10 July 2012

Welcome and useful links

Welcome to TheLHelp, this site is set up to help new UK learner drivers in manual cars.

I am currently learning to drive and found that I have a fantastic driving instructor which explains things very clearly so I thought I would share what I have learnt with others who may be struggling. The idea came to me after helping a few people on the Student Room after they asked me many questions about driving as they were in the first stages of starting to drive.

I use many different sites that have and still are helping learn how to drive, I mainly watch online videos because as I am a more visual learner I understand things more when I see how they're being done and the different perspectives one gets from watching the videos. I highly recommend searching around on places like YouTube to learn the different driving techniques.

One of the first things you will need to know is the rules of the road and what the different signs and signals mean, so I suggest you read all of the Highway Code book before you actually start to drive because it will help a lot, it did me! You will further need to learn the Highway Code in order to pass the Driving Theory exam too. You can either buy a Highway Code book online or in a book shop for not much money, or you could buy a CD with it on, alternatively you can read it here.

One day I hope that if this proves useful to set up a proper website to help everyone pass their test, but for now it's in the experimental stages. If you would like to leave comments feel free and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

 
I have to again be clear that I am currently a learner driver near to the end of learning, which means I am not any sort of qualified driving instructor so the advice I give you is only what I feel has helped me learn and may not be suitable for you or the correct way you're meant to learn now as things might have changed.