Confessions of a Driving Instructor

After the Part 2 Induction session I have been trying to improve my driving, and today was my first check with the trainer of my ability (or otherwise!).

For the first lesson, we drove around Burgess Hill and the surrounding towns and villages, with a short excursion to Brighton.

Overall, I don’t think the session went too badly – the trainer didn’t try to jump out of the car whilst I was driving, which is a good sign

Now on to the bad points:

• My manoeuvres (such as a turn in the road) were done terribly, with me remembering very little of what I was taught when I learnt to drive 14 years ago.
• I was too fast approaching situations, meaning my driving is reactive rather than proactive.
• I also was not steering correctly – it was described by the trainer as driving like a racing driver (not feeding the steering wheel through my hands, so my hands would remain at about the same height on the steering wheel at all times)

Oh well – it looks like some practice is needed before the next lesson!