{"id":16859,"date":"2014-12-31T21:41:37","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T21:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=16859"},"modified":"2014-12-31T21:41:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-31T21:41:37","slug":"driving-school-of-mum-and-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=16859","title":{"rendered":"Driving School of Mum and Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surrey and Hampshire News<\/del> (an outfit that obviously can’t afford a real web server for its publication, because this story is no longer available after less than two weeks)\u00a0reckons that only 1 in 3 learners are taking lessons with qualified instructors, opting instead to be taught by family members.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure I trust their figures. If nothing else, they fail to follow up on all those who start out with the cheaper option, then end up failing their tests and have to go to a proper instructor for remedial training later. Perhaps the quoted figure by MoneySuperMarket – that is costs \u201ca whopping\u201d \u00a31,128 to learn to drive with an ADI – reflects this?<\/p>\n

You see, \u00a31,128 would equate to around 50 hours of lessons (well, 45 hours, plus the theory test and practical test fees) using my hourly rates. During this last year I\u2019ve had one pupil do it in 14\u00bd hours, and many others manage well under 40 hours, and I can\u2019t see how or why this should be much different elsewhere if the training is up to scratch. In fact, what I think we\u2019re starting to see is the effect of cheap lessons – the story and MoneySuperMarket only seem concerned about that, anyway – and the resulting quality issues.<\/p>\n

I lost count long ago of the number of people who had been \u201ctaught\u201d by mum or dad, or by a cheaper instructor, but who subsequently realised they weren\u2019t getting anywhere. The biggest problem in most cases was getting rid of their appallingly bad habits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Surrey and Hampshire News (an outfit that obviously can’t afford a real web server for its publication, because this story is no longer available after less than two weeks)\u00a0reckons that only 1 in 3 learners are taking lessons with qualified instructors, opting instead to be taught by family members. I\u2019m not sure I trust their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80,81,87,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adi-related","category-driving-test-related","category-news","category-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t