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I've been old enough to learn to drive for a while now but I've only recently been interested in it. I didnt want to pay a few hundred quid for lessons just because it's about the only thing that you can do when you're 17.
Anyway I wanted to get some advice. Neither of my parents drive so I can't get any help from them - and I really do know nothing about driving.
I'll probably try to get basic lessons from the local driving school; they're about £70/£80 for about 6 - hopefully that should let me learn which foot goes where and what that bit between the drivers and passenger seat thing with a handle on it is for. Then I can either carry on more lessons or go with some friends (who've passed their tests) to this old airfield thing near my house where you pay a few quid and you can drive around on it. I think most people tend to learn skills like this from their parents so I'm a bit lost as they know nothing about driving, nor do they seem to care.
Then, so I've been told, I need to pass my theory before I can pass my practical? So is there any decent books or websites that could help me learn the stuff I need for the test?
Or, perhaps, any websites that teach the very basic principles of driving for a know-nothing like myself?
Also how long does a provisional licence take to arrive & how much does it cost?
Help muchly appreciated, as always.
Anyway I wanted to get some advice. Neither of my parents drive so I can't get any help from them - and I really do know nothing about driving.
I'll probably try to get basic lessons from the local driving school; they're about £70/£80 for about 6 - hopefully that should let me learn which foot goes where and what that bit between the drivers and passenger seat thing with a handle on it is for. Then I can either carry on more lessons or go with some friends (who've passed their tests) to this old airfield thing near my house where you pay a few quid and you can drive around on it. I think most people tend to learn skills like this from their parents so I'm a bit lost as they know nothing about driving, nor do they seem to care.
Then, so I've been told, I need to pass my theory before I can pass my practical? So is there any decent books or websites that could help me learn the stuff I need for the test?
Or, perhaps, any websites that teach the very basic principles of driving for a know-nothing like myself?
Also how long does a provisional licence take to arrive & how much does it cost?
Help muchly appreciated, as always.
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Paradox: wrote:
> When did you get yours, this year?
Yeah, it came in the post on saturday.
> When did you get yours, this year?
Yeah, it came in the post on saturday.
Can I have a link that works please?
this is what you want for the theory it got my pass first time
[URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_JL9105_driving_test_succe.html[/URL]
[URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_JL9105_driving_test_succe.html[/URL]
gamezfreak wrote:
> Paradox: wrote:
> Once you have your provisional license - do you have to pass your
> test within X amount of time before it expires, or does it last as
> long as you like?
>
> Mine is valid from my birthday until 2016.
When did you get yours, this year?
> Paradox: wrote:
> Once you have your provisional license - do you have to pass your
> test within X amount of time before it expires, or does it last as
> long as you like?
>
> Mine is valid from my birthday until 2016.
When did you get yours, this year?
Can't wait to freak out with 2 tonnes of steel at my hands :-D
Paradox: wrote:
> Once you have your provisional license - do you have to pass your
> test within X amount of time before it expires, or does it last as
> long as you like?
Mine is valid from my birthday until 2016.
> Once you have your provisional license - do you have to pass your
> test within X amount of time before it expires, or does it last as
> long as you like?
Mine is valid from my birthday until 2016.
I thought it might be 2 years..
As long as you like.
And you need road lessons just so that you can get used to driving, on roads!
There WILL be a time when you completely freak out and nearly kill yourself while you're driving. Just hope it's during your lessons and not your test/s!
And you need road lessons just so that you can get used to driving, on roads!
There WILL be a time when you completely freak out and nearly kill yourself while you're driving. Just hope it's during your lessons and not your test/s!
Another question I couldnt find the answer to on the DVLA site
Once you have your provisional license - do you have to pass your test within X amount of time before it expires, or does it last as long as you like?
Once you have your provisional license - do you have to pass your test within X amount of time before it expires, or does it last as long as you like?
I don't have a mate who'd had a license over 3 years... probably not even over 3 months - I suppose I could get a relative ie an uncle or something to take me out once I've got my provisional.
I'll probably not be getting a car of my own until after I've finished uni, (If I decide to go), but I think driving, like most life-skills, is something that is best learnt young.
Thanks for your advice - I'll give those sites a look over
I'll probably not be getting a car of my own until after I've finished uni, (If I decide to go), but I think driving, like most life-skills, is something that is best learnt young.
Thanks for your advice - I'll give those sites a look over
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