When I started my driving lessons, I already knew how to drive; my dad had been teaching me since I was 12. Even so, I had some of the worst times of my life with my driving instructor.
First off, he was very set in his ways. I knew how to drive pretty decently already, but for some reason he kept trying to teach me to drive WORSE than I did. He told me off everytime I turned my head to check for blindspots whenever I changed lanes. When I asked him about the possibility of a car being in my blind spot, he said that if its not in the mirror, its not there (WTF?). Also whenever I was on the main road and some idiot was coming from a side street at race speed, looking like he was gonna ignore a stop or yield sign and crash into me, I braked just in case. This also didn't sit well with my instructor, as he claimed that if another car is supposed to stop, it WILL stop.
The guy who administered my driving test (in my country, theyre two different people) was also a complete douche. In the czech republic, along with a written test and driving test, you also have to answer two of 25 questions pertaining to the mechanics of a car, which the guy chooses for you, so you have to learn all 25. My questions were: 1) What function do brakes serve in a car? and 2) What is ABS?
You'd think that it would be impossible to get this wrong, but the guy was completely ANAL about every single detail. I had to list the different types of brakes (disc, drum), their advantages, disadvantages, how they worked etc. He got me when I said that disc brakes were air-cooled, he cut me off and said "and drum brakes are cooled by what?! water?! oil?!?" Threatened to fail me on the basis that I had no idea how brakes worked... Dick.
There's too much to list here, but if you can gleam one thing from this rant, let it be this: NEVER try to get a czech driving license...