25/10/2026
🚗 £46 an hour for driving lessons… expensive?
I completely understand that learning to drive is a big financial commitment 💷 — especially for younger people and families.
But sometimes it helps to put the cost into perspective 👇
💇♀️ Haircut and blow-dry — £45–£60
🏋️ Personal trainer — £45–£75
💆 Massage — around the same
🎹 Piano lessons — often £40+
🐕 Dog grooming — around £50+
🚗 My driving lessons are £46 an hour.
But you’re not simply paying for an hour of somebody sitting next to you in a car.
You’re paying for:
✅ Professional tuition
✅ Experience
✅ Fuel
✅ Insurance
✅ Vehicle maintenance
✅ A dual-controlled tuition car
✅ And most importantly — somebody whose job it is to keep you safe while teaching you to make safe decisions for yourself
My classroom just happens to be moving at 30, 40, 50 or 60 mph while surrounded by other traffic! 😄🚘
Every lesson involves constantly watching what’s happening around us 👀, anticipating what other road users might do, assessing risk and helping you gradually develop those same skills yourself.
And for me, learning to drive has never just been about passing a test. 🎯
It’s about becoming a safe, confident and independent driver — skills that should stay with you for the rest of your life. 🚦
Driving can open up employment opportunities 💼, make family life easier 👨👩👧👦 and give you a level of freedom and independence that’s difficult to put a price on.
So yes, £46 an hour is still a significant amount of money.
But good quality driving tuition is better viewed as an investment rather than simply another weekly expense. 💷➡️🚗
After all, you’re learning a skill you could still be using 40 or 50 years from now. 👍
