Driving Lessons

PasturesNew

BSM have some driving lesson videos on youtube
http://uk.youtube.com/results?search_query=bsm+driving+lessons&search_type=&aq=3&oq=bsm

goldspanners

lauren_1 wrote: »

The cheapest way is to get you dad to take you to an aerodrome or a empty car park away from other road users and get him to teach you clutch controll.

Starting smoothly, driving for a few meters and stopping smoothly with out any jolts, bunny hops and stalls, gradually building up to a few laps, then reverse parking and bay parking.

then buy your dad a new clutch for christmas!

sarah_smurf

cajef wrote: »

You want to try that when despite all the instruction a learner driver flies out of a junction or onto a roundabout without looking or slowing down, you need fast reactions, I can remember some pretty close calls which without dual controls fitted could have been nasty.:eek:

Why do you think a lot of driving instructors are grey and have nervous twitches.:D

Ooooh so that's why my 1st one went bald and had a dicky ticker and my latest one was as grey as snow and went in for a heart check aswell :rotfl:

jimmo

When my children learned to drive they went to a School of Motoring and had, I think 6 lessons before their instructor advised me that they were ready to drive my car.
Then I added them as named drivers (with provisional licences) to my insurance and the cost was peanuts.
I then took them out for drives, not into town to practice manoeuvres etc but on country roads and dual carriageways.
As far as I was concerned the function of the driving school was to get them through the test. My function was to give them experience of driving and handling cars.
Maybe I was lucky twice but I never needed to take emergency action. By the time they took their Tests they had had one instructor to pass their tests and lots and lots of time behind the wheel.
It worked. They both passed first time.

twinklyrach

I had a couple of months with my instructor before hopping in a car with Mum... I don't think she's ever recovered

Seriously though - use an ADI. Parents are useful but really only for practice; my Mum slows with her gears which I took to doing too... and you aren't supposed to do that.

Chris4

My dad has Tesco clubcard points, you can get 4x the value.

http://www.tesco.com/clubcard/deals/product.aspx?R=480&bci=4294967150%7CMotoring

So may get that.