fungus wrote:and that she is not being pushed enough. He apparently knows another instructor who will push her much harder. I get the feeling he is one of these who think that twenty lessons is enough to pass the test.
foxtrot_mike wrote:If i took lessons again (PCV or HGV) id be looking for quality not speed.
ROG wrote:foxtrot_mike wrote:If i took lessons again (PCV or HGV) id be looking for quality not speed.
Most of those courses are done over five consecutive working days including test but then we are refering to full licence holders
waremark wrote:Incidentally I have recently read a thread about numbers of lessons taken to pass the driving test. A number of posters were claiming very low numbers, several lower numbers than 20 - I have no comment to make on how well they learned to drive.
foxtrot_mike wrote:fungus wrote:and that she is not being pushed enough. He apparently knows another instructor who will push her much harder. I get the feeling he is one of these who think that twenty lessons is enough to pass the test.
I take issue with this based on my experiences, she must do it at her own pace there seems to be a huge push to get students through as fast as possible in as few lessons as possible, with an emphasis on learning how to pass the test rather than learning to drive, bad for road safety in my opinion.
I know lessons are expensive but the cost of failing a test and then further lessons before retakes wouldn't be cost effective.
I'm not sure why this is, maybe they want the figures for numbers of students passed or something
If i took lessons again (PCV or HGV) id be looking for quality not speed.
waremark wrote:Surely the order in which you teach things is not the issue here; if the father is indeed dissatisfied, it is with the general level of the pupil's progress, and the approximate number of lessons which are going to be needed. Presumably instructors often have to deal with two clients - the one learning to drive and the one paying the bills. A good instructor also has to be a good salesman and has to be able to get both these clients to buy into the approach he intends to take. I should have thought you would meet the father and review the situation with him.
Incidentally I have recently read a thread about numbers of lessons taken to pass the driving test. A number of posters were claiming very low numbers, several lower numbers than 20 - I have no comment to make on how well they learned to drive.
fungus wrote:I was speaking to the father yesterday afternoon. He came across as the type of person who knew better than everyone else. He passed his test then drove to Plymouth a couple of days later as easily as if he'd been driving for years, but this must have been twenty odd years ago when traffic conditions were not as demanding as they are today.
martine wrote: How about inviting the Dad to sit in the back during a lesson.
morsing wrote:
I had 10 lessons and passed the test first time. I felt I learned how to drive perfectly within what's expected for a standard driving test.
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IVORTHE DRIVER wrote:morsing wrote:
I had 10 lessons and passed the test first time. I felt I learned how to drive perfectly within what's expected for a standard driving test.
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The second half of that sentence says it all really, shame that it seems to apply to most young people, no intention of learning to drive, just learn to pass the test.
One of my pals years ago passed his test on his 17th birthday, had written off 3 cars by the time he was 18
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