Amount of lessons for 17 year old?

aliasojo

Yes, I know this is a 'how long is a piece of string' question.

Anyone with 'know it all' & cocky 17 year olds in the family who have been taking lessons?

Rough guide as to the amount of lessons that were required would be helpful.

LB1985

This website should be useful.

Rikki

Luckily my son isn't a cocky 17 year old but he is 17 and having driving lessons. The instructor told him he should be looking at about 40 lessons in total..

millwalll

i read sumwhere you should have 40 lesson and 22 hours of driving with sumone else to pass and the lesson price ranges from £18 upwards

aliasojo

Rikki wrote:

Luckily my son isn't a cocky 17 year old

Maybe I should rephrase...........you get confident take to it like a 'duck to water' drivers and less confident and more apprehensive drivers.

Son has driven his Father's car on private ground and has no issues with confidence at all. He thinks he will only need a few lessons to pass.

I wondered how many lessons it took others who felt they were at home behind a steering wheel. It seems safe to assume that a confident and eager learner will need less lessons than an average or nervous learner.

Rikki

My son has only had six lessons with an instructor and when I meet him for the first time he said he was doing well and he was very pleased with him. He is naturally confident in most things so I am assuming driving is no different.

I would book your son a block of 10 lessons (normally cheaper) to hone his skills and learn the necessary points for his written part of the test and take it from there.

flossy_splodge

What's the real issue here? :eek: Getting your son to be a safe and considerate driver or seeing how little can be spent to let yet another "know it all" contribute to the mayhem on our roads? Confidence is surely NOT the only issue?

Rikki

flossy_splodge wrote:

What's the real issue here? :eek: Getting your son to be a safe and considerate driver or seeing how little can be spent to let yet another "know it all" contribute to the mayhem on our roads? Confidence is surely NOT the only issue?

I see it as budgeting. Having a rough idea of the average cost and having some emergency funding if it takes longer. So that once lessons are started you can afford to follow it through to the end.

aliasojo

Wow flossy. I didn't realise there was an issue until now.

I asked the question so that I could use some examples of other people's experiences during a discussion with son about lessons. He IS confident behind a wheel but my gut feeling is that he will require many more lessons than he seems to think he will. Like I said, it's safe to assume that a confident person will need less than a nervous person but that does not then equal 'not enough' lessons does it?

It's always useful to provide anecdotal evidence when discussing things with offspring otherwise it could be assumed that 'Mum' was just making things up to suit her side of the conversation.

You seem to have assumed that the objective of my post was to find out how quickly or cheaply it could be to pass a test?

You could not be more wrong. :rolleyes:

Rikki

aliasojo if he passes he's safe to be on the road and if he fails he will have to stay confined to the back yard for a bit longer.:D

tkblueyonder

Serious point....

As a professional LGV driving instructor( The last 2 years for the London Fire Brigade) my advice would be...

N0 1..... Get a quote from you insurance company for L Driver assuming you have your own car have been a qualified driver for 3 years ( Legal obligation to sit next to an L Driver)

N0 2... Go to WHSMITHS and look through the driving book section by yourself a higway code and a driving manual (Total.. approx 10 quid), the driving manual teaches you all you need to know about the test( exercises etc)

N0 3 .... teach your child how to behave correctly if they have racing car bad attitude, a lot of car instructors cover their own ars* and let the youngsters get on with it and keep taking the money.

N0 4...... When they pass go home feeling chuffed with yourself and probabaly earning more respect from your sibling in the process, hence money saving galore ( apart from petrol of course ) :j

Basically my idea is this ..... sooooooo many driving schools have sooooo few trainees therefore dont pass and leave my diary empty...comprende!:T

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0115521917/203-4091097-2639141.. Driving Manual

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0115526986/qid=1148324147/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_3_1/203-4091097-2639141...Highway Code