Learning To Drive.

[PaulMacC]

Alright, how long do you think it would take roughly for an average person to learn to drive. If I submit for my provisional license this week would it be possible for me to be driving by Christmas?
How much hours of driving lessons does an average person usually need?
I've never really be inside a car, is it hard to drive, easy to pick up and is it really as easy as everyone says. I'm nervous about actually driving yet everyone does it with ease.

[Alexx..]

Yeah it could be possible, depends on how quickly you pick it up, cause you could be waiting upto 6 weeks for a test. It's not hard to drive, I thought i'd be really nervous and I thought it would be really hard, but i'm picking it up quite easy and i've only done a few lessons and i've drove on dual carriageways and all over. Don't be nervous, just relax and you should do alright

[buttons]

Alright, how long do you think it would take roughly for an average person to learn to drive. If I submit for my provisional license this week would it be possible for me to be driving by Christmas?
How much hours of driving lessons does an average person usually need?
I've never really be inside a car, is it hard to drive, easy to pick up and is it really as easy as everyone says. I'm nervous about actually driving yet everyone does it with ease.

depends
do you have your own car? any previous experience? how often are you going to have lessons?
took my brother 3 months but he had his own car to practise, took my other brother 6 months. i've had 20 lessons and can do everything except park atm but i was really slow at learning, you'll probably pick it up pretty quick. most people i know passed quickly just not me:@

[PaulMacC]

depends
do you have your own car? any previous experience? how often are you going to have lessons?
took my brother 3 months but he had his own car to practise, took my other brother 6 months. i've had 20 lessons and can do everything except park atm but i was really slow at learning, you'll probably pick it up pretty quick. most people i know passed quickly just not me:@

no, no, hopefully as much as possible as i have the money for it.
Dont you use a company car? I have a private tutor lined up that 2 of my friends go with.

[Swearwolf]

like i said on facebook, it gets easier each lesson its like ridin a bike lol. and yeah private instructors are much better than major companies imo

[danzooo]

Driving is really really easy when you get into it, and like swearwolf said it is very similar to learning how to ride a bike, and once you've learned it all comes pretty naturally. It's taken me about 6 months (providing I pass my test this month) which is quite alot but I couldn't help but feel my instructor was prolonging it a bit, but if you're really good and pick it up quickly it may be possible to pass by Christmas.

[Moh]

Learning to drive is fairly easy, just you need to master everything for your test. I think the average is around 40 hours, so if you have an hour lesson every week it'll take around 9 months. Once you get your provisional and you're 17 you can start when ever you like

[Apple]

Driving is really easy to pick up for most people. Steering the car is the least of your worries (until it comes to backing in your test) so what you need to concentrate on is the gears. Simple really.

- Accelerate till the car sounds to be revving fairly high or the RPM needle is a fair bit away from the red zone
- Lift off the accelerator and press the clutch in all the way
- Pull the gear lever straight back from 1st into 2nd (in most cars)
- Slowly lift your foot off the clutch while slowly pushing in the accelerator

The bit you are likely to get stuck at is releasing the clutch and accelerating, that is when you are likely to stall the car a few times until you get use to it. Also when you are breaking to a complete stop you must engage the clutch or it will stall. Try to get some practice in your parents car, empty car parks at night time are great places to get the basics, you can also use them to practise reversing into spaces which will help loads for your test and save you the cost of so many lessons.

[danzooo]

^ to be honest no need to rev that high unless your going up a steep hill, or you're giving it the beans

[Moh]

Driving is really easy to pick up for most people. Steering the car is the least of your worries (until it comes to backing in your test) so what you need to concentrate on is the gears. Simple really.

- Accelerate till the car sounds to be revving really high or the RPM needle is approaching the red
- Lift off the accelerator and press the clutch in all the way
- Pull the gear lever straight back from 1st into 2nd
- Slowly lift your foot off the clutch while slowly accelerating at the same time

The bit you are likely to get stuck at is releasing the clutch and accelerating, that is when you are likely to stall the car a few times until you get use to it. Also when you are breaking to a complete stop you must engage the clutch or it will stall then. Try to get some practice in your parents car. Empty car parks at night time are great places to get the basics, you can also use them to practise reversing into spaces which will help loads for your test and save you the cost of so many lessons.

Yeah, practising in other peoples cars on private land is a good idea too

I sometimes do this with my friends car, but the car I learn in is a lot more powerful so I sometimes stall his because I need to use more acceleration haha. Was also up hill a little too