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1st Driving lesson & the 1st time behind a wheel ever! 5/08/2010
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carty23
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18 August 2010
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I thought I would start this blog to give me something to do (I am bored over the summer holidays) and so I could also keep a track of my driving rather than remembering it all mentally.
So, as the title says, it was my first driving lesson ever on 5th August. The night before I was thinking "Oh I cannot be bothered with tomorrow" due to the fact that I had an early lesson (9.30am) and I had to be up at 8.30am. However, I'm glad I was bothered as I absolutely loved it!
My driving instructor picked me up at my house and pulled off the main road and into a quiet estate. We swapped seats and after swapping seats, she went through all the boring stuff (adjusting the mirrors, adjusting the car seat, [which I had to do before I even got in the car, because at 6'4" and trying to get into the drivers seat of a Corsa which a small woman has just been driving, is very hard to do!] the handbrake, the gear stick, the indicators and window wipers etc. After all that had been done, she told me to pull away from the side of the road, drive along slowly and then pull over again in front of a car she had pointed out. She told me she would take control of the handbrake and clutch at first, and alls I had to do was use the accelerator and the steering wheel, as well as the indicators if necessary.
After the first go was over with, she asked me did I want to take control fo the handbrake and clutch, and I decided to give it a bash! I was a little bit heavy footed with the accelerator and released the clutch too quickly (Although not to stall it), and when I was turning around the corner I underestimated the centreing of the steering, so I ended up in the middle of the road instead of on the left. The next part was to roll up to a give way line, and to pull out on the main road. Due to the time in the morning it wasn't that busy at all, so i didn't have to mess around with the clutch and break too much. I safely pulled out onto the main road, went over a speed bump and after about 50 yards or so pulled back into the side road I initially started out on.
I repeated this again before pulling outside my own house, in full control of the car. I was quite pleased that within an hour, I had learned to handle a car and all of its controls without wrapping it around a tree or parking it up someones rear. I handed over my money and booked my next driving lesson, which was the thursday following.
So, as the title says, it was my first driving lesson ever on 5th August. The night before I was thinking "Oh I cannot be bothered with tomorrow" due to the fact that I had an early lesson (9.30am) and I had to be up at 8.30am. However, I'm glad I was bothered as I absolutely loved it!
My driving instructor picked me up at my house and pulled off the main road and into a quiet estate. We swapped seats and after swapping seats, she went through all the boring stuff (adjusting the mirrors, adjusting the car seat, [which I had to do before I even got in the car, because at 6'4" and trying to get into the drivers seat of a Corsa which a small woman has just been driving, is very hard to do!] the handbrake, the gear stick, the indicators and window wipers etc. After all that had been done, she told me to pull away from the side of the road, drive along slowly and then pull over again in front of a car she had pointed out. She told me she would take control of the handbrake and clutch at first, and alls I had to do was use the accelerator and the steering wheel, as well as the indicators if necessary.
After the first go was over with, she asked me did I want to take control fo the handbrake and clutch, and I decided to give it a bash! I was a little bit heavy footed with the accelerator and released the clutch too quickly (Although not to stall it), and when I was turning around the corner I underestimated the centreing of the steering, so I ended up in the middle of the road instead of on the left. The next part was to roll up to a give way line, and to pull out on the main road. Due to the time in the morning it wasn't that busy at all, so i didn't have to mess around with the clutch and break too much. I safely pulled out onto the main road, went over a speed bump and after about 50 yards or so pulled back into the side road I initially started out on.
I repeated this again before pulling outside my own house, in full control of the car. I was quite pleased that within an hour, I had learned to handle a car and all of its controls without wrapping it around a tree or parking it up someones rear. I handed over my money and booked my next driving lesson, which was the thursday following.
