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OK you may find it not so hard then. Get an automatic if you are not happy with stick shift. I did mine with RAC as I had to do the theory and practical to get my license, and it was pretty straightforward. My chat with the assessor was interesting - he said in all of his years he had never had an American or Canadian fail the test with him and had good things to say about North American driver training. You'll be fine, and being a cyclist will give you far better road awareness than the average person.
Aroogah-
Get an automatic if you are not happy with stick shift
I love driving an auto, but it's a terrible idea to get tested on one. If you pass your test on a manual box, you're allowed to drive either. If you only pass on an auto, you're restricted to autos until you pass a subsequent test on a manual.
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he said in all of his years he had never had an American or Canadian fail the test with him and had good things to say about North American driver training
I've long been baffled at how poor British training must be given that people fail their driving test so often. IIRC in Germany you spend months doing it, with extensive classroom lessons and a lot of driving practice, and you're not set up to fail in a practical driving test you have to re-take multiple times, as seems common here. I imagine it's more thorough in the US, too?
gbj_tester
Oliver Schick
More than the normal Brit would, less than the normal American? I drove to/from high school for about a year.