Intensive driving courses
Good or Bad
A lot of people have made comments about intensive driving courses, some good some not so good.
Intensive driving courses have been operating in the UK armed forces since the early 1980s, mainly due to the availability of students to do daily training. This has helped with service personnel being ready quicker to take on their duties within the armed forces. So its not a recent driver training system. In civilian street this was not the way driving courses were given, due to the fact that the student would be working Monday to Friday. The cost also had an impact to the way training was given. So availability and cost up front for the course made intensive driving courses not very popular.
So why the change
Driving courses spread over one or two weeks are more popular now than they ever were in the past, with more driving schools offering week long courses.
Driving is now essential, a must have ability when looking at employment opportunities. The time where you worked, and then retired in the same job 40 years later, has all but gone. Flexibility, working hours (Shift Patterns), and location of work places, have meant mobility is essential. The seventeen year olds now entering the job market are now boosting their chances of employment by being able to travel to out of town locations, work shift patterns, and be more attractive to larger companies.
Do week long intensive courses work
Yes they do!. However like weekly lessons it is in important to shop around and find a driving school with a good track record of providing these types of courses. The driving instructor you have chosen is trained on providing intensive driving courses, or has experience in provide an intensive driving course . Remember this was not the way some driving instructors were shown how to teach students. With that in mind, pass rates will be similar to weekly lessons. There is a caveat, however with these driving courses. They are what they say, Intensive! both for the student and the instructor. The intensity of the training can sometimes be too much, regular breaks will be needed. We would suggest booking no more than six hours in a day, and have regular stops every couple of hours. Well organised, intensive driver training programs do work, with pass rates similar to other training programs.