Driving Lesson

[Toyang]

A friend from the Phils will come to UK on a Fiancee visa next year asked me if its a good idea to take a driving lesson in the Philippines or just wait until she gets here in the UK and take a driving lesson here in England?

[DianaKevy]

let her wait til she gets here in UK 'coz its the same thing she still has to take the test here and also the driver side is different.

[PeterB]

If she learns driving habits in Phils, she will be a terror on UK roads!

[IainBusby]

A friend from the Phils will come to UK on a Fiancee visa next year asked me if its a good idea to take a driving lesson in the Philippines or just wait until she gets here in the UK and take a driving lesson here in England?

If she comes here with an international licence, she will be able to drive in the UK for a year before she will have to take her UK driving test. Driving lessons are very expensive in the UK and this could be a good way of getting lots of experience of driving in the UK before she takes her test. I would however recommend that she takes some driving lessons before she unleashes herself unaccompanied on the rest of us here.
Iain.

[Geraldine]

Its better if she learns to drive in Philippines and lessons are cheaper as well. I think its an advantage if you;ve been driving already. So when she arrives here in UK she just needs to take a few lessons and brush up her skills.

I've been driving in Manila since I was 18 and when I arrived here I just took a few lessons just to learn how to drive around UK roads like following speed limits, reading road signs, round abouts...in short not being a maniac driver unlike when I was in Manila :D