Best way of learning to drive...

[dkmech]

I found that when I had two 1h lessons a week i was progressing, when i had one 1h lesson a week i was just about managing to keep on the same level. So i'd say two 1h at least, maybe some 2h. But a week is a very long time to have between lesons.

[jamena]

I learnt the basics from my folks before I started "proper" lessons (not sure about the rules here but back home you just shoved L plates on the car and as long as there was a licensed driver in the passenger seat you were road-legal) and so drove a lot inbetween my weekly one-hour lessons anyway. Hardest things were switching between regular driving and lesson/test-type driving (as smooth and obvious as possible, making sure of speed limits etc)

You want to be driving as much as possible every day, with the proper lessons to teach you the little things you need for the test, parallel parking, spotting bad habits your folks think are normal.

Be thankful you don't have to do hand signals for your test!