driving course

[sleepyj]

my son will be 17 soon and wants to learn to drive ..has anyone done a intensive driving course ..?

[leelapops]

sleepyj, I did one in Blackpool. It was terrible!
�600, 5 days (shared with one other person).
The company was called A1 School of Motoring.
My instructor was terrible, only in it as a retirement nest egg; he was sexist, demeaning, a nightmare for a new drivers' confidence.
You aren't guaranteed to do your test in the place you have spent all week learning, and if they don't put you through your test, then you lose the test fee.
I even wrote to complain, and was fobbed off with excuses.
Accommodation was OK, food was less than special :S

I would honestly rather have given my local instructor �600. That would have been 30 lessons, and would have seen me through my test. The Intensive course damaged my confidence so much that learning to drive took me twice as long.

From my own experiences, I would much rather suggest you find a good local instructor and have your son take 2 lessons a week with them. Get recommendations from others. And if at first he isn't keen on an instructor, there is little harm in changing until he finds one to suit him.

Lisa x

[sleepyj]

thanks very much ....i think he would be better just having 2 hours lesson a week ..think lessons are about 20 pound a hour ...he can just do it in his own time ..and build up his confidence ...we are going to buy him a car so after a while when he is not to bad on the rd we will be able to sit with him ....thanks xx

[Brooksy]

I agree with leelapops, intensives do not seem to suit many learners in my experience.