Having a period of car driving experience is obviously a good thing. But I am of the older generation of instructors who used to train non drivers on artics. The first lesson used to include the statement “down there there’s 3 pedals”. That’s how basic it was.
But 14 days later I regularly used to produce a Class 1 driver who, by default, would also get a car licence into the bargain.
At that time we used to display 2 different types of L plate. One was a large special HGV L plate and the other was a conventional L plate. This denoted the fact that the learner was learning “car” at the same time as learning truck.
I’m not saying this was a wonderful situation. Just making the point that car experience isn’t always the be all and end all.
Good luck all,
Pete 