Driver's ED

[corinthum <kkearney@students.miami.edu>]

No: HPFGUIDX 48768

Cassie asked:

>   Anyway, I was just thinking: Where do wizards learn how to drive? 
Do ones who 
>   want to drive take classes with muggles or are their other 
wizards who teach 
>   it? It just seems like an odd thing for them to learn since they 
can just fly 
>   or apparrate, but Arthur Weasley, Fred, George, and Ron and those 
Ministry 
>   wizards can drive a car. Also, why can Mr. Weasley do something 
as 
>   complicated as drive a car, but he needs Harry to help him figure 
out how to 
>   use a 'feletone'? 

As someone else mentioned, in both these instances the cars in 
question were enchanted in some form.  One probably wouldn't have to 
know much to drive them.  Also, being able to drive a single time 
(with or without magical autos) doesn't necessarily mean one really 
knows how to drive.

Michelle also commented:

>In the UK, there is no driver's Ed in school. We have to either 
>learn with someone we know or pay a driving instructor to teach us. 

Same deal in many parts of the US.  Some high schools offer driver's 
ed., but it's not universal.  I had to pay $100 to take a course.

-Corinth