How learner insurance works
When you’re learning to drive it’s essential that you get as much time behind the wheel as you can. You need to pack in those driving hours so you can experience as many scenarios as possible, so you know how to deal with them when you’re driving solo. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) sets the driving test. It reckons that the average learner driver needs 47 hours of professional tuition and another 20 hours of private practice to get through the driving test successfully. With a one-hour driving lesson typically costing £25, that’s £1175 you’ll need to budget just for professional tuition. If you don’t supplement this with some private practice you’ll probably have to find even more money for professional tuition before you’re ready to take your test.