My niece is learning to drive at
the moment. Learning to drive these days
is an expensive pastime, not only paying for the driving lessons after you
pass, the cost of your car insurance and road tax.
There are some importance choices
that you have to make when you choose to learn to drive and the first of those
is choosing your driving instructor.
When I first decided to learn to drive, rather than getting
recommendations, I choose someone from the Yellow Pages who had a cheap hourly
rate. Big mistake.
I was a very nervous driver in
the beginning and for the first and second driving lesson; I did not even manage
to proceed beyond driving on the car park.
What I needed was encouragement and patience. What I got was ridicule and being told that
there was little point in carrying on because I was wasting my money and his
time. He told me that I would never be
able to do it.
That is a harsh thing to tell a
seventeen year old that is nervous behind the wheel to begin with. Whilst I was nervous, I was also determined
so I decided to not listen to him, but instead fire him. I got a new instructor; this time one who
came highly recommended. It may have
taken me 18 months to pass my test, but I got there.
The other importance choice that
you have to make is selecting your car insurance provider. There is no getting away from it; insurance
for new drivers is expensive. Thankfully
though, if you do your research, you can find some great deals.
Companies like More Than
have policies specifically with young drivers in mind that can assist with the
cost of insurance by monitoring your driving by way of their Telematics Driving
Style Score.
When you buy their young driver
policy they arrange to have a small Sm>rt Wheels Box fitted to your car
which monitoring various aspects of your driving such as speed, smoothness and
usage. Over the course of the year, you can earn back up to 10% of your premium
by way of cashback.
By having the Sm>rtBox monitor your driving this will not only save you money but also
encourage you not to take risks, speed or brake excessively because you know
that the safer you drive, the more cashback you can get!
Do you have any stories from when
you learned to drive?
*Post written in collaboration with More Than however all opinions are my own
*Post written in collaboration with More Than however all opinions are my own
