Please point out any flaws in my plan!

seatbeltnoob

Pass the test and get it out of the way, she can take however many refresher courses she needs if she doesn't drive til much later on.


It's the piece of mind knowing that you can buy a car and drive, or hire a car any time you need it.



She could drive for uni, or get a part time job that's difficult to commute to.


Or get a job that out in an industrial estate with no public transport links.


I know a friend who did a university placement year with a big company based out in the sticks. They needed to drive to get to work.

ali99

Ok, thank you everyone for your excellent advice. She will get on with passing the test!

Marvel1

Pass now rather than later, as an insurance quote will be passed on how long held full driving licence and any accidents/claims in the last 5 years, the longer the better.

Mercdriver

Herzlos wrote: »

It's also worth noting that learners can't take passengers or use motorways, and the supervising driver needs to be alert, so you need to be careful about which trips you let her drive, and she can't drive you home if you have any alcohol at a restaurant.

It's much easier if she can pass earlier.

Since when can learners in cars not take passengers?

LandyAndy

marlot wrote: »

When she comes to take out insurance in her own name, one of the questions will be how many years is it since she passed her test.

I know a few young people who are taking their test at 17, but not intending to buy a car until after university.

This is what my sons did. Passed their test in their final year at school, aged 17, and then didn't drive again until we bought them cars at the end of their first year of university. That one full year of 'driving experience' made a significant difference to the insurance premiums.
Also they didn't have refresher lessons, just got in and drove with no ill effects.

oldernonethewiser

Herzlos wrote: »

It's also worth noting that learners can't take passengers or use motorways, and the supervising driver needs to be alert, so you need to be careful about which trips you let her drive, and she can't drive you home if you have any alcohol at a restaurant.

It's much easier if she can pass earlier.

Learners can use motorways as long as they are being supervised by an approved driving instructor.


Law changed in June 2018

pinkshoes

I passed at 17 then was always on my parents insurance.

(ok, this was 1998 so insurance wasn't as high as it is now...)

I then stayed on my parents insurance whilst at uni and gap year for 5 years, then finally got my own car aged 23, by which point the insurance was significantly cheaper as I had been named on insurance for 5 years!

I then got to play taxi service for my parents in holidays (as a thank you for them paying to insure me on their car).

Herzlos

Mercdriver wrote: »

Since when can learners in cars not take passengers?

Good point. I thought it wasn't allowed, rather than just not recommended.

Dr_Crypto

I passed at 17 and then didn’t get my own car and insurance until
I was 25.
It seemed easier to take lessons and pass before going to university than during the holidays, although that would have been possible too. When I came home during the holidays I drove my parents’ car on their insurance as a named driver.
Personally I’d get her through the test and she can always have some refresher lessons when she gets her own car if she hasn’t been driving regularly.

poppy12345

My daughter was at Uni when she passed her driving test. She did it because it was what she wanted.



Why would she need refresher lessons? I lost my license for 9 years several years ago because of medical reasons. When i did finally get it back, i bought myself a car but didn't have any refresher lessons.You don't just "forget" how to drive.