Driving Lessons..no car! help

_colin · 12-03-2013 10:10pm #1

hi, just looking for abit of advice..stupid question but is it possible to complete driving lessons if you dont own a car?

The_Nipper_One · 12-03-2013 11:22pm

Of course, as far as I know almost every instructor will have a car for students to take lessons in.

The only thing you need to get lessons is a provisional.

Mister Jingles · 12-03-2013 11:24pm

And a good few quid

ADIDriving · 13-03-2013 7:06am

Yes. It is fairly common.

monkeypants · 13-03-2013 7:12am

Having said that, it would be a good things to have at least the use of a car so that you can practice what you're learning. Otherwise, you may end up taking the same lesson over and over. Make sure the car comes with a fully licenced driver, not just for the law, but to help with advice and confidence.

Jamie Cal · 13-03-2013 7:16am

Like they were all saying, there's instructors with cars and all that. But you'd wanna familiarize yourself with how to drive before you get in so I'd recommend like a driving simulator or something like that on your computer first.

MascotDec85 · 13-03-2013 7:19am

I've a pupil sitting his test in a couple of weeks who has taken all of his lessons in my car and has no car to practice in at all.
He is more than capable of passing the test first time.

It's also the way I learned.

Graham · 13-03-2013 7:28am

I learnt to drive exclusively in a driving school car, this is how the vast majority of UK learners learn to drive.

I wouldn't worry about getting any practice in outside of your driving lessons either. Practice outside of your lessons can give you the opportunity to pick up bad habits which your driving instructor will then need to 'educate' out of you.

IANADI

monkeypants · 14-03-2013 9:30am

MascotDec85 wrote: »

I've a pupil sitting his test in a couple of weeks who has taken all of his lessons in my car and has no car to practice in at all.
He is more than capable of passing the test first time.

It's also the way I learned.

I found that by practicing outside of my lessons, I brought questions about various scenarios back to the instructor to answer at the next lesson.

Graham · 14-03-2013 10:09am

Would you not have discovered any of those scenarios in the car with your instructor?

monkeypants · 21-03-2013 7:58am

Graham wrote: »

Would you not have discovered any of those scenarios in the car with your instructor?

Some yes, but the lessons were an hour in duration. Afterwards, I would process the lesson and jot down questions that hadn't occurred to me at the time. Same when out driving with the missus, just jot down the questions for later. Not every question was based on the lesson, some were hypotheticals.

Driving Lessons..no car! help

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