Learning To Drive

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When I was learning to drive I started off having 3 x 2hour lessons a week. Learning to drive is tiring and I ended up dropping it down to 2 x 2hour lessons a week then to 2 x 1.5hour lessons before passing. I did pass after 3 months probably due to having plenty of lessons in a shorter time. If you just plod along having 1 x 1hour a week it will take you longer.

VfM4meplse

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Have you done the sums?

I'm not sure this is relevant? Driving is a good life skill to have, car ownership is not the only subsequent option.

SailorSam

I wouldn't get an automatic, that's going to limit the number of jobs you can go after.
This is probably useless if you're in a hurry to learn to drive but, i got a motorbike at 16, then 12mths later when i started driving lessons in a car i'd had a year of road experience already.

Bewar3them00n

As a 40 something male, who has just this week passed his test after 3 attempts in the past 4 months, my advice would be.
Find an instructor with a good rep, as you will be spending time and money, don't waste it on someone you can't get on with.
Better to drive manual, then you can drive either after passing.
take 1hr lessons twice a week, it's mentally draining at first until it sinks into your subconscious.
Mirrors, mirrors, and yet more mirrors! Test instructors will nail you if you don't, blind spots too, you need to be like the girl in the Exorcist during your test.
Roundabouts, know your lane, and use all your mirrors when exiting/ changing lanes to exit.
If you suffer from test nerves like I did, learn to control them, being nervous is totally fine, it helps with awareness, but if they're swamping you, meditation and breathing exercises helped me a lot.
I failed on the two previous times on silly things, forgetting to look in my blind spot, ( quite a few times!) and not using all my mirrors when exiting a roundabout the last time I failed, all due to being nervous.
During lessons, I'm as calm as a Hindu cow, but as soon as a test instructor got in, I was jelly man!
I cycle a lot, so I've got very good road sense, ( so my instructor said!) so awareness of potential accidents, trouble spots further down the road is also key, be prepared to stop.
Other than that, practice, practice, practice, until the driving is second nature, and good luck!