The importance of the 50 hours of practical training
To fully master various driving scenarios and understand the proper behaviours to adopt while driving, the learner must get behind the wheel as often as possible in addition to completing the in-car sessions offered by the driving school.
This is why all learner’s licence holders in Québec must be monitored by an accompanying rider for at least 12 months.
It is recommended that a learner drives anywhere between 3,000 and 4,000 during the year of training to fully understand all of the maneuvers and become a safe, cooperative and responsible driver. This represents around 50 hours of practice sessions under your supervision.
Below are the recommended hours of practice sessions for each phase of the program:
- Phase 2 : Around 10 hours
- Phase 3 : Around 25 hours
- Phase 4 : Around 15 hours
So 50 hours seems like a lot?
Did you know that, according to a serious study by the developer of the Maps application for iPhone, the average driver stays about 10 hours per week in their vehicle? Therefore every year, the average driver would stay around 520 hours in their car.
In a year this represents about:
- 8 minutes/day
- Two 30-minute in-car session/week
- 1 hour/week
- 2 hours/2 weeks
- 4 hours/month
When you think about it, 50 hours of training in a year isn’t that much after all!
Here are some ways you can help a learner practice his driving skills:
- Go to the grocery store.
- Drive to or from an event or activity (e.g., hockey practice, etc.).
- Run errands at a shopping centre (especially good for practicing parking skills).
- Accompany the learner to his Tecnic driving school.
Don’t have enough time to practice ?
If you don’t have enough time to help your learner with his driving skills, he can take additional practice sessions at his driving school.
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