quick-pass driving course

rabialiones

hiya, its me and my troublesome teenager again.
now she wants to do a quick-pass course with bsm costing about £700.
has anyone done anything like this? are they any good and worth it?
does anyone else do it besides bsm? maybe cheaper?
any help appreciated thanks

btw, she will be paying for it herself!

Bendybops19

It she will be paying it herself, i would say go for it. My sister did it and found it really good as before, when she was having 1 lesson per week, she found she wasnt really learning much and forgetting things by the next lesson.

She had a lesson every day? not sure for how long though?

starlite_2

has she had lessons before? If so it will probably be okay, but if not then no way.
My friend went on one for 9 days having never learnt a thing about driving, and she passed but has been too scared to drive since. She is now going to take a course of lessons, even though she has passed her test which seems like an awful waste.
I think these things take a bit of time to get your head around, and get confidence etc

tigs78

I passed my driving test by going on an intensive five day course. I'd had a two hour lesson before going on my 17th birthday just to get used to the controls etc. I went away to Blackpool to do mine, that way there were no distractions and your evenings were spent with other prospective drivers talking about driving!

I passed my test when I was 17 years and 2 weeks old, and I have to say it was money well spent.

flang

Doing a course is fine but my instructor always said You can either learn to pass or learn to drive.

elona

I agree with a lot of the above comments.

Does she actually want to drive or just to be able to say that she has passed her test?

If she is paying her own money then I doubt that she will go through with it. Probably try to get Dad to pay - forgive me for being cynical.

Indispensable_Hobbes

i think all good driving schools do quick courses, google it

funky-footprints

Id rather be passenger to someone with driving experience than someone who has been on a weeks course. My elder brother passed his driving test the week he was 17,( he had been driving on the farm since he was 13) my younger brother passed his on a weeks course at 18, with no previous experience and I know who I would class as the safest on the road. My younger brother still asks realy pathetic questions such as "how do you know there is enough space to pass a car,?" I reply t"he white line in the middle of the road are a good suggestion of space". He is clueless .. and my parents hate him going out at night .... he is banned from thier vehicle, but at the end of the day an examiner is only going to pass someone roadworthy, so the choice is yours. good luck .. how scary .. am terrified of the teenager phase .. mine are only 4 & 2!! (they already argue over when they can drive whose car they will have !!)

gravitytolls

I almost did an intensive course, with an unknown local company.

I was heavily pregnant, and the instructor tailored my lessons to one hour every twice a week, cos any more was too tiring.

I took my test after 10 lessons, and passed.

I would say I was an appalling driver, and was amazed that I passed my test. Maybe the examiner was scared I'd go into labour (I was 8 mths at teh point of test).

Anyhoo, from speaking to other people, it would seem to be the consensus that most people 'learn to drive' after passing their test. I would think most teachers teach their pupils to pass a test, and give the examiner what they want.

Perhaps we should ensure our youngsters display new driver plates, and spend some time in the passenger seat with them, as they build their confidence driving alone.

Anyhoo, I hope she does well.

Savvy_Sue

The instructor I spoke to about lessons for my son said that lessons are quite tiring, and his school does not recommend a lesson every day. But they do like lessons to be 2 hours long: less than that is not really worthwhile. It took my son 3 attempts to pass with weekly lessons, we didn't insure him on our car so he got no practice outside lessons, and he then did PassPlus, and I find him a quite satisfactory driver - at least as good as my other half!

Spikey_2

try this ..... hope it helps.

Spikey