Are Driving Crash Courses for You?
Whenever someone decides to learn to drive, like most things these day’s, they want it (their licence to drive) like, yesterday! There may be good reasons for someone wanting to pass the driving test promptly; 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?
Every person is unique so the number of hours training necessary to reach the appropriate standard for the UK test will vary from one person to another. Experience has shown, the number of hours required for the average candidate varied between 25 to 35. Obviously, some people will do this quicker and others may take longer. Much depends on their previous road experience (had driving lessons before, driven a moped), their level of spatial awareness (the ability to judge distance, speed and angles) and any private practice they may undertake. Some may take to driving like a duck to water, others do not!
Intensive driving courses are simply having that number of hours of driving lessons over a shorter 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, forty hours of training done in a week, the week 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 test at the end of that week.
Most people adopt a ‘middle of the road’ approach and have say, 10 hours in a week (two hours per day). That way, as the driving lessons are spread over one 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 Driving crash courses are not
They are not a ‘magic pill’ to gaining a driving licence. There is no such thing as a guaranteed driving test pass - no one can guarantee that! At the end of the day, it is yourself and you only that will be taking the test. Mistakes can happen and nerves may play a part in that. If you see driving schools claiming this, be very wary. Their guarantee could simply be that if you fail the driving test, they will provide another test at their cost.
If you do need to pass your driving test quickly, it is best to talk to 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 driving crash course up-front (most training establishments will require this to confirm such a courses) you should plan to 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 make contact with the driving instructors in the area that you require to take your course in and those driving schools will contact you. This removes much of the trawling around for you and makes the process of organising your driving crash course far easier.
