bother cos clearly you won't enjoy it and will be shit, therefore making my life more difficult when I drive

 

[BensGrandad]

Fair enough but then they would be penalised by having to pay for it when they probably struggled to get the money together for lessons.

You misunderstood me it should be part of the curiculum as is maths and english etc