L of a driver!!!!

[heathercobbett]

My daughter is considering going on one of those intensive driving courses

Has anyone been on one or heard anything good or bad about them? She needs her license and is not doing very well the conventional route

[janny]

Cricky Heather I thought for a minute this was for you ![msnwink]
Can't help I am afraid as I can't get my boys behind the wheel at all.

[MarkJan]

The good thing about intensive courses are that you are learning all the time. I passed my LGV test this way. One problem with a weekly (or whenever) driving lesson is the first 10 minutes or so is getting used to the vehicle again.

[Jules]

My daugter-in-laws sister learnt to drive on an itensive course and she thought it was brilliant.

She went from complete novice (never had a lesson) to passing her test in just over a week. It was in an automatic which I guess is a little easier than learning the gears but even so I think it worked well. She even drove in Florida in May this year with no problems at all.

[Rhosyn]

My freinds son did this and enjoyed it he past his test within a month of taking the course. It gives them confidence behind the wheel.

[thornton]

Learning in an automatic is OK, but remember that if you pass your test driving one you cannot drive a car with gears without resitting your test.

[emm]

Our friends' daughter did an intensive week long course, after trying the conventional route, and found it excellent. As far as I know it was in a manual car.

[Pegasus928]

I did driving instructing for a couple of years when I left the army and taught people both on intensive and conventional courses.
The type of course you choose depends very much on what type of person your are. For example, if you have a low concentration span/get tired easily when under pressure/get bored easily, then it's no good going and learning to dive for 4, 5 or even 6 hours a day for a week or more because most of those hours will be wasted and not quality tuition.
If, on the other hand, you have a dodgy memory/bad co-ordination/normally take a while to pick things up, then you may well be better off with the intensive.
Book an assessment lesson with a local instructor - ask someone who has passed recently if they would recommend the instructor they had - and he/she should be able to tell you what they think is best for you.
Pegasus

[ALR]

My daughter, aged 17 passed her test a few months ago on the first attempt. She booked a few "double lessons" to help her. I don't know if this would be an option for you. You have that bit of extra time, but longer to take all the things you've got to learn in, if that makes sense.

ALR

[walden64]

Our daughter Emma was 17 the middle of March this year and passed her test within 7 weeks.
She looked at the intensive course but it was expensive so she decided instead to book double lessons and in her first week had about 8 hours of driving.