23-12-11, 11:57 AM
I think just doing a lesson a week is the expensive way to do it as you'll need far more lessons, cheaper and quicker to just drive as often as possible. I've done the same with my daughter and my wife. They've both got their own cars, had a couple of lessons and then driven with me at every available opportunity (which can be very scary at times!). Daughter passed her test first time after only 6 lessons with an instructor but she was driving at least an hour every day in between times. She also only had the first couple of lessons in her instructors car, after that used her own for lessons and the test. That way she was learning and practicing in the same car and wasn't having to learn a different car as well as how to drive.
Doing the same with my wife. She has a licence from a non-EU country but hasn't driven for a few years. Got her a car and she had about 6 lessons with an instructor and has since been driving her car with me in it. It took her ages to get through the theory due to English not being her first language but since passing that she took her test a couple of weeks ago. She failed it but not on anything too serious, following too close (over-confidence) and not using her left mirror to check for cyclists before turning left (I think that if a cyclist comes up the inside of a car indicating to turn left they deserve everything they get!). Now she's done it once and knows what to expect, I don't think she'll have any problem next time.
The pass rate is 40 something % so I suspect that the majority fail first time but don't have a problem next time once they know what to expect and what the examiner is looking for.
Doing the same with my wife. She has a licence from a non-EU country but hasn't driven for a few years. Got her a car and she had about 6 lessons with an instructor and has since been driving her car with me in it. It took her ages to get through the theory due to English not being her first language but since passing that she took her test a couple of weeks ago. She failed it but not on anything too serious, following too close (over-confidence) and not using her left mirror to check for cyclists before turning left (I think that if a cyclist comes up the inside of a car indicating to turn left they deserve everything they get!). Now she's done it once and knows what to expect, I don't think she'll have any problem next time.
The pass rate is 40 something % so I suspect that the majority fail first time but don't have a problem next time once they know what to expect and what the examiner is looking for.