Learner Driver Area

[Worthing exile]

My Daughter has decided it is time for me to teach her to drive. In my day it use to be Stanmer Park or a supermarket car park after closing. Where do I take her nowadays in the Brighton area to wreck my clutch?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Around Withdean/Tongdean area is pretty decent. Car park in Withdean stadium. Tongdean Avenue for 3 point turns. All relatively quiet during the day.

 

[Poyetry In Motion]

Hangleton Valley Drive.
Full of Vauxhall Corsas, kangerooing down the Queens highway

 

[DanielT]

Loder, bates, gordon & herbert road for left and right turn practise

 

[Tomnorthi]

Tongdean Avenue I learnt on to start with.

 

[dragonred]

my mate's a Brighton driving instructor - Tongdean to start even though the 4 x 4 brigade don't like it and he says tend to overtake or drive up your arse to make a point....but he recommends the area around Shoreham on the other side of the water as it is a decent circuit to learn the basics with little traffic or pedestrians to hit!

 

[Muzzy]

My 1st lesson was at Madeira Drive. Just drove up down there to get a feel of the car. Just from the bottom of Dukes Mound to Black Rock. Tends to be very quiet most of the time.

 

[maltaseagull]

My Daughter has decided it is time for me to teach her to drive. In my day it use to be Stanmer Park or a supermarket car park after closing. Where do I take her nowadays in the Brighton area to wreck my clutch?

Good luck with that. It usually finishes up in a big row and the parent paying for lessons with a school.
I also think you are very brave. I was a driving instructor before we moved here and would not be comfortable with a complete beginner without dual controls in case of emergency.

 

[ifuhatepalacestandup]

also the roads in and around shoreham airport are usualy very quiet

 

[Spiros]

My Daughter has decided it is time for me to teach her to drive. In my day it use to be Stanmer Park or a supermarket car park after closing. Where do I take her nowadays in the Brighton area to wreck my clutch?

If you want somewhere that's quiet and *cough* not on the public highway then I recommend the widewater car park on Shoreham Beach. Long and narrow but just wide enough to turn round without having to use reverse. Recently taught my eldest the basics there before she started having lessons. At this time of year you need to leave it until evening and the people using the beach have gone home (or wait until the weather gets shit again)

 

[mune ni kamome]

If you want somewhere that's quiet and *cough* not on the public highway then I recommend the widewater car park on Shoreham Beach. Long and narrow but just wide enough to turn round without having to use reverse. Recently taught my eldest the basics there before she started having lessons. At this time of year you need to leave it until evening and the people using the beach have gone home (or wait until the weather gets shit again)

Excellent. That's where I took my wife to get started.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Excellent. That's where I took my wife to get started.

What about the driving lessons?

 

[mune ni kamome]

What about the driving lessons?

I was multi-tasking

 

[ees complicated no?]

Im a newish driver and I learnt reversing round corners, hill starts and all the other basic stuff like that in Hangleton Valley Drive

I learnt to dirve on the road on the routes I would be taking my test so I knew them and that was in Bugess Hill (worthing his harder !!!!!)

Also worth knowing that there in no test centre in Brighton now so its either Worthing or Burgess hill which is nearest.

 

[WATFORD zero]

I learnt to dirve on the road on the routes I would be taking my test so I knew them and that was in Bugess Hill (worthing his harder !!!!!)

With Worthing having a pass rate of 49.9% compared to Burgess Hill 49.6%, does this mean the learners in Worthing are better ?

 

[ees complicated no?]

With Worthing having a pass rate of 49.9% compared to Burgess Hill 49.6%, does this mean the learners in Worthing are better ?

I dunno I was just told by my instructor at the time maybe with Worthing being busy and burgess hill more quiet.

(I didnt know pass rates were so low, jeez!)

 

[c0lz]

Taught both my daughters in Stanmer Park in the evenings its quite then,
one daughter made me nervous thou going to close to the massive rocks at the top end lol.

 

[Lush]

With Worthing having a pass rate of 49.9% compared to Burgess Hill 49.6%, does this mean the learners in Worthing are better ?

No it just means that the pedestrians move slower.

 

[Lady Gull]

My son is learning with a great guy - Scott Matthews - thoroughly recommend him - I took my son down to wide water in shoreham before his first proper lesson - he's had ten lessons and is about to put in for his test - then will have to start saving up for a cheap car and ridiculously overpriced insurance!!!