The driving test is now more demanding than ever. Government initiatives suggest that it may become even more so, in an attempt to reduce the number of road accidents. You need to be very well prepared to have your best chance of passing the driving test.
The number of driving lessons needed will depend on your natural ability to learn driving skills and how much practice you have in addition to your driving lessons.
Consider having mock tests as part of your training programme.
Use these figures as a guide to how many driving lessons might be needed to achieve the DSA driving test standard. The figures are for guideline purposes only.
| Age group (yrs.) |
No. of driving lessons |
|
17-25 |
25-50 |
| 26-35 |
40-70 |
| 36-50 |
55-100 |
| over 50 |
80 plus |
- A simple but reasonably accurate way of estimating how many lessons might be needed is to multiply your age by 1.5, to give a lower estimate and by 2 to give a higher estimate (eg. 20 yrs. x 1.5 = 30, 20 yrs. x 2 = 40). The number of lessons needed would probably be somewhere between these 2 estimates (i.e. between 30 and 40 hours of training for someone aged 20 yrs.).
The figures are based on information provided by the Driving Standards Agency(DSA) and my experience of providing driving lessons over many years. They assume no driving experience when taking the 1st lesson and that no extra practice is taken in addition to driving lessons.
- Nobody fails the driving test because they can't drive! However, many people fail because they're not fully prepared before taking the test. That's where I can help.
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