Have 28 years driving
Have passed theory & hazard perception
Should I have a crash course of lessons followed by a test. Or a few hours a week until the instructor thinks I am ready.
Mjdhehir:
Have 28 years driving
Have passed theory & hazard perception
Should I have a crash course of lessons followed by a test. Or a few hours a week until the instructor thinks I am ready.
afaik most trainers prefer the " crash" courses ( although there must be a better name for them !)
Intensive…
Most instructors do prefer intensive but you may find some that will accommodate a 4 hour block for 5/6 weeks.
However you will probably find you will take longer and spend more as the things you have learned and mastered in the previous session will quickly become average.
Intensive, definitely, you need to clear out a fortnight of your life to devote to it. Live it.
Go to your local training school & see what they recommend that is poss the best way to find out
It is totally different to learning a car btw
The excellent compromise is a weekly session for x weeks followed by an intensive run up to test. But, from the trainers point of view, it’s an administrative nightmare. But we do it if asked.
The eternal difficulty with intensive courses is that there is no way of being 100% certain the candidate will be ready for test. Assessments have limited value; these will show the gap between current standard and required standard. It won’t show learning rate, point of and duration of any plateau + the miriad of other factors that affect learning eg probs at home, work, car, pressure of job offer (or otherwise), lack of finance to continue if it goes wrong. The list is endless. The assessment does have a value insofar that the candidate can determine whether or not they are happy with the learning environment on offer.
The slow, gentle start followed by intensive overcomes some of this.
Having said all that, most trainers offer their “standard course” which is based (I hope) on their own experience of how long it takes most candidates to achieve test standard.
I’m not setting out to put the cat amongst the proverbial - but just offering an honest view. Pete 