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Originally Posted by towny
There is no substitute for the kind of road sense that comes with experience. You can learn how to make a car do what you want it to very easily, but learning how to anticipate problems is not something you can pick up in a week. If you get the technical skills sorted in a week, then sit your test and are very lucky with the road conditions (nobody braking suddenly, cutting you up, failing to indicate, etc etc) you might pass your test. But will you be as 'good' a driver as someone who learned for three months and then passed their test? Personally, I doubt it.
I once heard someone say the formula is a lesson for each year of your life. I learned while I was 17/18 and had about that many paid-for lessons, plus loads of extra practice with my dad. I can't blame yours for not wanting you near his car until you know, mechanically, how to drive the thing, but I really do think it's worth you getting a couple of lessons, learning the basics, and then spending a lot of time just driving and learning what it's actually like out there on the roads.
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And what's the hurry anyway? You've waited 20 years, a couple more weeks won't do any harm ...  |
I have 1 years road experience thanks to my bike, I'd like to think I have pretty good road sense now (my instructor may think otherwise, wich I am glad of if I am wrong, I would rather know than live in ignorance
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So in theory all I really need to learn is the mechanical side of driving a car, and obviously some fine tuning of my current knowledge (e.g. a car is 3x thicker than my bike, could be handy to know when trying to park
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My Dad has offered to spend quite a bit of time with me once I have had at least one lesson thanks to my sister nearly totaling his car in the car park outside where I used to work.
hehe, a lot of people have asked me what the hurry is, so I'll explain
I fell off my bike about a month or so ago as you may or may not remember.
I now really want to get rid of my bike and move onto a car, in a perfect world I would like to keep both but cant afford to right now, once my insurance on the car comes down a bit in a few years I will be able to go back to the bike again but not until then.
The problem is my insurance is due up for renewal in a few weeks and I really want to be rid of my bike by then, the second problem is I need to keep my bike until I get my car as I need transport to get to work and public transport is becoming far too expensive.
so in short - I need to learn to drive before my insurance on my bike expires so I dont end up paying out more than I need to