medhead
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Agreed medhead, but need to ask if a professional driving instructor could have done better than your father? Without knowing your father I would have to say probably yes. (Ie in 99% of cases.)
Like you I was taught by my father and passed my test first time, however like everything else I believe that things have changed over the years and what you and I experienced (and served us well) is not the case any more.
Well he taught me about the mechanical operation of a car. Sure a driving instructor could do that. But a qualified motor mechanic with every possible class of licence can do so as well. Probably fits in with teaching people mechanics at high school, that was suggested earlier. It wasn't really about driving in traffic, the professional driving instructor did that, and it was mostly off the road teaching. (Not dirt, Tarmac but no other cars to bother with)
There is also a lot to be said for the old school system that my mother experienced in a small country town, also taught by my dad, where the local police officer just got her to drive around the block. He knew she could drive because he'd been watching her driving for months.
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