Here are two tips to follow if you want to take driving lessons.
Book multiple driving lessons at the beginning
It's important not to book lessons on the fly when you feel like taking them; instead book multiple lessons in one go. The reason for this is that if you've chosen a popular driving instructor, they will probably be booked up weeks or months in advance. As such, if you only book a couple of lessons with them and then attempt to book more after the second one, they might not be available for another few weeks. This could result in you forgetting a lot of the driving techniques and information they taught you during those initial lessons.
Additionally, if you book lots of lessons in advance, you'll be more likely to commit to learning to drive, even when you inevitably find yourself struggling with some tricky aspect of it, such as controlling the clutch, as you'll have paid in advance for the lessons and would have to go through the process of requesting a refund if you wanted to cancel. This is important to note because if you make it easy for yourself to cancel any upcoming lessons, you'll be more likely to cave in and give up when you encounter some challenging part of the driving process.
Do some studying before the first lesson
Whilst your driving instructor will teach you everything you'll need to know to pass your test, it is still worth doing some studying before having your first lesson with them. For example, reading up on when you need to change gears, how the clutch works and what basic checks you're supposed to do before you go on any road journey will make this first lesson significantly less overwhelming. This, in turn, will mean you will find it easier to absorb what the instructor is teaching you during this lesson.
It will also mean that you'll have time to determine if you have any questions about certain basic actions that the driving instructor will be teaching you (such as the best position for the driver's seat to be in or how to detect the clutch's biting point) that you would not have considered asking about until after the lesson, had you not previously read up on these subjects. In short, you'll get more out of this important first lesson if you do some studying beforehand.
Share18 August 2021
Recently, I have learnt a great deal about different educational opportunities which are available to children and adults. I was enrolling my child in a local school. While I was filling out the paperwork, someone approached me and gave me a leaflet about adult education. I stuffed the leaflet in my pocket and forgot all about it until I was doing the laundry a week later. I was really impressed with the courses on offer so I decided to sign up for a class. I hope this blog helps you to discover more about adult and child education and development.
