Good morning all,

I am looking to give my wife driving lessons and take it as read that she will require insurance cover, but does she need to hold some sort of provisional licence? I have tried to find the answer online without any luck, I hope some one can advise!

No provisional license and no need ever to have driven on the road to get a driving license, sad but true

I had the same thought. It's illegal to drive on the road without a licence but you can't get a licence without driving on the road (learning to drive). Catch 22.

You can get one without driving on the road, all you have to do as far as driving goes is three simple moves off road

I had the same thought. It's illegal to drive on the road without a licence but you can't get a licence without driving on the road (learning to drive). Catch 22.

Thailand is the HUB of Catch 22.

If you want to save your marriage, pay a driving school to teach her , teaching her yourself can only end in tears, either hers or yours

If you want to save your marriage, pay a driving school to teach her , teaching her yourself can only end in tears, either hers or yours

I did that. I managed to last about 100m before taking over the driving duties after she had her new licence.

Now, a few years later, she is the primary driver as she deals with all the CM f**kwits on the roads better than I do.

the most important ingredient in success with this venture is PATIENCE !

i am learner - driving with my gf now, she is a marvelous moped driver but struggles with translating her skills to the somewhat wider and longer motor car.

mind you, this still is so much less testing that the two 40+ thai girls i tought in australia to get their new south wales licence. both had driven in thailand for over 20 years and the amount of un - learning they had to do to pass was the most challenging aspect of it.

buy a car for the purpose, just a 'bomb', don't use your brand new fortuner, this will take a bit of tension of the job.

and than just sit there and repeat and repeat and repeat. unlike handing the task to a third party (driving school), at least you will know that as a result of your efforts your wife's driving skills will resemble something you can live with in the passenger seat, even when you are sober.