Learner
Teaching a teenager to drive is a big challenge. Teen drivers need to learn how to safely control a car. Then they need to build a range of driving experience with someone in the car next to them.
Research has shown that drivers who get around 120 hours of supervised driving are up to 40% less likely to crash in their first years of driving alone. Here are some tips to help you with their training.
- Introduce the skills gradually
- Practise in a wide range of conditions and situations
- Aim to get 120 hours practising together before they sit their Restricted licence test (many people get less than 40)
The Restricted licence test will become more difficult in February 2012 to encourage 120 hours of supervised practice.
Below are some free tools to help you teach your teenager the driving skills they need to pass the Restricted licence test (and become a safer driver).
1 Guide their practice
The Practice programme is for both of you to use. If you sign up as their guide you’ll get an instructor’s manual to take in the car, with tips on what to teach them and when. Your teen can sign up to get tips and watch videos that’ll help them understand what they need to learn in those 120 hours to be ready for the Restricted licence test.
2 Help them learn the skills online
Between driving sessions, eDrive will help your teen develop life-saving skills such as hazard scanning from the safety of a computer. It’s free if they’ve registered for Practice, are between 15 and 19 and hold a Learner licence. They’ll need to use their Practice website login details.
