Driving lesson two

[allana]

Just back from lesson two :D I'm thoroughly enjoying it and I seem to be doing well according to Sarah. Yay! I can move off v.smoothly and stop pretty smoothly too. I still hate the brakes on her car, but I'm getting used to them. Changing gears is just fine too, and I can control the car well. Next week I get to go out onto the main road (complete with buses!) and practice turning left and emerging left. I think I'm going to buy a training CD for the theory test that includes hazard perception footage and try to get the theory test out of the way before March.... I'm beginning to think that I might turn into a half-decent driver.

In other news, my hands are almost normal now. They do get sore if I lift heavy stuff but I can live with that. Muses are still AWOL but I'm taking the opportunity to catch up on my reading!

Comments

[dreammonkey.livejournal.com]

Ooooh I'm SO impressed with you! :D

Don't worry about the brakes... they're the one thing that freaks me out about every car.
Oh except for the reverse gear I had in a hire car in Ireland. I was half way round the country before I figured it out. And I like to think I'm not totally mechanically inept. It was very frustrating considering the reverse-parking genius that I am!

My one piece of advice is to make sure you can drive in a stony silence and that you can also drive with distracting chat going on the whole time. I failed and failed until I got a driving examiner a second time and she yabbered on about Tom Jones. PASS! Yaaaaay! ;)

Glad about your hands too :| I remember my hands broke when I was offshore and I was unable to open doors *blushes*