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Feel like I will never drive

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Cinammonroll · 17/01/2023 17:31

I didn't get on well with manual, failed many times (i mean almost 10). Had a long break from driving and I tried again yesterday in an automatic.
Spent the entire 2 hour lesson practicing left turns as I just couldn't get them right, with positioning, steering and general panicking.
I managed to get a few good steers at the end, but felt embarrassed.
Partner was laughing when I told him saying how on earth can I not do left steers it's so easy.
Hopefully I'll improve with lessons, but I'm not sure.
I worry I'll never drive. It's not the end of the world if I don't, but it'd make day to day life a lot easier if I could and improve job prospects a lot.
I see it a lot on here, that most posters wouldn't date a male who couldn't drive and see driving as a 'basic life skill' that everyone should be able to achieve. Thankfully I'm not male so hopefully less taboo.

OP posts:
RoseslnTheHospital · 18/01/2023 09:13

@Aprilx she had her first lesson for 10 years and found it difficult to manage road position whilst turning, in this case, left. It's not complicated or weird. I would imagine that a lot of the issue is related to confidence and anxiety rather than inability, given that a decade earlier the OP was able to take tests.

SamphirethePogoingStickerist · 18/01/2023 09:21

Aprilx · 18/01/2023 08:39

I don’t think it was mocking or passive aggressive. It is very difficult to understand what Op means by not being able to turn left.

Really? As there is only one effective way of turning a car to the left I think it is entirely clear what she means.

I do not know why she finds this difficult, but that she does is clear. It really isn't hard to understand.

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