and if anything happens, and you need to drive the car after you should be insured on the car too.
you should be over 21 (i'm sure you are
) and had a license for at least 3 years
anybody know the law as regards teaching offspring to drive.apart from l plates,must they be a named driver etc?
they have to be insured on the car yes!
and if anything happens, and you need to drive the car after you should be insured on the car too.
you should be over 21 (i'm sure you are ) and had a license for at least 3 years
I also believe you are counted as being in charge of the car so can't be over the booze limit (so no getting a learner to drive you back from the
pub).
Other than that is the best advice is to pay for professional lessons, probably cheaper than the insurance costs and a lot less strain on the nerves
Over 21, licence for three years.
You don't have to be insured, but the driver does.
And, or should that be but, you need to be fit to drive as you are technically in charge
my dad taught me how to move a car in carparks when i was young, which was good because i was at an age where i would still listen to him! Come 17 i
thought i knew it all so probably wouldnt've got on well with lessons.
On the plus side you get to keep an eye on his attitude to driving, on the down side though he may feel he can take more liberties with you beside him
rather than an instructor!
In the interests of maintaining a reasonably cordial ongoing interpersonal relationship with son & heir, I willingly paid for his lessons with a
driving instructor.
Particularly valuable was the six week course he did at age 16 1/2 on private ground.
Moreover, he didn't pick up my bad habits! 
My dad tought me how to drive when I was 17, gave me loads of practice as he'd got lots of patience. Gave me a lot of confidence when I took
lessons and had 10 before I took my test and passed first time
Good old dads lol
I didn't have the patience, so paid for lessons for both my kids! They got them as their 17th birthday present.
I'm teaching my 12 daughter with the under 17 car club...Lessons on Castle Combe circuit. Great seeing 14 year olds blasting their dads cars
about! She cant wait to get to a higher grade and show her old man how to really drive the MK!
Can't beat the Under17 club. Both my daughters learnt to drive there. Excellent fun.
I took my lad out but he also had lessons as I know I have bad habbits 
and things have changed since I passed back in well some time ago.
But it's a lot cheaper than having all lessons you can do the reversing round corners, turning in the road and bay parking easy enough once thay
have been shown by the driving instructor.
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Originally posted by andy o
anybody know the law as regards teaching offspring to drive.apart from l plates,must they be a named driver etc?
surprised that so many are suggesting to just get lessons.
I would say it takes two factors to become a good driver - being tought technique in a structured way and being tought how to deal with every day
situations. The first you can pay for, the second you get from spending hours on the road.
I suppose if you have enough money you could pay £100 a week for them to have lessons daily! My dad didnt have the patience to take me out, and I
turned my mum into a jibbering wreck, without her though I doubt I'd have passed first time and got through the "danger years" without
an accident.
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Originally posted by cd.thomson
...My dad didnt have the patience to take me out, and I turned my mum into a jibbering wreck...
I taught my wife to drive, now that is a risky thing to try!
Id say you have to insure them on your car anyway for additional practice.
I started driving with my Dad but the rows were terrible, so Mum sat with me. First time pass.
Then I taught a friend before we drove together to Sicily sharing the driving. Went on to teach my wife (more rows), sister, brother and 2 sons - all
but one first time passes.
If you've got the right attitude and you don't allow emotions to get in the way - why not?
I'm teaching my daughter how to drive at our local super-market before the shops open. It's always deserted but still plenty of obstacles to
work her way around to keep it relevant.
Doing it this way will make it easier for when she starts taking 'proper' lessons in 4 years time.
It also makes it easier to give her the controls when we go out on track.