Parents must take driving lesson before teaching their kids to drive

06 September 2010

Parents should attend a driving lesson or two before teaching their kids to drive used cars according to What Car? Driving School. The proposed lesson will teach

Parents should attend a driving lesson or two before teaching their kids to drive used cars according to What Car? Driving School. The proposed lesson will teach parents about the Highway Code and the required knowledge of the skills by the new test.

The economic downturn has prompted several parents to skip professional driving instructors and teach their teens to drive themselves. However, majority of the cases their knowledge is out of date.

What Car? Driving School is the only driving school in the UK that encourages parents to take guidance sessions or to participate in initial lessons with their teenager's instructor.

"With over 45% of UK drivers likely to fail the current driving test it is all too clear that these drivers need a refresher driving lesson or two to ensure they do not pass on their bad habits to their teenagers," said Paul Atkinson, managing director of What Car? Driving School.

Parents' typical bad habits include driving too close to the car in front, rush observations, approach junctions too quickly, incorrect use of speed and not using mirrors enough.

"What Car? Driving School recommends that every teenager learning to drive gets as much road experience as possible with their parents when they are safe to do so, but this should be supplementary to professional driving lessons with the highest-quality ADI driving instructors," said Atkinson.

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