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Learning to drive can take months of lessons, spread out at
a pace of one hour`s instruction per week. Many learner
drivers do not get the opportunity to practice their new
driving skills between lessons and so the process of improving
their driving ability is a slow and laborious one. Building
confidence is an important part of the learning process when
taking driving lessons, and this is difficult to achieve with
only one hourly lesson each week. Intensive driving courses,
on the other hand, give the learner driver the opportunity to
learn from scratch in a matter of days. However, intensive
driving courses are not as readily available as ordinary
driving courses and so there has been a growth in residential
intensive driving courses recently. These courses provide
accommodation for the duration of the course, usually around 5
or 6 days, in bed and breakfast, youth hostels or reasonably
priced local hotels. These residences provide the opportunity
for like minded people to! network with each other, and to
help each other with their driving knowledge improvement.
Students are collected daily by the driving school and
returned at the end of their daily training schedule.
A residential intensive driving course is particularly
suitable for those people who need to learn to drive in a
short space of time. Perhaps they are looking to improve their
CV and have a few job interviews coming up. A shorter 2 or 3
day residential intensive driving course is available for
failed drivers, in order that the faults that caused them to
fail the driving test can be identified and rectified, while
new drivers may require a week long course. For those students
who are close to the standard required for the driving test a
2 day, 12 hour weekend intensive driving course may be all
that is needed, or a 4 day 18 hour course for those with some
knowledge but who require a little extra instruction. With a 7
day intensive driving course you will experience around 35
hours of driving instruction.
As well as the obvious advantages provided by taking a
residential intensive driving course, there are other
benefits. You can chose to take your driving course in
pleasant rural surroundings, for example and chose a lovely
accommodation with the type of facilities that you enjoy. For
example, the restaurant may have excellent food, there may be
a fitness centre within the hotel or it may be located near to
a golf course. There are considerable advantages in providing
residential intensive driving courses from the driving
school`s perspective as well. There is a growing demand for
residential intensive driving courses, and by providing this
type of instruction, a driving school will increase its income
and draw students from a wider area. A city based driving
school can offer real driving conditions for a student from
out of town or one who is based in the country, while a rural
based driving school can offer countryside locations, plenty
of hilly driving and the opportunity! of a delightful short
break with scenic views. For the newly qualified driver there
are many
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