How driving lessons from friends and family can help

Anyone that is over 21 and have held a full driving licence for more than three years can give driving lessons. It is not very likely that a learner driver can pass the driving test without professional tuition but "unprofessional" driving lessons can help. Learner drivers should spend as much time as possible behind the wheel and driving tuition from a friend or family member can be a great help. The official DSA statistics say that the average learner need approximately 44 of professional driving instruction mixed with 22 hours of tuition from friends and family. If you are about to give some lessons to friend or member of your family you may find the following advices helpful:


- Practice the things learned from the instructor
The best use of unprofessional driving tuition is, practicing what the learner driver have learned during driving lessons from professional instructor. Driving instructors can determine best what the learner needs to practice on, what and when he/she should learn. If you start teaching whatever you like without considering the professional driving lessons you are more likely to confuse the learner driver instead of helping. Just ask what they have learned during the last few driving lessons and practice the same things.


- Don't pass bad driving habits
If you have been driving for a number of time there is a chance that you have picked some bad driving habits. You have to be very careful not to pass those habits to the learner driver as it may cause him to fail the driving practical test.


- Consider Refresher driving lessons
To be able to help a learner driver you have to be safe and confident driver first. If you feel that you skills are a bit rusty or you may have a lot of bad habits collected with the time you may consider some refresher driving lessons. Seeking additional help is not embarrassing; it shows that you are serious about being safe on the road!