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I passed my driving test and have major imposter syndrome!!

I've just passed and I've been learning for ages but I just can't get a long with my new car ( a 2006 kia picanto). I think its a bit of a mental block and probably the fact its a petrol instead of diesel and I need to get used to the bite etc but I feel like such an imposter and awful! The road I live on is practically up a huge slope so I stalled at the top but where I had someone behind me he was clearly infuriated I'm really not sure what to do as I blocked a road and that was so awful and I got really flustered!

Sorry guys go easy on me - I feel like a completely different driving to the one I was in with my instructor :/

Reply 1

Mumtogirls

Congratulations!! I'd recommend you go find some quiet roads and just get used to the car. Both my daughters practice in their own car which is totally different to their instructors & I think it's good to use different cars as you're not going to have the same car forever.
Don't get stressed or flustered by other drivers. Maybe you would feel a little less stressed if you got some P plates so they know you are a new driver?
I tell my girls all the time it's not really about learning to drive the car - that's the easy bit. It's about learning to deal with all the idiots on the road 😂🤣😂🤣
You will get there. Best of luck! X

Reply 2

StriderHort

It's ok, almost everyone does. Going from driving with a co-driver as it were, to all alone puts you back on a new learning curve where you are 100% in charge, can take some getting used to.