Two hour lessons - good idea?

The Edge · 1 Feb 2007 at 10:55

I had a double lesson very early on and found that i was losing concentration towards the end of the session. This was however very early days, and i was still not quite au fait with the car handling.

Now i'm more advanced and doing three point turns, reverse round a corner and parallell parking do you guy reckon it might be worth trying doubles again?

Thanks for any advice

The Edge · 1 Feb 2007 at 11:55

As i said it was very early days so driving was much harder work if you kbnow what i mean

I'm trying a double a week on saturday so we'll see.

I'm quite lucky, there are loads of good roads right by me, so two hours is literally two hours tuition, no getting htere and back to worry about.

We'll see

The Edge · 1 Feb 2007 at 12:29

Good roads , if he's worth paying he will take you round the roads you'll be using on the test day.

I live 2 miles from a test centre

The Edge · 1 Feb 2007 at 12:46

Dashik said:
Why not do what I do with my pupils? Take a 5 min break in the middle of the 2 hour lesson? out of the car stretch the legs, smoke em if your got them, then back in refreshed and ready for more

I was thinking if we did the manoevres in the middle it would act the same way. When i did my other double lesson i had only done a 3 point turn so it was 1hr 55 minuites of non stop driving around and it did get boring.

Now i'm good enough to try more challenging roads as well it should be better.

And if you can't concentrate for 2 hours you shouldn't be allowed in a car imho.

Sorry i think this is wrong, you work within your limits and do what works for you. If you need a break every hour then take one and plan it into the journey. That's just common sense

The Edge · 1 Feb 2007 at 21:12

Up till now 1hr lessons have been fine, it's just if you're going to do a parallell park it can be up to 15 minuites trying to find somewhere. Add to that a LHR or 3 point turn and the lesson has gone before you know it.

When i go out and practice i go for an hour, and try to get out 3 times a week, but that's a little differant as 1) I'm not paying and 2) It's pitch dark and more taxing than daylight, at least it is at the moment.