When someone decides to learn to drive, like most things in life these day’s, they want it (their driving licence) like, yesterday! There may be genuine reasons for someone wanting to pass their driving test quickly; a new job, going abroad, during college/university holidays etc. These are known as Intensive Driving Courses (Crash Courses).
So, what is an intensive driving course?
Everyone is different so the number of hours practice required to obtain the appropriate standard for the UK test will vary from between individuals. In my experience, the training hours required for the average candidate varied between twenty five to thirty five. Obviously, some candidates will do this quicker and others may take longer. Much depends on their previous road experience (had driving instruction previously, driven a moped), their level of spatial awareness (the the skill of judging distance, speed and angles) and any private practice they may undertake. Some may take to driving like a duck to water, others do not!
Driving crash courses are simply having that number of hours of driving lessons over a quicker period. That could be over a few day’s a few weeks or longer. “Great! My driving licence in a week!” – not necessarily so. If you try and get say, 40 hours of training done in 7 day’s, the 7 day’s will be very intense and possibly stressful for you. Now, some people can cope with this and others not. If you are someone that may struggle with that speed of learning and stress, then you may not be ready for your driving test at the end of that week.
Most people adopt a ‘middle of the road’ approach and have say, ten hours in a week (2 hours per day). That way, as the training is spread over 1 month, they have more time to take in and digest the new information and driving skills they are learning. Still, one month is better than 1 lesson per week over 40 weeks!
What Intensive driving courses are not
They are not a ‘magic pill’ to gaining a licence to drive on the public roads. There is no such thing as a guaranteed driving test pass – no one can guarantee that! At the end of the day, it is you and you only that will be taking the driving test. Errors do happen and nerves may play a part in that. If you see driving schools claiming this, be wary. Their guarantee could simply be that if you fail your test, they will provide another test at the driving school’s cost.
If you do need to pass your driving test fast, it is best advice to discuss with a number of driving instructors to see what deals they offer and how they relate to you during your first conversation. Also, before booking and paying for your intensive driving course up-front (most training establishments will require this to confirm such a courses) you should have a lesson or two from your shortlist to see how you actually get on with them and that their teaching practices tie in with your style of learning.
The Driving Schools Directory offers an Intensive Driving Courses Pupils Enquiry Service that, after you have completed a few basic details, they will contact all the driving schools in your chosen area and those driving schools will contact you. This takes out much of the trawling around for you and makes the process of inquiring about your intensive driving course far easier.
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