I mentioned in my last blog post that I was having problems stalling while driving, well I was having different problems on my last driving lesson.
I've now been taught 2 driving maneuvers, and my instructor has pointed out that I'm doing the same thing wrong on both, I keep going too fast, and not taking or making effective observations.
I've been told that the reasons many people fail their drving tests while doing manouvers, is that they drive the car too fast, usually losing control and this fast speed doesn't allow them to take effective observations, missing hazards in the process and resulting in unsafe driving!
We therefore spent a lot of time during the driving lesson making sure that while performing both the turn in the road and the reverse parking exercises that I concentrated on having a slow car, looking all around and allowing the eyes to register what was happening around me.
I was told to always drive as if I was on a practical test with a DSA examiner, and not do anything during the lesson that I wouldn't do if it was a test. Well I've got a lot of work to do over the next couple of lessons in that department, but I will try my best even though I can't always remember everything and still drive the car smoothly!
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My Driving Lessons Blog
My name is Ann, I'm a professional legal secretary working for a top law firm in the city of London, and this is my driving lessons blog.
As a busy person living in Hampstead, NW3, London, I've never given much thought to taking driving lessons and getting a full british licence until recently because I haven't really had a need for a car. I live close to the London underground stattion (tube), have a bus stop closeby with the west end, oxford street being just a ride away, and the Cinema at the O2 centre not that far away either, so all my transportation needs are easily met.
A recent trip to the United States of America got me thinking though, as the family I stayed with had 3 cars not because they wanted to show off, but it was necessary for them to get about. The driving age in the US is 16, so their teenaged son also had a car to get to college, the shops and football practice.
This provoked me to think about the need for me to be able to drive a car if the need ever arrived, so I decided that I would dust off my provisional driving licence and start preparing to get my full licence.
I didn't want to use AA or BSM, but neither did I want to just take any cheap driving lessons, so I did some research on the internet checking various websites and asked around my friends for recommendations before finally settling with my current instructor who operates an independent driving school in Mill Hill, North West London.
The reason I'm writing this lesson's blog is to keep a public diary of my learning to drive progress, but I enjoy writing as well, so just using it as an excuse.
I'm looking forward to my first driving lesson, and while I'm a little bit scared of losing control of the car, I've never been someone to back off from a challenge so bring it on!
As a busy person living in Hampstead, NW3, London, I've never given much thought to taking driving lessons and getting a full british licence until recently because I haven't really had a need for a car. I live close to the London underground stattion (tube), have a bus stop closeby with the west end, oxford street being just a ride away, and the Cinema at the O2 centre not that far away either, so all my transportation needs are easily met.
A recent trip to the United States of America got me thinking though, as the family I stayed with had 3 cars not because they wanted to show off, but it was necessary for them to get about. The driving age in the US is 16, so their teenaged son also had a car to get to college, the shops and football practice.
This provoked me to think about the need for me to be able to drive a car if the need ever arrived, so I decided that I would dust off my provisional driving licence and start preparing to get my full licence.
I didn't want to use AA or BSM, but neither did I want to just take any cheap driving lessons, so I did some research on the internet checking various websites and asked around my friends for recommendations before finally settling with my current instructor who operates an independent driving school in Mill Hill, North West London.
The reason I'm writing this lesson's blog is to keep a public diary of my learning to drive progress, but I enjoy writing as well, so just using it as an excuse.
I'm looking forward to my first driving lesson, and while I'm a little bit scared of losing control of the car, I've never been someone to back off from a challenge so bring it on!
