My son is now driving !

[talkingcars]

Originally Posted by p_b82

.....I'd also be a little wary on allowing too much driving without an instructor - the counter argument is that you don't get the reinforcement of all the good habits and it can be much easier to develop bad ones........

As long as you leave the instructor to do the teaching and you just practice it shouldn't do any harm.

I had one pupil who turned up for the lesson before her test slamming it down through the gears to slow down the car. When asked her boyfriend had told her that was how she should do it. I remaindered her that the gears are for going and the brakes are for slowing. She relaxed and sailed through her test.