Insuring wimmins

[directhex]

Plenty of people I know have done that before!

..Or do you just not have confidence in her?

i know what she's like when it comes to confidence, and passing a test is all about confidence

and having tinkered with confused.com, it seems i'll be changing insurer

[directhex]

Okay, with policies starting in October (my renewal month, and when i hit 2 years' NCB):

directhex: £515 (endsleigh)
directhex with his young wife and her brand new provisional: £517 (m&s)
directhex with his young wife and her provisional from when she were a lass: £585 (admiral)
directhex with his fiancee and her provisional from when she were a lass: £636 (admiral)

i'm never 100% clear on whether you're meant to enter details as they are now or as they will be when the policy starts, but there's a fair difference - and it's a world away from the £1200 i was quoted by the AA

[arbitor]

Just get her to do the lessons then try, if she fails then do it this way...

Tbh she will pick up bad habbits and the wrong way to do things from you anyway. Your not an instructor

[directhex]

Just get her to do the lessons then try, if she fails then do it this way...

Tbh she will pick up bad habbits and the wrong way to do things from you anyway. Your not an instructor

never said i was

but she needs extra practice outside lessons

is an hour or two a week really gonna be sufficient for her to move things like gear changes and signaling into muscle memory where it belongs? of course not. fluking your way though the test isn't the same thing as being a safe driver

[arbitor]

I wasnt being harsh, just saying that unless your an instructor invariably you will make her do things wrong

And why isnt it? I did exactly that, never had more than two hours a week, as have many others above.. and many others i know..

And its VERY hard to fluke a test i think

[ctid]

never said i was

but she needs extra practice outside lessons

is an hour or two a week really gonna be sufficient for her to move things like gear changes and signaling into muscle memory where it belongs? of course not. fluking your way though the test isn't the same thing as being a safe driver

If the fluking through the test thing was aimed at me, I had around 70 hours of professional instruction before I took my test. My parents didn't want to take me out in case I picked up bad habits. I think I'm a better and safer driver now because of it.

[arbitor]

I will second what ctid said, my parents are not in the know, and do not know everything that is on the test and what is wrong.

Its the best way then you learn for yourself and then gain knowledge and confidence on the road.

I had 25 hours and then did my test, two years ago, so not ages ago when it was easy.

I know loads of people that do it this way because the insurance on a car when you havnt passed is stupid and not worth the bother.

[ctid]

I've got two mates who were being taught by their instructor, and then driving with their parents. One took 3 tests to pass, and the other has just failed his 2nd test.

I'm not saying you shouldn't supervise her, but it might be worth holding off until she's has a load of lessons, so that she's got the basics down in her head properly. Making sure she's doing all the correct observations etc.

[directhex]

I've got two mates who were being taught by their instructor, and then driving with their parents. One took 3 tests to pass, and the other has just failed his 2nd test.

there are many types of parental drive-in

my dad didn't actually speak when he took me out, other than to suggest where to go or what manouveurs to practice (e.g. going to a car park to do reverse bay parking). he was sure never to tell me the "right" way to do anything - merely to observe me doing it, and allow me to do it without paying an instructor 50 quid for the privilege

in the end a parallel park is a parallel park, regardless of who's in the car with you - and it's one of those things that takes practice

I'm not saying you shouldn't supervise her, but it might be worth holding off until she's has a load of lessons, so that she's got the basics down in her head properly. Making sure she's doing all the correct observations etc.

that was always the intention

[arbitor]

The thing is it really doesnt need you to waste all that cash, if i can do it, and others then so can your partner

Unless you can find it at a good price then obv its ok

[Guy]

When I was learning my mum purposely stayed quiet when I was driving around with her, only telling me when it was clear her side etc, and as my instructor was a traffic cop for 20 odd years, im sure it was better that I listened to him!

[joshwa]

I spent around 2 - 3 years driving with an L plate like this before taking my practical. I had about 6 lessons with an instructer but he never actually said anything so I didn't see any point carrying on. Then when I went in for the practical test my wife told me what I was doing wrong when driving (going too fast mainly, not doing the proper 10 oclock / 2 oclock steering etc) for an hour before the test, and then I passed.

The insurance (with Tesco at the time) was no more expensive with me added as a provisional license holder, and that was before we were married.

[Rave]

I drove around for about 7 months with my mum before I had any lessons. I was unlucky to fail my first after 7 hours of lessons, and passed the second no probs after 2 more hours.

However, there is no way I'm going to try and teach my wife to drive. I might take her to a car park and show her the basics, but on the road, no way. We'd last about 5 minutes before we fell out bigtime. I'd rather cough up the cash for lessons, it'd be well worth the expense!

[Howard]

At the end of the day, the purpose of the driving lessons are to teach you what you need to know in order to pass your test. Your parents/friends/whoever are unlikely to know all the ins and outs unless they're driving instructors themselves.

It is possible to pass without external practice, but it does help. My dad took me out loads in my car when I was learning, he wasn't giving me constant instruction but he was alerting me when I did something he knows is wrong for example. The main purpose was for me to practice.