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Tips for improving, am the worst learner driver ever!?
Right, I've been learning since my birthday in June and I really am rubbish! My instructor told me last week that "most people have learnt all the manoevres by now", and I've just done 2, but not in masses of detail. I'm not that confident driving, and don't enjoy it. Mum's car is insured for me, but only since about 2 weeks ago. So any tips for me learning any faster? I just feel such an idiot when I can't do it, and hate not being able to do it. Any ideas 
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Drive with your mum and you might gain a bit more confidence.
How many lessons have you have? Im ok but i stall a couple of times in recent lessons.. im onto my 12th lesson next tuesdasy but we r going sooo slowly.. last lesson i did the busy main road and reversing and turn in the road again and roundabouts again.. its just the clutch causing me to stall i hav probs with. but i havent had any previous experience of drivin a car
Confidence is the key. The very fact you agree your driving is bad says your confidence levels are pants (that and the fact you said it in you post 
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Arrogance is required for good driving. All good drivers think they're great drivers.
When you go out to drive, lost the nervous approach and gain a "don't give a fudge" approach instead.
).Arrogance is required for good driving. All good drivers think they're great drivers.
When you go out to drive, lost the nervous approach and gain a "don't give a fudge" approach instead.
Aww, I know the feeling, I've hated driving most of the time I've been learning, failed my last three tests, eeks, so I know how bad it feels to not get the hang of it, I used to be a really nervous driver too. But I developed confidence over time, just make sure you're going at a pace you feel comfortable with, you'll hopefully like it more the more you do it. Learning to drive is probably the hardest thing I have ever done, so chin up, you're not on your own, and take your time, don't put yourself under too much pressure 
I started in June and it is really frustrating around this point. You feel like you've been driving for ages and still aren't any good. It also gets really frustrating when you make mistakes. I have messed up whole lessons because I let things like stalling the car play on my mind too much.
I'm also really starting to hate driving with a passion. All those tailgating arseholes, idiots who park in the middle of the road, people who don't indicate, people who cut you up, bloody cyclists, annoying instructor etc. I also can't do uphill starts to save my life which is seriously bugging me.
But it is all down to practice, some people need loads and some people don't. Just make sure you take your time and are fully prepared before you take your test. Keep trying and don't give up!
I'm also really starting to hate driving with a passion. All those tailgating arseholes, idiots who park in the middle of the road, people who don't indicate, people who cut you up, bloody cyclists, annoying instructor etc. I also can't do uphill starts to save my life which is seriously bugging me.
But it is all down to practice, some people need loads and some people don't. Just make sure you take your time and are fully prepared before you take your test. Keep trying and don't give up!
Steezy20
Confidence is the key. The very fact you agree your driving is bad says your confidence levels are pants (that and the fact you said it in you post ).
Arrogance is required for good driving. All good drivers think they're great drivers.
When you go out to drive, lost the nervous approach and gain a "don't give a fudge" approach instead.
).Arrogance is required for good driving. All good drivers think they're great drivers.
When you go out to drive, lost the nervous approach and gain a "don't give a fudge" approach instead.
I actually agree completely. If you second guess yourself while driving, and are hesitant, it confuses other drivers and can cause accidents.
since ive passed the only manuvres ive EVER had to do are turn in the road and reverse park thats it..personally i cant imagine myself reversing round a corner
iceman_jondoe
since ive passed the only manuvres ive EVER had to do are turn in the road and reverse park thats it..personally i cant imagine myself reversing round a corner
Same. Why the hell would I reverse around a corner? I'd just go a bit further and do a turn in the road, or turn into someone drive and reverse out the other way again. I reverse park all the time though, never go in forward unless there's two spaces in front of each other so it looks like I've reversed in
Steezy20
Same. Why the hell would I reverse around a corner? I'd just go a bit further and do a turn in the road, or turn into someone drive and reverse out the other way again. I reverse park all the time though, never go in forward unless there's two spaces in front of each other so it looks like I've reversed in
Reversing around a corner teaches you how to control the car while reversing, to look around the car, and to judge your distances - you have to keep close to the kerb etc.
Driving into someones drive and backing out into the road (while much more dangerous) is esentially the same as reversing round a corner. To be safer you should draw past the drive, and reverse into it before pulling out forwards. Oh, and the person whose house it is might not be too impressed with either manouver.
- Slow down junctions and mini-roundabouts to crawling pace, and even side turnings.
- Look left and follow the bend before you turn left - don't just look right.
- Just bear with it, think logically and don't be afraid to go slowly when the situation warrants it, including using gear two or three around tight corners or in the town centre.
p.s. June - October isn't really a long time. Many people take a year until they take their first test, with well over thirty hours.
- Look left and follow the bend before you turn left - don't just look right.
- Just bear with it, think logically and don't be afraid to go slowly when the situation warrants it, including using gear two or three around tight corners or in the town centre.
p.s. June - October isn't really a long time. Many people take a year until they take their first test, with well over thirty hours.
General Mullet
I started in June and it is really frustrating around this point. You feel like you've been driving for ages and still aren't any good. It also gets really frustrating when you make mistakes. I have messed up whole lessons because I let things like stalling the car play on my mind too much.
I'm also really starting to hate driving with a passion. All those tailgating arseholes, idiots who park in the middle of the road, people who don't indicate, people who cut you up, bloody cyclists, annoying instructor etc. I also can't do uphill starts to save my life which is seriously bugging me.
But it is all down to practice, some people need loads and some people don't. Just make sure you take your time and are fully prepared before you take your test. Keep trying and don't give up!
I'm also really starting to hate driving with a passion. All those tailgating arseholes, idiots who park in the middle of the road, people who don't indicate, people who cut you up, bloody cyclists, annoying instructor etc. I also can't do uphill starts to save my life which is seriously bugging me.
But it is all down to practice, some people need loads and some people don't. Just make sure you take your time and are fully prepared before you take your test. Keep trying and don't give up!
Sounds like me exactly. I always think I'll stall the car when I am going really slowly, and I always know what I've done wrong, just seem to never learn from my mistakes. I do feel like I've been driving for ages and am still no good.
NickiM
Sounds like me exactly. I always think I'll stall the car when I am going really slowly, and I always know what I've done wrong, just seem to never learn from my mistakes. I do feel like I've been driving for ages and am still no good.
Many people drive for 50 odd years and are still "no good"... even managing to get worse
I took ages to pass and wasn't that good for a while. Don't worry.
My instructor let me take my time learning, because I have to really know stuff before I'm brave enough to try something new. He understood that which was cool, it sounds a bit like yours is the same. Although he's telling you what most people do, he seems aware that everyone's different.
I didn't really enjoy driving until a few months after I passed, and even now I still often don't like it. I look at it mainly as a method of getting around, and while I miss my car now I'm at uni, it's mainly because I'd forgotten how horrible walking everywhere is. I get nervous in situations where there's a lot of traffic, but deal with it. The one thing I positively enjoy is situations like motorway driving, where it's not too crowded and you don't have to worry too much about where exactly you're going.
PM me if you want any tips, but don't give up and it will get better.
My instructor let me take my time learning, because I have to really know stuff before I'm brave enough to try something new. He understood that which was cool, it sounds a bit like yours is the same. Although he's telling you what most people do, he seems aware that everyone's different.
I didn't really enjoy driving until a few months after I passed, and even now I still often don't like it. I look at it mainly as a method of getting around, and while I miss my car now I'm at uni, it's mainly because I'd forgotten how horrible walking everywhere is. I get nervous in situations where there's a lot of traffic, but deal with it. The one thing I positively enjoy is situations like motorway driving, where it's not too crowded and you don't have to worry too much about where exactly you're going.
PM me if you want any tips, but don't give up and it will get better.
Well:
Firstly: I think you should still "worry about where you are going" on a motorway, for all our sakes.
Secondly: It is illegal to reverse onto a main road. You can imagine why I'm sure.
Thirdly: Confidence comes with practice. Find some waste area and keep practicing that reversing and clutch control. People who never enjoy driving never become confident and end up bad drivers. So keep trying until you enjoy it.
It's the hardest exam you'll ever take, so when you pass think how you can relax
Firstly: I think you should still "worry about where you are going" on a motorway, for all our sakes.
Secondly: It is illegal to reverse onto a main road. You can imagine why I'm sure.
Thirdly: Confidence comes with practice. Find some waste area and keep practicing that reversing and clutch control. People who never enjoy driving never become confident and end up bad drivers. So keep trying until you enjoy it.
It's the hardest exam you'll ever take, so when you pass think how you can relax
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