seaine Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) hi i am booking my driving test soon but i am a bit nervous as i have never drove on the road. i am 25 and it is a bit stupid really that i have not done it but i have lived all over europe since 2004 and not really needed it.i am currently living in belgium and would love to take the test here but it is all in french and i am not 100% with it yet so i feel like i would be wasting my time.i really need to pass it first go to be honest.i can work a car no problem. i have my provisional in ireland so the plan is to book the test and fly back to ireland a week before and do as many lessons as i can afford before the test but is costing a fortune. so my question is do you think that it is possabile to pass first go. Edited March 21, 2010 by seaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkdougie Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 of cause its possible to pass first time, I did Just think ahead when youve got your test, what your going to do next and keep calm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaine Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 do they mark you more on your knowlege or on how you drive.thanks for the confidence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew_coggan Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Your taking your Driving test and you have never drove on the road or had any lessons, GOOD LUCK!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaine Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 i should be taking about 8 lessons before the exam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanuckleJive Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Dude. I'd get way more than that and book your test when your driving instructor thinks you're ready to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew_coggan Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) I dont no what the driving test is like over there but in England you have to do a theory test first, that is about road signs and safety. Then you have your practical test which is about your driving skill. I passed my test about 6 months ago and i had 19 lessons some of my mates had up to 40 so in my oppinion 8 is just not enough. Edited March 21, 2010 by matthew_coggan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaine Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) i have my theroy and all that passed.i cant do the lessons and go for it when the instructor thinks as i live in belgium and i cant get more than a week off work shit man 19 or 40 lessons that must have cost a bomb Edited March 21, 2010 by seaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew_coggan Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) Might be possible then how long are your lessons going to be? Edited March 21, 2010 by matthew_coggan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaine Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 they are two hours at a time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew_coggan Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 mine were an hour so yours will be the equivalent of 16 so yeah its possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanuckleJive Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 There's them week long intensive courses, I've known a few people pass on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMMM-JASON Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 I think the minimum amount of lessons you must have before you take your test is 10. The driving test its self isnt realy that hard as long as you can drive ok you should be fine just for every thing you do just look look look and look some more and you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 There's them week long intensive courses, I've known a few people pass on them Yeah, do this, else you'll not really cover enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanuckleJive Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 My main criticism of the week long courses is that you really don't get much on road experience time with them. So then you pass your test but spend a long time driving like a noobie without the instructor there to help you The 3 people I know who did the week long course, 2 of them wrote their car off within about 6 weeks, the people who learnt the longer winded way have (mostly) been fine How come you must do your test in england, if you live in belgium? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 You could always take lessons in belgium for the experience, and then later do an intensive course in a proper-hand-drive car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) I think the minimum amount of lessons you must have before you take your test is 10. I took 7 POW edit (hours that is) Edited March 21, 2010 by Simpson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grant_hundley Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) took me 6 lessons simps Edited March 21, 2010 by grant_hundley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otacon Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 took me 6 lessons simps Yeah and look where it got you. Wrote your first car off how quick ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Yoshi Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Did mine in 3 leasons. Only droped three marks on the test. Its not has hard as some people say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 took me 6 lessons simps Dang I'm feeling like a noob now! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 You need a theory test pass, you need quite a few lessons in the car (especially if you've never driven) and finally to book a test - which usually is a waiting list of up to 6 weeks in major cities. Surely they must have an English version of the test there...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 There's no official amount of lessons required, a friend passed on his 17th birthday with 3 hrs of lessons then the test (he'd been driving tractors and farm equipment since knee high) Also you could spend time in a car with someone else teaching you rather then an instructor, cheaper and gives you wheel time. Intensive courses can have disadvantages, any instructor who has a gap large enough to take a week out and instruct may not be the best, otherwise he'd be booked up surely? Also how long have you had your theory? it needs renewing after 2 years like a provisional i think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that NBR dude Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 There's no official amount of lessons required, a friend passed on his 17th birthday with 3 hrs of lessons then the test (he'd been driving tractors and farm equipment since knee high) Also you could spend time in a car with someone else teaching you rather then an instructor, cheaper and gives you wheel time. Intensive courses can have disadvantages, any instructor who has a gap large enough to take a week out and instruct may not be the best, otherwise he'd be booked up surely? Also how long have you had your theory? it needs renewing after 2 years like a provisional i think? Most people / companies that do intensive courses will only do the courses and not offer 1 / 2 hour lessons as well. I passed my test after 8 hours of lessons with an instructor and didn't do any road time with my parents, but I had been riding motorbikes for years before so had decent road knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamus Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 (edited) 1) Most people / companies that do intensive courses will only do the courses and not offer 1 / 2 hour lessons as well. 2)... but I had been riding motorbikes for years before so had decent road knowledge. 2) Yeah, it's the time on the road is the advantage of driving with someone else, if you picked that up on a bike, it amounts to the same experience. Physically driving a car isn't very hard, reading the road (and other vehicles etc) is why you need time on the blacktop. 1) Granted with the intensive specialists. However normally driving school's are just umbrella's for a group of self employed instructors, so the one's available to do the intensives have free time = not the busiest (which may mean nothing, or it may mean they're not getting jobs through word of mouth etc). Obviously an instructor who deals specifically in intensives will be very good at teaching in that manner, But the problem remains, even if you go to a big driving school, how do you know they haven't put you with someone who didn't have very many bookings that week? Edited March 22, 2010 by shamus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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