How many lessons?

How many lessons will you need to be able to pass your test?

Here we try and give you an accurate idea of how much training you will likely need.

Having said that, everyone is different.

For instance a 17 year old male who has been riding a motorbike for a year and does banger racing as a hobby which includes fixing his car is likely to need less lessons than a 17 year old male who comes from a family where nobody drives and who is interested in science.

The DSA state that an 'average' 17 year old learner will take 45 - 50 hours professional driving tuition and 23 hours private practice.

You will take longer to learn to drive if you only have 1 hour a week. There is too much time between lessons for you to forget all you learnt.

It is much better to take 2 or 3 1½ or 2 hour lessons a week - more if you can afford it.

By using your accompanying driver to practice your lessons means you are not wasting time or money on practicing with your driving instructor.

Remember that learning to drive costs money. There is no escaping that fact. You may well be able to cut the cost of learning by coming to a school like Udrive2 where lessons are priced lower but it will still cost money. If you have not got the funds available, our advice is not to start until you have funds. There is nothing worse than running out of money half way through your training. You will waste all the money you have spent and when you do come back to it, you will find that you have to go back over a lot of what you have already learnt.