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Teenager learning to drive a manual

  • 21-09-2021 10:08am
    #1
    josip
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    We'll get a BEV in 3 or 4 years time, but my kids won't be old enough to legally drive before we change.

    I'd like them to at least be able to do the basics and understand the clutch before they disappear from their lives.

    Probably out of nostalgia than any sense it might ever be useful for them in their future lives, but you never know.

    Is there anywhere they can legally and practically drive a car when they're that age in Ireland?

    When I was a kid we used to get taught the mechanics of driving on Duncannon beach or in some local farmer's field.



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  • #2
    GLaDOS
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    I learned the absolute basics in a nearby industrial estate at night, if there's one within practical driving distance?

    Also taught my girlfriend in the car park of a school at the weekend when it was empty. Just basic starting and stopping before going onto an actual road. Church car park may be an option as well?

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #3
    galwaytt
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058209771/teenager-learning-to-drive-a-manual

    You can go to the Leinster Motor Campus, where they teach kids down to 14, and they can learn to drive there, in an off-the-public-road environment in a normal car. It's laid out with roads, roundabouts, traffic lights etc. Some schools send their TY students there. I brought my daughter there for her 14th birthday.

    https://www.leinsterdrivingcampus.ie/

    There's one in Mallow too:

    http://www.munsterdrivingcampus.com/

    Ode To The Motorist

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