That choice depends on how comfortable you feel. If you do plan to take your student out to practice before his first Swerve drive session, the main guideline to keep in mind is to stay sequenced with our program. If practicing for the first time just before his Drive 1 with Swerve, keep it simple.
It's recommended you stay in a parking lot or a very low-traffic neighborhood to build some comfort with the vehicle. Starting out on a 40 MPH road with complicated intersections, which is the equivalent of our Drive 3, could be very overwhelming.
Start slow and stay close to what they're going to be learning in our course. It's more important that your student build the correct skills and good habits and gets enough practice with them before layering on more complication and difficulty.