Learning how to drive is an exciting yet intimidating experience. As a beginner driver, you may have questions about the best way to learn and what would be the most beneficial length for a driving lesson. While some people prefer one-hour lessons, others opt for two-hour lessons. What are the benefits of each? Let’s explore.
One-Hour Driving Lessons
One-hour driving lessons can be beneficial if you want to focus on one particular area of driving practice, such as parallel parking or country road driving. This can be particularly useful if you want to build your confidence in a certain type of situation before attempting it in real life. Furthermore, shorter lessons allow you to spread out your practice as you can fit more sessions into your schedule without taking up too much time at once. They will also help to keep the weekly cost down. It may also suit you if you’re very worried about learning to drive and just want a short blast of learning at a time to avoid becoming overwhelmed. It may also suit you as a person as the shortened blasts of learning may allow you to really focus on one objective
Some possible drawbacks of having a 1-hour driving lesson could be that you simply don’t have enough time to really get to grips with or master the goals you set at the beginning of your session. Only having one hour a week may mean that you require more weeks of lessons or even more hours of lessons as you don’t have the time to really master something in one session.
Two-Hour Driving Lessons
On the other hand, two-hour driving lessons are ideal if you like having long stretches of time behind the wheel so that you get more practice as well as increased familiarity with different types of roads and traffic conditions. With two hours, there is usually enough time to go over multiple topics such as starting and stopping smoothly, merging onto busy roads, and understanding when it is safe to pass another car on the road. You will also have plenty of opportunities to ask questions and receive feedback from your driving instructor while still maintaining a relaxed pace during your driving lesson.
Longer driving lessons are really great if you are someone that can concentrate for long periods of time. The longer session also allows you to really get to grips with anything that you struggle with without having to stop and start back up next time.
Some possible reasons 2-hour driving lessons might not be for you
Make sure that you are able to concentrate for the whole 2-hour driving lesson, it’s quite a long time, especially when you are a new driver with lots of things to learn.
It does cost more money so it may put financial pressure on you, the most expensive way to learn is when you stop midway.
It could be more difficult to fit longer lessons into your schedule.
Conclusion
Ultimately, it comes down to personal preference when deciding whether hour-long or two-hour driving lessons are right for you as a new driver. If you’re someone who prefers shorter bursts of learning interspersed with breaks throughout the day, then an hour-long lesson may be better suited for you. On the other hand, if you prefer longer periods of focused instruction followed by a break afterward then two hours may be better suited for your learning style. It’s important to consider what works best for your individual situation when making this decision! No matter what option you choose, make sure that you give yourself enough time to learn safely and comfortably so that you can become a safe and confident driver!
What our driving instructors think
As experienced driving instructors we find that lots of learners make mistakes in the final 20 minutes of their session. We’ve found 90 minutes strikes the balance between making sure significant progress is made and that there is not too much mental fatigue, helping to keep the driver errors down and confidence up.