![]() For example, crossing your hands on the steering wheel is a bad habit but won't necessarily fail you not looking over your right shoulder when pulling away, definitely will!ģ. Make sure that the instructor does not try to iron out the bad habits just because they are bad habits, but rather focusses on making you a safe driver in the eyes of the DSA examiner. Take as many lessons from the instructor as you and they feel are necessary. Go for an assessment covering all the manouevres and the instructor should be able to advise you as to what is going to cause a problem at test time and how long it will take you to get to test standard.Ģ. Get a professional instructor first and find out what the deficiencies are in your driving. Yes, you will have bad habits but those bad habits may not have any effect on your ability to pass a test.ġ. Everybody is different and your driving experience will stand you in good stead. I think it is unlikely that you are going to get any answer which is going to help very much. So anyway, how much do you think the whole process would cost (from your own experience). Say the average lesson costs 25 quid, if I take 9 lessons less than I would have if I was a new driver I should save money! Also considering it only cost me about 220 quid for my whole driving licence abroad, I might actually save money if I end up taking less lessons in the UK. The good thing is, as I'm already a regular driver, I should be able to pick up things in my lessons much more quickly than the average learner. How much will it cost me to get through the whole process? Due to the low standard of driving where I learned, I want to re-learn how to drive back home and get a UK licence. Naturally, I decided to get my driving licence when I turned 17 abroad. I am returning to the UK for uni after spending a couple years abroad in Asia. I don't even know anyone that took more than 30 lessons. I just think its probably best to get my licence early so my future insurance premiums will be lower. I'm not planning on getting a car when I return for quite a few years. Is that as ridiculous as a young person's insurance seems to be? Just to clarify: are you suggesting that I don't take professional lessons until I feel I need to tidy up a few things? If so, I assume I'll need insurance for the car I use to practice in (probably my aunt's car). I also did learn my theory from a UK highway code book (albeit an old one). The good thing is that naturally both my parents learned to drive in the UK so they've drilled in a lot which the local driving schools didn't. Expect your gremlins to keep jumping out and biting you though, once behaviour patterns are embedded they are hard to overrule.īad habits are what worry me the most. When you think you are doing well, pay for an instructor to assess you and tidy up the last bits. It might be worth you reading 'DSA - The Driving Essentials' which will detail how the DSA want everyone to drive, then practise that in your own time free, being very anal and critical to try and instil good driving habits. Your biggest hurdle will be your bad habits and lapse attitude to road safety which is often really bad on drivers from some parts of the world. Average for a new-starter is 47 hours of professional tuition (so IRO £1000) with some vocational practise (with Mum/Dad) and the associated insurance premium (£xxx), plus your tests (theory £31 / practical £62) and any supplemental materials such as books and discs (maybe another £10).
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