driving lessons in the dark vs daytime? does it matter?

fitnessguy1

hi guys,

i am looking to do driving lessons in the evening time because i am going to be starting a job where i'm working until 4:30, and with the evenings soon to be getting darker earlier, i am thinking i may need to start doing my lessons in the dark.

is there much of a difference to driving in the dark vs day when learning? apart from the obvious, which is visibility is easier in the daytime. would it matter too much?

has anybody here done many lessons in the dark and did it hinder the time it took to get your driving test? i am thinking it could hinder my progress, but not sure if true. surely if a person can drive well during the day, then at night it isn't much harder, right or wrong?

the thing is, if i wait until it's daytime to do driving lessons i will be limited to the amount of hours per week i can learn to drive.

AnotherJoe

Do both.

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tacpot12

In the early stages, when you are learning to control the car, there is not much difference, but as you approach the test, you need to drive more in the conditions that will prevail on your test; so more in the daytime.

It is harder to see things at night; pedestrians, cyclists, and other vehicles, but providing you have good eyesight, it should not make learning to drive much more difficult. If you can drive well in the dark, driving in daylight will be easier.

It doesn't sound like you have much choice, so I would give it a try and review after five lessons or so.

kmb500

Doesn't matter too much, but make sure you have experience of both. The test will be in the daytime presumably so probably have more of that... but make sure to at least have some experience of driving in the dark as you'll have to do it after you pass your test.

WobblyDog

I'd say driving in the dark is a bit more difficult when you're learning, using lights and reduced visibility increase the workload. Reversing around corners is definitely more difficult in the dark, because cars don't have reversing lights on their sides. Best to have a mixture of day and night driving while learning.