When you were learningt o drive how much practise did you get other than lessons?

[charliecat]

Ive had 30 lessons and about 3 hours in dps car..nowhere near ready to sit my test..how much practice did you get that wasnt with the driving instructor?

I think I drove my stepdads car once, apart from that none at all - I had more lessons than you though. I think it worked out at about 42 hours of lessons I was fine in the lessons but got nervous and messed the tests up!

About 16 years after my first ever driving lesson (and several failed tests) I attempted some driving practice with DP, who threw a most uncharacteristic hissy-fit and claimed that this was the most traumatic experience he'd ever been through

Don't go by me, though, please, or you'll give up totally. I did pass in the end.

none. don't know how many lessons I had - 35-40 i think. you might be ready sooner than you think!

serenity, not blush for me...if i thought I could pass a test in another 12 lessons I would be :)
LOL MI So is he a good passenger now?

Hardly any after I drove my mother's new car into a brick wall on Mother's Day! I had hour long lessons with an instructor nearly every week for about 8 months and then passed first time (this was when I was 17). But I was a confident driver from the start and didn't really need any more practice than I got with my instructor (Just as well after what I did to my mother's car!)

quite a bit - drove everywhere with dh once insured & confident enough, it def. helps to do that ime. did the test in my own car too, although took 3 goes to pass - it's so helpful to be able to drive, you WILL do it
good luck!

I have no idea - if he's in the car, he drives. I can't be arsed with all the huffing and indrawn breath and muttered 'oh no!' and general carry-on, frankly.

I had 22 lessons and no practice and passed first time [boasting emoticon]..I learnt to drive in Edinburgh which was quite scary

I wish id learnt to drive in Scotland where 3 cars at traffic lights, at the time, was a traffic jam, now in gridlock Kent where queues of 40-50 cars at the traffic lights is the norm.

It's hard MI, I'd be just as bad as your Dp tbh. I've been driving for 15 years now and I hate being a passenger (luckily Dh has no desire to learn!) I can just about handle being driven by my Mum, stepDad and my bf. With anyone else I tend to have my foot on my imaginary brake all the time, and things just seem closer from the passenger seat. Actually bf drives like a loon, so tend to put my foot through her floor quite often

dh wouldnt do it
as his fingernails were imbedded in the dashboard the first time he took me out

7yrs of lessons

I dont know why but this thread is make me laugh, all those petrified DHs I can see me joining you with that 7 years of lesson DSW

charliecat he is still petrified in the car with me
he is such a flippin wimp

dps keeps reminding me of the insurance excess

dont think mobility are going to renew contract with me next year
as i got a letter yesterday basically saying i am a liability
heehee
am insured for dh's car so will have some fun LOL
but he wont let me in it now
silly sod

Sorry to hijack DSW, but are you/were you from Liverpool, or do you just like Scouse??

near liverpool browny
scouse was the nearest thing to house iykwim
but have scouse accent

I think from memory, it was 17-20 hour long lessons before 1st test, and then had 4 or 5 more before the 2nd one. No other practice (my Dad's car insurance for his company car wouldn't allow it).

I drove all the time with dp unless we had to go on motorway, he just let me get on with it. It was a 6mth wait for a test here so I did most of the driving in that time (including journeys to & from N Wales from Portsmouth), and about 1hr proper lesson a wk.

Had about 20 lessons but no other driving .My instructor made the unusual request to ask me not to practice in other cars as it was making me worse . Apparently he had never had to tell anyone else this!

My dad taught me to drive himslf as lessons were so expensive. I had to drive everyone everywhere for about 2 months and passed my test in our very old car first time as did my brothers. The driving instructor complimented my dad on his teaching

DSW, wish I'd thought of that name!! All the original names I put in to register were already taken, so I ended up with this! How many children have you got? I've four, dd1, 10, dd2 8, ds1 6 and ds2 23 months old

Well I drove back from B and Q today quite confident.
I seem to take hours to get anywhere, like 30 mins compared to dps 5...:( lol

I never got any extra practice my parents didn't trust me for some reason!!!
I don't think it was a bad thing thought as my db and dsis both failed at least once with extra practice and my other bro and I had none and we both passed first time

None, just lessons. I was 17 and I think I had 23 lessons.