This isn’t an intense driving course is it?

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I paid for an intense driving course which in my mind is a week of driving every day? The instructor sent me this to book in, this is no different to normal lessons, do you think it will still be as successful as an intense or not?

Hey would these dates and times work for you?
-3/12 @ 12:45pm 1.5 hours
-5/12 @ 1:30pm 1 hour
-8/12 @ 11:15am 1.5 hours
-11/12 @ 11:35am 2 hours
-15/12 @ 1pm 2 hours
-19/12 @ 4:30pm 2 hours
(Christmas Holidays)
-5/01 @ 2pm 3 hours
-7/01 @ 9:20am 3 hours
-9/01 @ 11:15am 2 hours
-12/01 @ 11:40am 2 hours
-14/01 @ 9:20am 3 hours
-16/01 @ 9:20am 3 hours
-19/01 @ 12:15pm 1.5 hours
-21/01 @ 9:30am 2 hours
-23/01 @ 11am 2.5 hours
-26/01 TEST DAY @ 11am

That is intense did you think you would learn to drive in a week

It looks intense to me. But I think having it before/after the Christmas holidays is a mistake tbh. Start after Christmas

OK just googled and you can do intense courses over a week or 2 but I think what he is offering is better.

They clearly have other clients. You're doing a lesson nearly every day. I don't think you'll learn any quicker than that! Do you have a family member with a car you could go out with on the other days? Once you've done a few lessons?

That sounds quite reasonable to be honest. Have you had lots of previous experience or are you completely new to driving?

Normally the kind of one week intensive course you're thinking of is only offered to people who already have a theory test pass and experience on the road.

No, that’s not a typical intense course but I think it’s a lot better than those ones where it’s all crammed into one week.

Thats what mine looked like. You won't learn to drive doing 5 hours of driving for 5 days. A few hours every few days and whatever practice you fit in with friends and family is best.

Have you done any driving at all before? I think you'd be pushed to pass after that if you haven't already got the basics down. Looks okay for an intensive course for someone who is fairly confident and ready to go. If you are wobbly or nervous, probably not. Have you got anyone who can take you out at home?

Sounds like an intense intensive course to me.

I did an intensive course, although it was way back in 2006, spent a week in a B&B and was having lessons 9-3 everyday. I failed the test on the last day! I'd say your lesson plan sounds more realistic and manageable as otherwise it's too intense. I did manage to rebook a test for the week after and passed thankfully.

Fwiw (and I know it’s just my experience) but I did a one week course of seven hours a day and it was horrible. And I failed at the end of it. I was just exhausted trying to concentrate on all that driving and the first day was basically terrifying. In hindsight, it was a bad decision on my part and I really didn’t need to try and rush things.

This looks much better. I went on to have a short break, then three lessons a week and passed after five weeks (back in the day when tests were easy to book!)

I thought an intense course would be full time for a week or two, but I found driving lessons utterly exhausting, even when I was young, so this way is probably better than trying to do several hours a day.

It doesn't sound like what I had imagined for an intensive course (learning to drive in a week or so) but I think it sounds pretty sensible.

I would say though that I passed my test after 2x 2hr sessions once a week ish plus some driving outside lessons with my parents. So it is possible it might be a bit more than necessary.

I did a one week intensive driving course (many years ago). It was the most draining, mentally exhausting, worst week of my life.

Learning a new skill requires concentration. Driving itself requires concentration. With hindsight that level of focus was almost impossible to sustain for 7 hours a day, every day, for 5 days.

This would be better than a week full time. Your legs will ache if you’ve never driven before, you need to drive in all weather and traffic conditions which you might not get in a week. Plus you’ll be exhausted from all the concentration. I can drive and would be absolutely exhausted from one full day of driving never mind a week.

thank you everyone

I had 3 lots of 2 hour driving lessons a week and drove daily with my dad. I passed in 2.5 months. Sometimes stacking like this does help and is often cheaper than one lesson a week for a whole year.

I did an intensive course and it was 5 days straight of driving at least 5 hours a day. Weekend break then next week was Monday a few hours practicing manoeuvres and Tuesday Test day.
Personally I liked it, it worked well for me. I already had some driving experience (albeit a while before that) and had my theory done. Gave me the boost I needed to be comfortable on the road ready for my test.
I didn't pass my test at the end but I only had 3 minors (all for the same thing though so is a major and fail).

I think what you have got in somewhere in-between intensive and normal weekly lessons. Depends what suits you as to if you will pass your test at the end.

I know someone who did an intensive driving course and it was not like yours OP.
Theory test already completed, it was 5-full days at a center starting with lots of work on a private track before moving onto the public highway. Each day was about 8hrs which included everything from (more) theory, manoeuvring, urban, country roads and duel-carriageway.
Ended up with the (pre-booked) test which she passed.
She said it was really good.
It was quite expensive but they supplied the car and she got to do about 30hrs driving.

No it’s not intense, I think intense means every day and longer than a lesson per day. And no such a big gap in the middle.
If you were learning to drive and had a lot of other responsibilities (small children, full time job etc) it would be intense for you because of your life commitments but as the course itself it’s not.

Nope. I did a weeks intensive course which was 8 hours driving a day, with the test at the end of the week. I am ADHD and tried to learn to drive for years - this is the only thing that worked (typical ADHD hyper focus) but my god it was hard and expensive . What you have is just driving lessons.

I understood an intensive driving course to be over a week.

I did similar to this 30-odd years ago, lessons every other day for three weeks, test on the final day. It worked really well, passed first time.

It’s a lot more intense than “normal driving lessons” - my son is doing one one hour lesson a week, that seems fairly typical amongst his cohort. So that’s 4 or 5 hours a month. Yours is over 30 hours over 2 months, including a break for Xmas holiday.

I don’t know how other intense offerings compare, but this is way more intense than normal lessons.