Has anyone here learned to drive through a driving instructor instead of a family member?

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I don’t have anyone who can teach me to drive so i was going to do a program where they will drive to my school and take me driving during a study hall. I’m just nervous to be with a strange and to be driving them around when I don’t know how to drive at all. If anyone has done something similar, I would like to hear your experiences! I’m very afraid they’ll yell at me and I don’t react well to being yelled at.

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In Norway you have to take several driving lessons and courses with a driving instructor, absolute minimum is 19 hours + the driving exam. Most have around 40 hours, including the ice and snow driving course, long-drive (4+ hours in one go, to learn how its to be tired to drive), driving in the dark, and the exam with an external sensor. 
I find it way better to learn to drive from an instructor, they are up to date on rules and regulations, and teach you what's correct. Unlike a typical family member that will teach you what they have done correct or not the last 20+ years.

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Yup! My driving instructor was the one who taught me how to operate a moving vehicle while I was in the driver’s seat (he even made the comment that he “hadn’t done that type of lesson in a while”). My brother-in-law and sister helped me practice in-between driving lessons. My parents didn’t do much (my dad took me out once, and my mom was SUPER reluctant to let me behind the wheel 🙄).

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Yea I did! It’s really helpful. They use special cars (at least here) that they have access to a brake as well so I felt a lot safer. They know people are nervous and they have seen tons. They wont yell at you for making mistakes. You’re there to learn and they are there to teach. It’s okay to make mistakes.

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When picking a place to go, research them!
The place that I ended up going to was super unprofessional and rude. During the classes, one teacher would tell about the drama between him and the owner of the school & about how the other teacher was divorced and had a son with mental problems. Even saying that he felt the son would “be the next school shooter”. And made fun of kids with special needs. 
On my first driving session, another teacher just yelled “hand over hand” before explaining literally anything to me. He had his hands over the wheel the whole entire time every session. After only the first drive (only 20 minutes) he told me he thought I’d be a shitty driver

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I did. My parents refused to teach me.  It was a little awkward bc I was with this old guy, but I passed the test on my first try.

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I did both, I had an older bf with a license, my parents both also taught me and then before my test I had a driving instructor make sure I was up to scratch. 
A driving instructor will not yell at you, they will be professional, it is their job to teach you, be patient/calm and encouraging towards you. Family and friends often can do but cannot teach and also don’t remember or know the current driving laws/rules as proficiently as an instructor does and may pass on bad or incorrect habits/behaviors. Goodluck, I’m sure you’ll ace your test.

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They don't yell because that's obviously a huge distraction. Where I live we everyone is required to take drivers ED before you can get your license (which most take these classes in highschool).

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drivers ed is very helpful! they are there to teach not tell and scold. i used both and driving with my parent was hell, i hit a curb one time and she didn’t let me drive again because i was “so reckless” lol

Has anyone here learned to drive through a driving instructor instead of a family member?

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