Are Driving Crash Courses Any Good?

Whenever people decide to start driving, like most things in life these day’s, they want it (their licence to drive) like, yesterday! There may be good reasons for someone needing to pass the driving test promptly; a new job, going abroad, during college/university holidays etc. These are known as Driving Crash Courses (Intensive Driving Courses).

So, what is an intensive driving course?

Everyone is different so the number of hours training required to obtain the appropriate standard for the UK driving test will vary from between individuals. Experience has shown, the training hours necessary for the average person varied between twenty five to thirty five. Obviously, some candidates will do this quicker and others may take longer. Much depends on any previous road experience (had driving instruction previously, driven a motorbike), their level of spatial awareness (the the skill of judging distance, speed and angles) and any private practice they may undertake. Some may take to driving like a duck to water, others do not!

Driving crash courses are simply having that number of hours of driving lessons over a quicker period. That could be over a few day’s a few weeks or longer. “Great! My driving licence in a week!” – not necessarily so. If you try and get say, 40 hours of training done in a week, the 7 day’s will be very intense and possibly stressful for you. Now, some people can cope with this and others not. If you are someone that might struggle with that pace of learning and stress, then you may not be ready for your driving test at the end of that week.

Most people adopt a ‘middle of the road’ approach and have say, 10 hours in a week (two hours per day). That way, as the driving lessons are spread over 4 weeks, they have more time to take in and digest the new information and driving skills they are learning. Still, 4 weeks is better than 1 lesson per week over 40 weeks!

What Driving crash courses are not

They are not a ‘magic pill’ to gaining a driving licence. There is no such thing as a guaranteed driving test pass – who could guarantee that! At the end of the day, it is yourself and you only that will be taking the test. Errors can happen and nerves may play a part in that. If you see such claims, investigate. The guarantee could simply be that if you fail the driving test, the driving school will provide another test at their cost.

If you do need to pass your driving test fast, it is best to enquire of a number of driving schools to see what deals they offer and how they relate to you during your exploratory chat. Also, before booking and paying for your driving crash course up-front (most driving instructors will require this to confirm such a courses) you would be advised to have a lesson or two from your shortlist to see how you actually get on with them and that their teaching practices accord with your style of learning.

The Driving Schools Directory offers an Intensive Driving Courses Pupils Enquiry Service that, after you have completed a few basic details, they will make contact with the driving schools in the area that you require to take your course in and those driving schools will contact you. This removes a lot of the trawling around for you and makes the process of inquiring about your intensive driving course far easier.