driving lessons?
 

Hello fellow forum goers.... I've been wondering... I am originally from Germany and when you do your license there you first have to go through a certain amount of driving lessons with a certified instructor. Now I know this requirement doesn't exist in Canada and that you can even use your own car to drive around on a learner's permit, getting instructions from a friend who has a license.... HOWEVER... I don't have a car. And I don't want to bug my friends with this.

To be honest I would rather spend a bit more money and drive a car from a driving school and get lessons from a professional instructor. I don't want to end up like the rest of the drivers in Montreal. (crazy)

Does anyone know if this is possible in Canada? Or in Quebec specifically?

Thanks :) BTW I'm turning 24 next year and never driven a car can you believe it??? (except an old rusty pickup truck across a field in Maine once...doesn't count :D)

Re: driving lessons?
 

Err.. yes of course.

Look for driving schools or driving instructors in the local equivalent of the yellow pages.

You won't be able to hire a hire car for the test so you'll likely need the instructor's car for at least that.

In BC, I had a few lessons with a local instructor to learn the wrinkles of the local rules before using his car for a test.

It is certainly, IMO, better to get lessons from an instructor. You'll have a much, much better idea of what you're doing and they'll use a dual control car to keep you safe in the beginning.

90% of all drivers think they're above average. 80% of drivers in hospital for an accident they caused think they're above average drivers.

Re: driving lessons?
 

Thanks, yeah that's the difference with me. I've been kind of hesitating to get a license cause I've been afraid that as soon as I got a car I'd crash it :p

Re: driving lessons?
 

I took lessons from the AMA (look up the CAA as you are not in Alberta). They were very good, albeit a little pricey.

OK so we do have a car and Hubbs is more than happy to sit beside me while I practice, but using a driving instructor first gave me the confidence to actually drive the car (I have a few "issues" regarding cars following a car accident I was in several years ago as a passenger - it left me with PTSD and a total and utter screwup regarding cars)

I can't say if the instructor would allow you to use the car to sit your test, but you can certainly get good driving instructors to practice driving with.