Teaching someone to drive


Expect loads of stalling at roundabouts and on hills.

Surprised the instructor is teaching her like that, not every car will have that so she’d be fucked if she had to drive a petrol and had never been taught proper clutch control.
Exactly thats what i thought. 🤔

Glad her car is there so i can teach her in that respect, otherwise she would have passed in the diesel and them not had a clue how to drive a petrol car.
 
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Keep it short and sweet, 20 minutes maximum.

pick a few routes from home which will take 10 minutes to get there and rotate them .

She’ll take more in and be under less pressure , likewise show no signs of stress or lose your temper even accidentally when teaching her.
 
The Aged Parent gave me a driving lesson when I was 18. I didn't get behind the wheel of a car again until I was 32.

He taught me utilising the same approach he'd taken when he first learned to drive - by getting in a car during his National Service in 1952 and driving from RAF Catterick to Consett and back without stopping (except for fuel I imagine) He said he just kept driving around until he figured out to drive. I did try to tell him that 1973 traffic was a bit different to 1952 traffic and that screaming wildly like his RAF sergeant-major wasn't helping but it just made him more radgy
 
Fuck that.....me old man was a Driving Instructor and then a driving examiner after that.

He got me an instructor rather than do it himself....he was fond of his car, and our relationship and doubt both would have survived!
 
Trust me, i didnt want to. Been advised to by her driving instructor. Lessons have been on and off due to covid so all practice is a bonus and getting her used to her car for when she passes is probably a good idea.
Best thing you can do mate , buy them a scrapper and just sit with them . No stress about them totalling your motor and they can relax and learn . As long as they get some instructor lessons for style and the test .
My lad failed twice then got him his own and he was taking me down to York and all over , can't beat long drives for them to get the hang of it
 
Anyone on here done it, apart from driving instructors. Just started teaching the bairn in her car, nerve wracking stuff to say the least.

Any tips appreciated.
Send them to Newcastle racecourse on a young driver session. Get some basics of moving off and stopping.
And drill in to them the MSPSL routine.
 
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Send them to Newcastle racecourse on a young driver session. Get some basics of moving off and stopping.
And drill in to them the MSPSL routine.
She's already had a load of lessons, its just another option with what is going on at the minute and lessons being stopped for months.

MSPSL?
 
Trust me, i didnt want to. Been advised to by her driving instructor. Lessons have been on and off due to covid so all practice is a bonus and getting her used to her car for when she passes is probably a good idea.
You can't sit in
She's already had a load of lessons, its just another option with what is going on at the minute and lessons being stopped for months.

MSPSL?
If she's had loads of lessons she'll explain MSPSL. If she can't change instructors. And, you might well run foul of covid regulations if you do take her out for a 'lesson'
 
Trust me, i didnt want to. Been advised to by her driving instructor. Lessons have been on and off due to covid so all practice is a bonus and getting her used to her car for when she passes is probably a good idea.
I thought from your OP that you were teaching her from scratch. That would be a nightmare but atleast she has an idea what she is doing.
 
Anyone on here done it, apart from driving instructors. Just started teaching the bairn in her car, nerve wracking stuff to say the least.

Any tips appreciated.
Make sure that you are up to date on the highway code, etc - see here: Browse: The Highway Code, road safety and vehicle rules - GOV.UK

If you can, have one 'lesson' with her instructor - make sure that you aren't going to be passing on any driving test faults and ask them what she needs most practice on.

Make sure you take her out in all weathers, day and night.
 
Best thing you can do mate , buy them a scrapper and just sit with them . No stress about them totalling your motor and they can relax and learn . As long as they get some instructor lessons for style and the test .
My lad failed twice then got him his own and he was taking me down to York and all over , can't beat long drives for them to get the hang of it

Spent £350 on an old fiat seicento a few years back. Taught the daughter (no) the basics on a closed country lane. Literally just let her drive to the end of the lane, I turned it round, she drove it back to the other end. Rinse and repeat. Then she had lessons, passed her test and drove it for a year or more. Now she has a newer car the fiat is in the hands of the eldest lad. Did the same with him but the lessons have now dried up and he's struggling to get a test date because of covid.
Everyone should have a scrapper for a first car. If it gets ditched no-one cares.

And teach them the 2 rules:
Rule 1: Make anybody do anything they weren't already going to do then you're in the wrong.
Rule 2: Every other driver is an idiot.
 
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Spent £350 on an old fiat seicento a few years back. Taught the daughter (no) the basics on a closed country lane. Literally just let her drive to the end of the lane, I turned it round, she drove it back to the other end. Rinse and repeat. Then she had lessons, passed her test and drove it for a year or more. Now she has a newer car the fiat is in the hands of the eldest lad. Did the same with him but the lessons have now dried up and he's struggling to get a test date because of covid.
Everyone should have a scrapper for a first car. If it gets ditched no-one cares.

And teach them the 2 rules:
Rule 1: Make anybody do anything they weren't already going to do then you're in the wrong.
Rule 2: Every other driver is an idiot.
I like those rules
 

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