Paid Members WWFChilli Posted July 25, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 25, 2016 I begin driving lessons next week. Help, god help. I'm absolutely terrified of it for some reason. I just fear panicking and wiping out people. Madness. Advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted July 25, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 25, 2016 Don't panic and wipe out people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopper Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I've never taken a lesson, due to the sole reason that I don't think I'd be very good at it. All I envision is losing concentration for a few seconds and something extremely bad happening. Â In my younger days it wasn't an issue but I always said when my wife got pregnant I would learn in order to look after her and the kid. Said child is now 14 months old and I'm looking more and more like a twat with each passing day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members FLips Posted July 25, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 25, 2016 Currently doing lessons. It's easier than you expect but it's boring as fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 I begin driving lessons next week. Help, god help. I'm absolutely terrified of it for some reason. I just fear panicking and wiping out people. Madness. Advice? Are you doing an intensive course of some type? Or just standard lessons? Â If you're just doing normal lessons week by week or what you choose, you're first lesson is going to be the absolute basics, so the chances of recreating Carmaggedon are pretty much nil. Chances are your first lesson will be learning what everything in the car is and you'll just get the car moving a few times to get down the concept of finding the biting point. Â Just relax and remember that everyone has to start somewhere. Some pick it up dead quick, others need a little more but that doesn't mean that one is a better driver than the other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nexus Posted July 25, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 25, 2016 Regardless of how scared you are, remember that your instructor has pedals themselves, so you should be fine with regards to crashing or taking anyone out!  I hated my driving lessons - I always felt so under pressure even though my instructor was lovely. Just make sure you are 100% aware of everything around you - don't zone out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duke Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Just remember youre learning to pass a test, not learning to drive. You will learn to drive when you get the experience behind the wheel on your own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted July 25, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 25, 2016 I was the worst — anything could distract me. A lad I knew on our estate waved at me when I was behind the wheel, and I reacted by driving straight at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted July 25, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 25, 2016 All you need to know is right here  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bip3hXS5zJE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Sergio Mendacious Posted July 25, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 25, 2016 I'd say that this is more instructional  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey_Piste Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 You beat me to posting that vid Sergio. I still say "You can't even drive." In a nasally whiny voice to one of my mates because his wife drives him around everywhere, even though he keeps talking about taking lessons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Try not to worry. I was a hopeless learner, took me a lotta lessons, and when I passed second time I got 14 minor fails, one more and I would have been a full fail. But now been driving 15 years and I think I am a good driver. Never had any speeding points or caused any accidents ,and I think that comes down to it being a bit of a struggle at the start. Made me more aware and I will verge on the cautious side, but keeps me and others safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Gus Mears Posted July 26, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 26, 2016 I'm going to give you some sage words of wisdom from my instructor Bill Fricker, which will guarantee a first time pass: Â "Mate, remember. Everyone else on the road is a fucking shit driver who will try and crash into you so that you fail your test". Â "Have you ever had two girlfriends? Well, I have and it's a lot like the mirrors in your car. The middle mirror, is your main girlfriend. You look at her first. But your wing mirror see. She's your second girlfriend and you have to look at her too. But after you've looked after her, you got to look back at your main girlfriend again". Â "Never forget the 'three F's' for women and rental cars mate. Find 'em, fuck 'em, forget 'em". Â "Disabled drivers are generally pretty good because they have had a lot of practice driving their wheelchairs around". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 "Disabled drivers are generally pretty good because they have had a lot of practice driving their wheelchairs around". Â Â That is absolutely excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted July 26, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted July 26, 2016 I had two or three lessons before stopping to wait for this insurance court thing to happen (which I'm still waiting to hear back about.) I wasn't great. But my instructor was a panicky motherfucker and that didn't help. I'm going to get back to it sometime soon and change instructors. I found even going at like 25mph distressing like, "shit this is fast." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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