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LizT

Just wondering if anyone has any experience of getting lessons at the <SNIP>? I have my learners permit a while now but I haven't gotten any lessons yet. I have been driving around my house and I have been out on the road a few times with my mother. I can drive but I still stall sometimes and I don't want to get into bad habits. I am thinking of booking 10 hours tuition over two days and get as much done as possible in one whack.

Any advice?

MascotDec85

You'll probably find that after about 2 hrs you'll lose concentration and could stop learning so 5hrs is probably excessive. I've never been a fan of intensive courses. I'd also imagine that could be quite steep in price

Why don't you go out with an ADI. They will most probably start you off in a quiet place to let you get used to the controls. The campus may well be a good idea in theory but it's also a false environment and imo there's nothing like the real thing

ontour2

I did this recently and it will suit some people and not others. It is not done in a five hour block, it is 2 hours, hour break, 2 hours, hour break and then one more hour.

The real advantage of <SNIP> is that it is set up with all the facilities needed to teach you the technical aspects of driving in a controlled area without other irate road users. It allows for them to separate teaching you to use the car and teaching you to use public roads.

It was the first lessons that I have done so I can't compare it to other ways of learning but I found that an hour was a very short time and that longer lessons were much better for me to get comfortable with what I was being taught. It also meant that any potential habits were corrected.

**Timbuk2**

From experience, I can tell you that the most effective way of learning (in my opinion) is to take about 3/4 lessons to get the basics, then practice for a few weeks, take another 3/4 lessons to perfect technique (after car control and that becomes natural), then practice for a few weeks, and once you receive the test date, do another 3/4 lessons to make sure you are prepared for the test, and go over test routes if you are so inclined (it's not really that important - if you can reverse around one corner you can reverse around them all).

Just my opinion though.

LDC ADI 34490

lizt wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone has any experience of getting lessons at <SNIP>? I have my learners permit a while now but I haven't gotten any lessons yet. I have been driving around my house and I have been out on the road a few times with my mother. I can drive but I still stall sometimes and I don't want to get into bad habits. I am thinking of booking 10 hours tuition over two days and get as much done as possible in one whack.

Any advice?

Hi litz,

I'd agree with ontour2 100% that intensive training will suit some people while maybe not suit others. The best way for a person to learn depends on the person themselves, of course. People will have different learning styles that work best for them. The benefit of the intensive training course is that it condenses your learning into a shorter time frame without loosing the quality. We've found that the majority of people will progress at a quicker rate and of course its cheaper too

We built <SNIP> with the goal of making learning to driver safer and easier. By starting in a safe controlled environment it allows you to get familiar with the core skills of driving a car, starting and stopping safely, clutch control, moving up and down your gears smoothly. Then we'll introduce your MSPSGL routine for approaching junctions, emerging and roundabout scenarios . Once these skills come instinctively to the driver we then continue the tuition on the main roads. It means that your simply better prepared for those all important first few hours on todays busy roads.

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