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What does your driving instructor do thats annoys you?

I'm sure my driving instructor means well but her constant attemps to psychoanalyse me and my twin sisters behaivour as I am trying to drive (only had a couple of lessons) is really iritating.

She is not that bad, especially as one of my friends had a really pervy instructor and had much more distracting conversations, but it still annoys me.

So...what does your instructor do that gets on your nerves?

*sorry about the extra s in the title-typo*

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Reply 1

Lists my faults to other students who know me.

Reply 2

awww that's not nice! I hope you had a go at him/her.If you are still learning with the same instructor I hope it hasn't knocked your trust too much.

Reply 3

slams the brakes so hard that the call stalls when all it takes is a gentle touch

Reply 4

Occasionally when i do something silly he'll say 'what did you do that for'...

Reply 5

He says "yeah ok" about 3 times after every sentence- drives me insane!

Reply 6

lol my instructor still uses the clutch (after 24 lessons) when i stop at junctions nd i don't have the guts to ask her to stop it :redface:

Reply 7

helen_of_troy
He says "yeah ok" about 3 times after every sentence- drives me insane!


Nice pun :wink:

apparently i do that on the phone (subconciously though) it really annoys my sister- serves her right for listening to my conversations :biggrin:

Reply 8

Just talking basically, and about 5 minutes before my test saying "*********g lost it now havent you?!" cause i stopped a bit harsh lol.

Reply 9

My instructor used to actually hurl abuse at people when I was driving. Fingers, arms, swear words everything was flying there. Slightly worrying at the time, but now I think about it, hilarious.

Reply 10

~Kirsty~
Occasionally when i do something silly he'll say 'what did you do that for'...


My instructor also asks annoying and pointless questions like that. Espcially 'you like doing that don't you' when I make a mistake more than once- 'errrr.... no.'

Reply 11

Katie_louise
awww that's not nice! I hope you had a go at him/her.If you are still learning with the same instructor I hope it hasn't knocked your trust too much.


Well actually I passed my test almost a year ago but I know people who are using him who keep coming back with nice little stories of the various mistakes I made while learning. Still, until they pass their test they can shut it.

Reply 12

I passed 4 months ago wahey! But my instructor used to psychoanalyse my family and I too...she always gossiped about everyone and made nasty comments about people I knew.
Also she slapped my legs and would grab the steering wheel when on roundabouts...and that wasn't long before my test :frown: She was a nightmare!
Oh and she always used to ask me if my dad could give her disocunts and favours from his work. She still texts me asking if his work will sponser her...she was a right user!

Reply 13

*rebecca*
lol my instructor still uses the clutch (after 24 lessons) when i stop at junctions nd i don't have the guts to ask her to stop it :redface:


WHAT?! You should be doing that yourself on lesson ONE! Some of you people really need to get new instructors. They shouldn't be touching any of the controls at all except in an emergency.

*Ellen*

Also she slapped my legs!


Why did she do that!?

Reply 14

:ditto: with the clutch! :smile: Hes been using more recently to try and get me to bring it up more slower though... but definately not all the time.

Reply 15

My first driving instructor used to fart... a lot. It was always really awkward when it smelt so bad and we both just fell silent. Needless to say, I eventually changed to another driving instructor.

Reply 16

my ex instructor used to stop the car and explain in great detail the laws of the road and the legal precidents... fair enough but when it takes half of your 20 quid an hour lesson... no thanks! needless to say i changed instructors soon after!

Reply 17

nothing major but mine used to turn up late and bring me back on time so my lesson was 1hr 55mins rather than the 2hrs i was paying for. i had a little word with him about this and he doesn't do it any more. other than that hes very good.

Reply 18

Late sometimes and would also say I'm paranoid if I was to ask a precise question, simply because I wanted to be sure I knew I was doing stuff right, lol.

Reply 19

mine used to constantly talk about his daughter, who was a lesbian. he used to like saying 'you know, my daughter is a lesbian and...' and i was like STFU!! also, when i was about to take my test, he used to go on about all the nice things students had brought him once they'd passed. as if i was going to get him anything lol.