Driving Instructor Ramble.

You are driving the car then you get the points. Your driving instructor should know this.

Amber means stop, but if you were over the line when they changed to amber then I don't see the problem.
 
From my personal experience of 4 lessons so far, I'd recommend doing 1h30 lessons instead of just 1 hour. Seems to get a lot more done :)

Oh and my instructor is awesome, explains things very clearly and is very calm, had him recommended to me my a couple of friends and we spend a lot of the driving time talking about the latest tech news
 
Some instructors milk lessons out of you i think for the £££, im convinced that the person that taught me did that.

I struggled with reverse around the corner for ages, and my instructor used that as a excuse for me not being ready for my test meaning me paying for more lessons to perfect it, at the time i didn't really argue with it because after all she is the professional, what do i know?

Even on the day of my test i still wasn't confident with that maneuver!

After 40 hrs + worth of lessons i failed my 1st test because of stupid nervs over whelming me but the 2nd time i passed with just 3 minor faults and felt very relaxed through out the whole test. And to top it off i didn't even have to do the stupid reverse around the corner maneuver!

So i am pretty sure i was ready for my test way before my instructor thought i was...
 
JIM_BOB7813 said:
Amber means stop, but if you were over the line when they changed to amber then I don't see the problem.
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To clarify,

Amber— this warns traffic that it should stop unless it is unsafe to do so. In the UK it is legal to pass through an amber light, as the phase exists to warn drivers not yet at the junction that they will have to stop.
 
Least your instructor turned up.

Mine has now not turned up twice, first time he went to hospital which is fair enough. But today he told me he was waiting outside for me, funnily enough I was outside cleaning the wife's car at the time...
 
dmpoole said:
How many is average these days?

My eldest daughter had about 15 but my youngest had about 50.
I had 5 but it was 1974.
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The DSA reckons that the average candidate needs about 45 hours tuition to pass the test. Either side of "average" it will be more or less lessons depending n their aptitude.

I mostly teach semi and intensive courses these days and I base my average on 24-32 hours training for a novice driver to get to test standard. However, I won't take anyone on for intensive training unless I've assessed them first to ensure they are suitable for intensive training which means I only elect to teach those who I believe are capable of dealing with the rigours and stresses of intensive driver training which usually carries with it added pressures due to a short time frame for training.

Some people are just not suitable for semi/intensive training and I personally wouldn't take the money from anyone if they didn't have a realistic chance of passing their test at the end of the course.
If I don't think they are capable of reaching the standard at the end, I will advise them to take regular weekly lessons which will probably work out far cheaper than throwing their money away on intensive training which would be completely inappropriate for them.
 
Most people I know have 25-35 before their first test.

But I know some academically clever people so they pick things up quite quickly.

Some fail their first test and by the time they have their 2nd/3rd test they would have had 40-45 lessons
 
I've had around 15-16 or so so far and my instructor was telling me to put in for my theory as I was getting closer to testing standard since I'm getting 4 and 5s on most of the things I've done (Got parking and something else I can't remember to be taught to do yet) so i'll hazard a guess that it'll be around 25-30 when I put in for my test. I do go out once or twice a week for an hour or so with my dad though so that obviously helps. I know people in my school who took around 50-60 to pass, one of my best mates has had around 55 so far and three tests, Albeit he would have passed on his first test (around 40-45 lessons) if he hadn't ran the amber light.
 
some of your instructors sound awful, I was very happy with mine, he'd been a school teacher previously and I think it showed He was always very patient, intervened only when absolutely necessary and coached by asking me questions about my driving so I would pick up on my mistakes rather than just giving me a ticking off about them. Let me learn at my own pace too which, whilst it cost me more, meant I was more happy and confident in my abilities on the day and passed first time, 2 minors.
 
I just had my 32nd lesson and we are talking about getting a test booked up. I was pretty confident around 25 lessons but still needed to work on some things.
 
ROFLMAO

I passed my driving test in August on the 11th this year, first time with only four minors. Now for the embarrassing bit, I'm twenty eight and it took me roughly a hundred lessons :o.
 
^TANK^ said:
I passed my driving test in August on the 11th this year, first time with only four minors. Now for the embarrassing bit, I'm twenty eight and it took me roughly a hundred lessons :o.
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Congratulations. Be sure not to get 6 points in your first 2 years or you will have to re sit your test.
 
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