Supervising a Learner

[dpbird90]

My sister turns 17 soon and she wants to learn to drive (naturally). What are the rules about supervising a learner? Thinking about age and years of experience mostly, as she's too scared to go in a car with dad, who just shouts like an army general who's just been prodded with a hot poker, and mum's too scared to go in the car with her, as she was with me. So if its legal for me to do so, looks like I'll be the one telling her how useless she is.

Over to you PH masses...

[Dangerous Dan]

How many years have you been driving for?

[Shaw Tarse]

Dangerous Dan said:

How many years have you been driving for?

ETA how old are you?

[Bungleaio]

I seem to remember you need to be over 21 and have 3 years driving experience to supervise a learner.

[Shaw Tarse]

Bungleaio said:

I seem to remember you need to be over 21 and have 3 years driving experience to supervise a learner.

Pah not when I passed!

[dpbird90]

Ah right, I've got the required experience, passed my test 3 years ago, but I'm only 20, got to wait till next Feb then. Cheers guys, as usual the PH knowledge comes in handy!

[Blown2CV]

It says this stuff in the highway code. Perhaps try a driving school first. Ideal birthday present for a 17 year old from your P's, esp when neither of them want to actually take her out driving. No offence, but even though the law says 3 years driving experience to supervise a learner, she needs a teacher not a supervisor telling her how rubbish she is or whatever. My next door neighbour is 18 and has been out with everyone in the street (driving!) and still has her car sat outside with L-plates on. It has been sat there for so long that her Mum takes it out every so often to ensure the battery doesn't go flat. You need to be taught the basics before you can self-improve.

[Tallbut Buxomly]

Which is why she needs her brother to teach her. My parents taught my brothers and i to drive and i believe it made the world of difference in how fast we learnt and in our attitude to driving.

[PHmember]

Get her to use a proper school for the teaching bit & then use a supervisor so that she can practice what she's learnt. There's a world of difference between 3 years driving experience & knowing how to teach someone to drive properly.

[West4x4]

When my mrs started to learn i booked her some lessons once she knew the basics we sorted some L plates and insurance. Solved alot of stress as i just had to sit there and be quiet not try to teach her she carried on with the lessons at the same time. It worked for her she passed first time with 1 minor in 6 months. I learned this way to again i passed first time.

[JB!]

i reccomend lessons AND other driving, lessons to teach manouvers and obseervation, other driving justto understand other users and how to physically drive.

[boomboompow]

Nobody offered yet? Alright, allow me be the first to offer my supervisory services...

[Torquey]

Don't 'teach' her to drive, just practice with her what she was taught by the instructor in her last lesson.

[Blown2CV]

Torquey said:

Don't 'teach' her to drive, just practice with her what she was taught by the instructor in her last lesson.

yes

[West4x4]

Torquey said:

Don't 'teach' her to drive, just practice with her what she was taught by the instructor in her last lesson.

no just let her drive dont practise what she's been taught you might do things differantly to her instructor just sit there and shut up. i could drive with my dad when learning as he kept giving tips which the instructor then said were wrong my mum just sat there let me do it how i was taught i'd have to take her shopping and things like that taught me how to park and low speed control going to tesco's once a week

[Pothole]

Shaw Tarse said:

Bungleaio said:

I seem to remember you need to be over 21 and have 3 years driving experience to supervise a learner.

Pah not when I passed!

unless you have a time machine to lend him, that's no help, really.

[Pothole]

.gov website is typicaly useless.

[Tallbut Buxomly]

West4x4 said:

Torquey said:

Don't 'teach' her to drive, just practice with her what she was taught by the instructor in her last lesson.

no just let her drive dont practise what she's been taught you might do things differantly to her instructor just sit there and shut up. i could drive with my dad when learning as he kept giving tips which the instructor then said were wrong my mum just sat there let me do it how i was taught i'd have to take her shopping and things like that taught me how to park and low speed control going to tesco's once a week

Agreed.