Parents Guide to Learning to Drive - Review: Can You Really Learn To Drive For Less?
Having looked at many of the guides out there that are designed to help you learn one of the most important skills you can learn in a lifetime I thought i'd take a look at this Ebook.
Downloading it was straightforward although it is important to make sure you save it to your hard drive once the PDF file opens.
So to begin with there is a foreword that explains a little about the author and the process that the book goes through.
I found that this bit rattled on a little but did open my mind to some pretty interesting ideas about learning to drive and driving practice.
I was always of the opinion that it doesn't take much effort to learn to drive and then to pass the practical driving test.
But after reading even the first few pages its clear there is more to passing today's practical driving test than ever there has been in the past.
I then moved on to the first chapter, which explained all the necessary parts to setting the car up ready to drive.
There are some good points here however the photos, in my opinion, could possibly be a little bigger.
If you view it on screen then they can be enlarged but on a printed copy I'd would prefer them a little bigger.
Still i did like some of the suggestions about getting the feel of the controls on the driveway first before venturing out onto the road.
It was only in the second chapter that we really got into the nitty gritty of getting the car moving.
At this point it does seem that anyone starting out is a mile away (no pun intended) from the practical driving test but I was slowly coming round to the idea that these days it does take time.
There are some very interesting ideas about the principles of driving and I do like the fact that it gives advice to the person doing the coaching about how to teach each subject.
This was a nice touch.
There are many guides which show what you should do but fall a little short on advice of how to do it and therefore when the practical driving test comes round there could be issues with what has been taught.
As I worked through each section it was apparent thata lot of thought has gone into this guide and the author had tried to write it around the idea that the coach is an experienced driver, and can use their own knowledge and experience to give driving practice.
The biggest problem that would concern me is whether my driving would teach bad habits to the person I was teaching.
This guide helps to overcome that by the advice it gives about what would be required in a practical driving test from the very first time you sit behind the wheel to driving test day itself.
I did like the addition of popular faults committed by learner drivers, and a progress record at the end of each section.
This Guide is worth the £9.
99 i paid for it, however I do feel it would be better served as an addition to professional instruction in order to reduce the amount of lessons needed to achieve the appropriate level to undergo a practical driving test.
The author does advise that you do this.
I am now far more aware of just what is involved in teaching someone to drive on today's roads and the standards that are required for today's practical driving test.
Even if you don't use it as it is intended I found that by the end it had changed my ideas about what learning to drive is all about and therefore i think it's value for money.
Downloading it was straightforward although it is important to make sure you save it to your hard drive once the PDF file opens.
So to begin with there is a foreword that explains a little about the author and the process that the book goes through.
I found that this bit rattled on a little but did open my mind to some pretty interesting ideas about learning to drive and driving practice.
I was always of the opinion that it doesn't take much effort to learn to drive and then to pass the practical driving test.
But after reading even the first few pages its clear there is more to passing today's practical driving test than ever there has been in the past.
I then moved on to the first chapter, which explained all the necessary parts to setting the car up ready to drive.
There are some good points here however the photos, in my opinion, could possibly be a little bigger.
If you view it on screen then they can be enlarged but on a printed copy I'd would prefer them a little bigger.
Still i did like some of the suggestions about getting the feel of the controls on the driveway first before venturing out onto the road.
It was only in the second chapter that we really got into the nitty gritty of getting the car moving.
At this point it does seem that anyone starting out is a mile away (no pun intended) from the practical driving test but I was slowly coming round to the idea that these days it does take time.
There are some very interesting ideas about the principles of driving and I do like the fact that it gives advice to the person doing the coaching about how to teach each subject.
This was a nice touch.
There are many guides which show what you should do but fall a little short on advice of how to do it and therefore when the practical driving test comes round there could be issues with what has been taught.
As I worked through each section it was apparent thata lot of thought has gone into this guide and the author had tried to write it around the idea that the coach is an experienced driver, and can use their own knowledge and experience to give driving practice.
The biggest problem that would concern me is whether my driving would teach bad habits to the person I was teaching.
This guide helps to overcome that by the advice it gives about what would be required in a practical driving test from the very first time you sit behind the wheel to driving test day itself.
I did like the addition of popular faults committed by learner drivers, and a progress record at the end of each section.
This Guide is worth the £9.
99 i paid for it, however I do feel it would be better served as an addition to professional instruction in order to reduce the amount of lessons needed to achieve the appropriate level to undergo a practical driving test.
The author does advise that you do this.
I am now far more aware of just what is involved in teaching someone to drive on today's roads and the standards that are required for today's practical driving test.
Even if you don't use it as it is intended I found that by the end it had changed my ideas about what learning to drive is all about and therefore i think it's value for money.
