Learn to drive a driving instructors point of view

Advantages: Career enhancement, social pleasure, life style enhancement, major personal achievement
Disadvantages: If you abuse this skill we may all pay for your errors.

...Learning to drive is something most people feel is a rights of passage, going from being a kid into being an respected adult begins with passing your driving test. The reality is you are only a small step into a very long and testing road of patience understanding, consideration and respect. Any driver who thinks they are a good driver is already on the road to becoming a bad driver. You can drive perfect for 10 years but it only takes 5 seconds of driving badly to wreck not just your life, your families and friends and not to mention the other peoples lives you may endanger or end. I know I am beating the drum hard here but as a driving instructor I come across confident and egotistical pupils daily, and nearly all of them scare the life out of me because they think they know most of what it takes to drive already. Give me a nervous...

Forbiddon 08.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Independent Driving Schools

DRIVERS AND SCREWDRIVERS

Advantages: Friendly, patient instructor - modern cars
Disadvantages: Expensive

...I have been taking my driving lessons through CIA since 2001. I had a few lessons before I had to stop due to personal reasons. I restarted at the beginning of this year when my Partner Craig secretly arranged and paid for four lessons as part of my Christmas present last year. I can?t for the life of me see any information on the history of CIA on the web - I have emailed them asking them for permission to write this opinion and for a little background info but as yet have had no reply. (Am taking that as permission!) So this opinion will solely be my experience with the CIA driving instructors. Back in 2001 I first found the CIA through the yellow pages. After phoning around what seemed like hundreds of companies I felt that not only was their call centre the friendliest and least pushy but their opening rates were the most...

whoopidoo 05.01.2004 · Read review
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Happy Driver

Advantages: Everything was made easy for me
Disadvantages: Head office was not in my county

...I have just passed my test (on the second time - Doh!) and would like to say how well organized and friendly CIA was. I failed the first test due to nerves I guess. I took the wrong turn of a roundabout and went to pieces. I thought at the time that I would not be able to pass at all and remember just not wanting to take any more lesson but my instructor called within a couple of days and convinced me it was a silly mistake, one that anybody could do, and I really ought to get back on the road. He let me think about and although my friends all said he was just after money, I booked a two hour lesson for a couple of days later. The lesson was fantastic. We spent almost all of the time on confidence exercises and roundabouts. At the end of the lesson my instructor advised me to rebook a test, try to get some driving time with my...

Jaydajedi 12.08.2008 (07.08.2008) · Read review
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Bad experience with BSM Driving Instructor

Advantages: The car I learned in was nice
Disadvantages: Driving Instructor made me feel very awkward and uncomfortable

...I have had 70 hours tuition with a BSM instructor - 2 hours each lesson, doing 2 or three lessons a week. Granted, before I started I had never been near a car so I was very green. I have taken the test twice now and still not passed. My problem is that I feel my instructor is unstable. Without encouragement, he starts conversations while I am driving and just rattles on about his personal life - which I am not in the least bit interested in! I get the impression that he is very lonely and has no family but with his constant talking I lose concentration and make silly mistakes. Half of the time I doubt he's even watching my driving as he is so caught up in what he's telling me. I have told him in the past that I cannot listen to his stories while I'm driving because it puts me off - but he acts a bit offended and next lesson he...

disappointed1 04.05.2007 · Read review
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A DRIVE THROUGH THE MIND.

Advantages: One of David Lynches best films.
Disadvantages: Confusing.

...- MULHOLLAND DRIVE.- Mulholland Drive was released in the UK in 2002. Directed and written by David Lynch. Starring Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, Justin Theroux and Ann Miller. - Genre: Drama/ Mystery/Thriller. - Running Time: 146 Minutes. - BBFC Rating: 15. - As the credits roll we are treated to a display of 50's dancing. There are many couples doing the jitterbug, bunnyhop, and the Jive. This is a lively sequence and all concerned are having a lot of fun. Suddenly a face surges to the fore cloaked in a white mist and she is featured alone and disjointed from all the others. She wavers, and then disappears back through the crowd again. The whole scene is shot very basically and the colours are subdued. This is an strange opening sequence with very little impact and I began to wonder if...

Morning_Becomes_Electra 04.05.2008 · Read review
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Learning to Drive a Car

Advantages: Get a full licence, independence
Disadvantages: Costs a lot of money to learn to drive and run a car

...I have wanted to learn to drive for as long as I can remember so you can imagine how delighted I was when my parents bought me 10 driving lessons for my 17th Birthday last May. I had also been saving up my pay's from work to pay for driving lessons and a car. So here I was on my journey of learning to drive? ~ Looking For an Instructor ~ It is really important to ask around. Don't just pick a random instructor from the telephone book. If you know someone who is learning to drive ask him or her if their instructor is good and how much they charge etc. As my birthday is in May quite a few of my friends started learning to drive before me. One of my friends recommended her driving instructor to me, I passed the telephone number on to my parents as they said they wanted to get me driving lessons for my birthday. My mam's hairdresser...

bluejules 23.12.2006 · Read review
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Xbox 360 120GB Hard Drive

Advantages: Lots of space for all your gaming needs.
Disadvantages: Price, Dust, Missing GB

...My personal experience with the Xbox 360 hard drive has been fairly positive. The ability to store music, films, videos and of course games saves is one that no Xbox gamer should be without. 120 GB of memory is more than enough for the average gamer. The hard drive is well designed to blend with the console perfectly. It is small and easy to store. However the price is pretty heavy compared to the cheaper 20GB versions. A problem with the memory is the fact that the hard drive does not actually have 120GB, obviously it wouldn't be exactly due to the need for the running files but several GB are actually missing. Regular cleaning is advised as dust tends to collect on the hard drive but a sharp blow into the docking port is sufficient to clear this. All in all this product is an incredibly useful addition to any Xbox 360 gamers...

jammyd0 14.03.2008 · Read review
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Finally passed after swapping instructors!

Advantages: Travel when it suits you, and further. Not relying on buses!
Disadvantages: Cost if you get a bad ADI

...After reading everyone elses reviews the night before my driving test helped me, then I thought I would leave my experiences too. I took my first driving test yesterday and passed!! :D It's still taking a while to sink in and doesn't feel real still. "'If you're looking for a short review this isn't the place! :) "' (I have a tendancy to ramble on) It took me a while to get to my test in the first place. I was 20 before I was brave enough to actually book lessons. All my friends were either passing or had long since passed their tests, and it wasn't until one of my best friends picked up the phone and booked some lessons, that I did. She started her lessons and was full of praise for the instructor and how friendly she was (I was worried after some stories I had heard at college) and also the lessons were pretty cheap at £18...

S_Pass_38 29.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of Member advice on Passing your Practical Driving Test

Passing Your Driving Test

Advantages: Rule the road
Disadvantages: Stuck with the green card

.... Now on day of test if your instructor is as nice like mine he/she will allow you to drive car to test centre& help out with manouvers. Now it is very common to be nervous & yes I was take something like a long lasting mint or sweet should help you to relax. Note if you are very nervous take a couple of paracetamols should help you to relax not that I have tried it. What to expect on the day of the test. You will wait in the waiting area you do not see anybody but candidates. It is shocking beause it is so quite & you are dazzled "are you sure this isthe test centre" yes you are. Now the examiners are very prompt on the time so don't be late will of just cost £100+ for that day & taking time off work like me or somewhere else the cost could be £200 or excesing more. When your time comes be prepared with test letter, both parts...

amjad87 10.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Member advice on Passing your Practical Driving Test

  Passing your driving test!

Advantages: Freedom! The end of all those lessons, where to go now..!?
Disadvantages: Very expensive, nerve wracking, and frustrating!

...Rom that tests you on this before your theory! Preparation for your practical ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ So the theory is out of the way and now it?s time to start building up to your practical driving test ? the scary bit! If you have got someone who will add you to their insurance and let you use their car (or you have your own car and insurance!) then this is great and will save you money on lessons! - The person supervising you has to be 21 or over and have held a license for a minimum of 3 years. Your instructor will tell you when you are ready to take your test and advise you on the areas you need to practise at home, if possible. They will also be able to advise you on the test centre they feel best for you ? for example the one with the highest past rate, or one that they feel you will be most comfortable in. Try to...

ice_pink 16.05.2007 · Read review
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