Transport Opinions

Shelley began a google search for driving schools and was alarmed at how many hits she got. The first one she decided to click on brought up a web page with a huge ad for their specialized education onpassing thepractical test. Having no idea what this meant, Shelley called me because she knew I hadjust finished working onsome researchabout this subject myself.My daughter just passed her tests and received her driving school certificate and passed the state's tests. She thought maybe I could help her understand what she was looking at. I answered her questions and it surprised her to learn she had stumbled onto a United Kingdom driving school business located in fact overseas.

I explained that the practical test was a test that the United Kingdom's DSA requires a pass to receive a driving license. Many of the driving schools for the youth of the United Kingdom specialize in helping these young drivers be able to pass not only the practically but particularly the theory test. The next question was what in the world is a theory test and I decided I would send her some information thatI had found about the I also tried to explain the difference in our written test and the theory, our two countries are very similar in many respects.Sheis interested because she has three teenagers and all three will need some kind of driving schools training courses very shortly.

The insurance ordeal in both countries is very similar I told her, except that the United Kingdom has a special insurance for dealers of automobile/vehicles called the Motor Trade. Other than that I found no differences at all. Both countries insurance groups expect a young driver to begin learning to drive while covered under the parents' policy, then by adding them to the policy once the drivingschools coursesare concluded and the licenses are issued. She was interested in the world's view of insurance and the way we go about teaching our young drivers how to drive.

Shelly has three sons, twins who are almost 15 and a younger boy who is 14. She is busy getting hertwins ready for high school, andher baby is gearing up for his 8th grade year's practice of football before school takes up in August. Her time is pressed right now, the two a days for Josh began last week and it looks like the driving schools course for the twins is all setup and paid for with a local driving school that will start up very soon and will be held after school three times a week.