Pass within a week

[Garp]

Originally Posted by DRZ

To me the solution seems quite simple - if you only want premium drivers on the road, only allow premium drivers to pass the driving test. Nothing to do with the number or regularity of lessons and everything to do with how hard the test is.

Gotta agree with this.

I reckon anyone could learn to pass the test, but that does absolutely nothing to teach them about all the important stuff like instictively observing other vehicles and situations developing ahead, stuff that only comes through regular driving experience; and does nothing to make you a good safe driver. You just can't get that in a week and actually be a 'safe' driver. I would say that week long intensive courses are great for those needing to brush up on their skills in the run up to a driving test, or the like, and should only ever have been done alongside ordinary lessons, either before or after. I think I'd probably agree with MB about it being okay like in Aitch's situation where she's had lessons before. Though I would say there were a number of driving instructors around Haywards Heath which ran out-of-hours driving lessons. Most of mine were done that way, and given I started in November I basically spent quite a few months learning to drive in the dark. Maybe thats why feel most comfortable driving in the dark, whereas most people seem to be the other way around?