The Ultimate Learning to Drive Thread - MK II

You will be fine! Good luck

Best of luck. I'll miss you on this thread when you're gone. Which you will be, because you will pass. BELIEVE.

Ok so I just failed my test, got two serious marks for undue hesitation when i stopped at traffic lights when i was in the middle of a crossroads and had to carry on and one for apparently being in the right lane when I was supposed to turn right and I had stopped. I also got a serious for 3 speed minors and that was for going too slow and I kind of thought that I was but I didn't want to scare her and I can see why she would have marked me down for that. Oh well, it's not exactly on the most major things and so I'll just try again and hope for the best, can't pretend I'm not gutted though.

Ok so I just failed my test, got two serious marks for undue hesitation when i stopped at traffic lights when i was in the middle of a crossroads and had to carry on and one for apparently being in the right lane when I was supposed to turn right and I had stopped. I also got a serious for 3 speed minors and that was for going too slow and I kind of thought that I was but I didn't want to scare her and I can see why she would have marked me down for that. Oh well, it's not exactly on the most major things and so I'll just try again and hope for the best, can't pretend I'm not gutted though.

Did anyone feel a bit (or very) nervous about driving when they first started? I've got my 8th lesson in about an hour. So far, I've always felt perfectly fine during the actual lesson, but I always start to dread it when it's coming up. I'm not sure why, because in general everything's going okay. I think it's just a confidence problem, but I'd really like to get over it.

Just failed my test! I can't stop crying. I failed after pulling out the test centre because I seriously hit a curb, then another serious for observation a while later. Literally nothing is consoling me. I need to put things into perspective I feel sick.

Just failed my test! I can't stop crying. I failed after pulling out the test centre because I seriously hit a curb, then another serious for observation a while later. Literally nothing is consoling me. I need to put things into perspective I feel sick.

Just failed my test! I can't stop crying. I failed after pulling out the test centre because I seriously hit a curb, then another serious for observation a while later. Literally nothing is consoling me. I need to put things into perspective I feel sick.

I'm the same. I always imagine my lesson going terribly but once its started I just relax and drive . Although I have made a few stupid mistakes. One time I pulled away without putting my seatbelt on and neither the instructor nor I noticed until I was half way down the road!

I used to do stuff like that- forgetting to change my mirrors and stuff. Then when you notice you don't want to change it whilst your driving in case your instructor says 'you should have done that before you set off' ahaha.

I have my test very soon and I have to say I feel a lot more prepared for it than when I originally booked it, I'd say there's still every chance I'll fail as I'm still racking up about five or six mistakes in my lessons albeit most are for things like inadequate observation or hesitation which can be easily corrected. I put it down to being put on L Insurance on my mum's car, I've been out driving pretty much every night since I got it and as she drives a Golf and my instructor drives a Leon, I find that the experience in mum's car is helping me on my lessons.

So hope I pass

Just had my first lesson today and thought it went very well. Spent the opening half hour (of two hours) going through general bits and bobs and by the end I was able to do left hand turning.

Ideally I wanted to do 25 (hours worth of) lessons before taking I test and after the lesson this seemed pretty realistic, but my instructor was saying that i'd need to look at another 20 two hour lessons before booking my test (so 42+ hours), seeing as my older brother passed with 20 hours, does it seem like my instructors just trying to get extra money or do you need at least 40 hours to realistically pass?

Just had my first lesson today and thought it went very well. Spent the opening half hour (of two hours) going through general bits and bobs and by the end I was able to do left hand turning.

Ideally I wanted to do 25 (hours worth of) lessons before taking I test and after the lesson this seemed pretty realistic, but my instructor was saying that i'd need to look at another 20 two hour lessons before booking my test (so 42+ hours), seeing as my older brother passed with 20 hours, does it seem like my instructors just trying to get extra money or do you need at least 40 hours to realistically pass?