Should I just give up on driving?

Doesn't sound like you've found the right instructor yet. I've been having lessons for a year now and my instructor has never once got annoyed with me, he gets exasperated when I make a stupid mistake or do something we've gone over loads of times before but that's about it. Keep perservering.

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Original post by RogerOxon

Learning a new skill can be frustrating and takes time to become automatic. How important is being able to drive to you? Do you recognise your mistakes without being told? How long and far apart are your lessons?

I really want to learn how to drive badly but cant help but feel like im not good enough. I do notice the mistakes i make without being told but i sometimes end up making them accidentally. I have a 2 hour lesson a week.

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Original post by anonymoustony

Be patient, it took me just under a year to learn no lie. I think partly because I was so nervous at the beginning etc but now I’m about to book my test. Just hang in there

Thank you. I hope my nerves go eventually when driving.

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ReadingMum

Do you get any practice between lessons?

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Original post by ReadingMum

Do you get any practice between lessons?

No I don't.

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Original post by bones-mccoy

Doesn't sound like you've found the right instructor yet. I've been having lessons for a year now and my instructor has never once got annoyed with me, he gets exasperated when I make a stupid mistake or do something we've gone over loads of times before but that's about it. Keep perservering.

Thanks.

Deep down i believe i can pass

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sourapples

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Don't give up! I felt the same when I started driving - my first instructor was so impatient and mean, she used to make me pull over and then shouted at me for my mistakes. It completely put me off, and I thought I would be a lost cause. Three driving instructors later along with some perseverance, I passed my test third time. I'm so glad I didn't give up because although I'm still not the most confident, at one point during my learning journey, I thought I'd never get to this point!

Honestly, when you start learning to drive, you'll be bad - don't be disheartened because you will improve before you know it! No driving instructor will be 'annoyed' at a learner - they're being paid to teach you and have patience! Don't give up!!!! Best of luck x

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ReadingMum

Not getting practice will make it harder as you forget things over the week. 2 hour lessons will help with that but there is no getting away from putting the hours in to get the result. My daughter started with lessons every other day for the first week then dropped to one or two lessons a week. We started taking her out to practice as soon as she seemed to be safe on the road - it was scary as hell but it helped with her confidence. In the last week or 2 before her test I took her out nearly every night, concentrating on roads that were on the test routes. She passed 4 months after her 17th birthday with not even a minor. It would have taken a lot longer without the interim practice - you need to build up experience so that basic actions are automatic rather than having to consciously do them.

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ReadingMum