5th Lesson
Monday, April 21st, 2008Since the last lesson, I have being doing some more practicing of the manoeuvres, and I am now confident I have most of the reference points sorted out.
Today we drove mostly around the Brighton & Hove area, which is quite hilly and has a lot a variety in the width and type of road. I am very pleased that my turn in the road manoeuvre is now up to test standard - I just need to improve everything else up to the same standard 
During the reversing around a corner manoeuvre, I have noticed that I am now cutting the corner - not enough to mount the kerb and fail the test, but enough to require a bit more practice. Today we also learnt a new reverse parking technique, which should make our reverse parking more consistent.
What does concern me is how easy it is to build up enough minor faults to be in danger of failing the test. Simply not indicating correctly when leaving a roundabout, and then taking a while to accelerate up to a suitable speed could be enough to leave only one or two more minor faults before the test is over 