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Driving Lesson worries
Hi all. I'm currently having driving lessons, i'm not a very confident person at all and I just had to cut my lesson short today by half an hour because I got so anxious and started crying because I stalled on a hill and panicked.
I do like driving, but I am just so scared. Was anyone else like this, or am I over reacting?
I do like driving, but I am just so scared. Was anyone else like this, or am I over reacting?
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Take a deep breath if you panic and try and think things through logically and I'm sure you'll be fine further through your lessons.
P.S. I passed first time (so it can be done)
RoseThorn, we did pull over for about 10 minutes, but I just couldn't focus properly, the thing is, she said I'm doing well, but I just can't get the confidence I need because whenever I do, I mess up, and lose it again.
We have all stalled the engine whilst on driving lessons. I have been driving for years and I did it the other day myself. I had my music on, wasn't concentrating, and stalled the engine. I felt like a right plonker with everyone honking their horns at me .... but I bet most people have done it since passed their tests.
Just stick with it. It will all be worth it in the end.
You say you've had 5 half-hour lessons?
I think you might be better going for 1 hour lessons instead.
Trouble is that with a half-hour lesson the instructor has to get right into it and force you to start doing stuff like 3-point turns, hill starts, reversing around corners and all that malarkey.
If you have a 1 hour lesson you'll spend the first 10 minutes just cruising around and while the benefit of this might not be immediately apparent it will help relax you, familiarise you with the car and allow you to learn about how to handle traffic.
Most importantly, it will relax you and the whole thing will become less of an ordeal.
When I started having lessons years ago on my third lesson the instructor got me mixed up with someone else who'd had a lot more and took me on a really busy 60 mph limit road. I totally panicked, couldn't stop shaking afterwards and didn't dare get back in a car for years.
My second instructor was SO different to the first one. He was so kind and patient and NEVER mistook me for someone else. I'm not a very confident person and I'm dreadfully dyspraxic too but I passed my test and now drive happily around my local area. Your instructor sounds lovely. My advice would be to take your time, try and relax as much as you can and don't be too hard on yourself. Eventually, it all falls into place. We all stall occasionally - if it's a man driving it's the car's fault and if it's a woman it's hers
The old "restarting the engine remotely with the horn" method. :rolleyes:
Once I passed my test I went back to square one again with panicking in the car but after a couple of weeks it's fine. I'm glad I didn't just quit when it was scary and when I panicked. Just keep with it and just concentrate on what your doing and not what people are thinking (which is what I always used to do especially at roundabouts)
That sounds like me, but I panicked when going on a roundabout. Went on the roundabout without giving way, panicked, mind went blank, sped round the roundabout, forgot which lane to go in, didn't indicate & came off at wrong exit. Woww did I get a lecture after that.
Practice makes perfect. Good luck
how is your instructor I found there are two major types of instructors one for calm slow learners, and the second type to tame boy racers. You may require the first. I've had many different instructors because I kept moving about location to location job wise for a while so I had to. You may even want to find an easier car to drive. I found the Toyota yaris the most difficult to drive, the Vauxhall Corsa the easiest.