Driving School

[oj88]

My kid is a grown man now, and just enrolled at a driving school to undergo TDC. I'm helping him out and I have a few questions to those in the know...

1. What does he need to bring during the 2 days he'll undergo TDC? Are there any restrictions on what NOT to bring?

2. After completing and passing the TDC, can he take the PDC at a different driving school? Or should both courses be completed at the same driving institute?

[ice15]

1. What does he need to bring during the 2 days he'll undergo TDC? Are there any restrictions on what NOT to bring?

I think pen and notebook? pandemic kasi when my daughter had her TDC kaya no items were provided... baka iba na ngayon

2. After completing and passing the TDC, can he take the PDC at a different driving school? Or should both courses be completed at the same driving institute?

normally, discounted ang PDC if you had your TDC with them. try to check, baka mapamahal ka pa if sa ibang school mo kukunin.

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just a suggestion... isama mo na sa PDC yung motorcycle. its just 1 additional day. super hassle if you plan to add it later

[dr. d]

My kid is a grown man now, and just enrolled at a driving school to undergo TDC. I'm helping him out and I have a few questions to those in the know...

1. What does he need to bring during the 2 days he'll undergo TDC? Are there any restrictions on what NOT to bring?

2. After completing and passing the TDC, can he take the PDC at a different driving school? Or should both courses be completed at the same driving institute?

i believe it's a two-day sit-down lecture series.
treat it as an ordinary school lecture day. bring what it is you normally bring, to attend a lecture. i'd bring food along, if there don't seem to be somewhere nearby, for vittles.

the driving school usually conducts a written test after the lectures, and transmits the results to the LTO.
i do not know if taking the lecture course there, and the rest of the driving school requirements elsewhere, is... practicable, or even allowed. best to ask them.

[Miles_on]

My kid is a grown man now, and just enrolled at a driving school to undergo TDC. I'm helping him out and I have a few questions to those in the know...

Ah. I remember the days of old when learning to drive was a rite of passage. Instead of a driving school, the dad or an older sibling would accompany the newbie driver in the family's most beat up car and show them the ropes. Enrolling in a driving school was viewed as "for sissies" and pampered brats.

Looking back however, considering all the cursing, the pitiful sound of grinding gears of the manual transmission, the stalling engines on hanging inclines, and the numerous near miss (i.e. muntik na!) incidents which nearly induced a heart attack in the would be instructor, it makes perfect sense to just pay someone else to teach! The driving school is answerable for any untoward incidents, has insurance, and to top it all off, hindi pa malalaspag mga kotse nyo

The latter is good only however, until the next few weeks when the newbie driver heads to your garage and takes out one of the cars alone by him/herself for the first time.

`La lang...

[bugsmobile]

Ah. I remember the days of old when learning to drive was a rite of passage. Instead of a driving school, the dad or an older sibling would accompany the newbie driver in the family's most beat up car and show them the ropes. Enrolling in a driving school was viewed as "for sissies" and pampered brats.

Looking back however, considering all the cursing, the pitiful sound of grinding gears of the manual transmission, the stalling engines on hanging inclines, and the numerous near miss (i.e. muntik na!) incidents which nearly induced a heart attack in the would be instructor, it makes perfect sense to just pay someone else to teach! The driving school is answerable for any untoward incidents, has insurance, and to top it all off, hindi pa malalaspag mga kotse nyo

The latter is good only however, until the next few weeks when the newbie driver heads to your garage and takes out one of the cars alone by him/herself for the first time.

`La lang...

Ahhhh I guess the reason we have these kinds of driver mentality now is because of the dads/kuyas/titos who taught us. Having a professional to properly teach you is the correct way. Baby steps, & maybe & hopefully in a few generations, mas maayos na mag maneho mga pinoy.

I remember the owner of A1 proposed to LSGH back then (he was a LSGH alumni) to include on the highschool curriculum driving. It didn't push through I think. It's a good idea & maybe Deped should consider this. Wag lang sana madaan sa fixer ulit ang process, otherwise ganun lang din ulit mga pinoy drivers.

[oj88]

Thanks... TDC was P1,000, the textbook is another P500. His theoretical class will start tomorrow.

The PDC however, is a whopping 9k (or possibly, my son could've just misheard it). I am still trying to find out what are the inclusions. This is twice what I'd expect to pay for the practical course. I see many postings online charging as low as 4k for PDC.

[Miles_on]

Ahhhh I guess the reason we have these kinds of driver mentality now is because of the dads/kuyas/titos who taught us. Having a professional to properly teach you is the correct way. Baby steps, & maybe & hopefully in a few generations, mas maayos na mag maneho mga pinoy.

Sana nga, that would be great! But how do you educate/correct a driver who drives with his ego rather than a mature adult mind? (Example- yung recent incident na hindi lang siya pinagbigyan, nambaril na ng fellow driver...)

I remember the owner of A1 proposed to LSGH back then (he was a LSGH alumni) to include on the highschool curriculum driving. It didn't push through I think. It's a good idea & maybe Deped should consider this. Wag lang sana madaan sa fixer ulit ang process, otherwise ganun lang din ulit mga pinoy drivers.

Sadly sa US lang ang may driver's ed. We are a 3rd world country with a lot of 3rd world mentality drivers.

[Miles_on]

Thanks... TDC was P1,000, the textbook is another P500. His theoretical class will start tomorrow.

The PDC however, is a whopping 9k (or possibly, my son could've just misheard it). I am still trying to find out what are the inclusions. This is twice what I'd expect to pay for the practical course. I see many postings online charging as low as 4k for PDC.

Grabe naman sa mahal niyan!
I know we can afford that of course... but ouch!