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Car sharing intensive driving courses
It's difficult to know how effective car sharing intensive
driving courses are simply because we don't offer car sharing
courses
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Certainly (from a cost point of view) a car sharing
will save you a substantial amount of money
- It is much cheaper for a Driving Instructor to teach two or
three people at the same time, in the same car
- An Instructor's running costs drop dramatically and is being paid by
two or even three people at the same time
- And I only have the running cost of one Driving Instructor
Are there any other advantages, other than the obvious
cost?
- It's often said that the real advantage of a car sharing
course is learning by watching and then copying what you have
watched
- And by watching the mistakes of another driver you won't
make that same mistake yourself
- But you don't learn to swim by watching someone else
For skilled drivers car sharing can be beneficial
- It's not the practicality of driving, more the complexity of
certain driving situations
- Many Driving Instructors developed their driver training
skills using this format
- They exchange ideas and learn how to more effectively deal
with these situations
- Each driver can offer advice on how they might have dealt
with the problem
- It's the shared ideas that reinforces their learning
- Ideas they then go on to use when teaching others to drive
New drivers however, rarely share this experience simply because
they probably haven't experienced it yet
- At this stage it's still learning by doing
- Not by watching
So, where does this leave you?
- I'd advise you to think about what you want from the course
- If it is a cost factor and you are quite happy to spend part
of your course watching rather than doing
- Then, it is definitely the course for you
But, I never learnt to swim by watching someone swimming
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- I honestly don't know if car sharing courses are a better way of
learning to drive
- Some driving schools say this is the most cost
effective teaching method available
- We've never offered car sharing courses as a
cheaper alternative to learning to drive
And never will
We just teach individuals
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