**********Learning to drive for the terrified part 3*******

[MrsSlowLearner]

That's better

thanks ladies.

i am still in shock!! good luck everyone with your lessons, if i can do it anyone can.

i just tried to keep positive, and kept at it. I didnt enjoy it, but was determined. Us women have a resovoir of strength, and it was my daughter who was my inspiration.

HUGE congrats pirategirl!

i am really pleased for you, i bet your looking forward to doing loads of things this summer with your DD (or even just being able to go to Tesco and do your shopping)

i'm so jealous that you passed!

i was talking to somebody in the post office today, who did their test 11 times, in the end he complained and got the cheif examiner from another area in to test him (and then passed) apparently I live in an area with about a 32% pass rate

which has filled me with hope

Wow,congratulations!Mine is in August and am terrified.Well done really pleased for you.

i was more terriefied on my lesson yesterday. To begin with i really thought it was a bad idea to have a 2 hr lesson the day before my test, yet it eased it somehow.

Going back for the test the day after I had had a long drive felt like a continuation.
It was not so scary getting into the car as my last lesson was only the day b4 iyswim.

I was just not as scared on the test as i thought i would be. I think our age and expereince of life as mums is a bonus somehow. I took lots of good luck bits and bobs in my bag, and was v polite to the instructor lol.

I've added a photo on my profile for Mrs Slow learner

Hi everyone can i please join? Im going on my first driving lesson in about ummm 40mins!! and im absoulty terrified!!!

ooh good luck, i bet afterwards you feel great!

hiya, good luck with it, its one step in a positive direction. 'scuse the pun, that isnt even remotely funny.

let us know how you did.

btw, just cos i've passed, i am still brickin it, had to make my sis stand in front of the wal in my parking space so i woudnt hit it, just her

hi can i join my dh has decided i have to learn to drive and he's buying my lessons he even took me shopping for cars and let me get in and try them out lol

Thanks for the welcome!
Well thats one down god knows how many to go!! lol
It actully went really well not as bad as i was expecting anyways!! Done i little bit of driving changed gear and managed to get it round a few corners so all in all ok!!
Another one on Monday out for 2 hours this time.
My driving instuctor was really friendly so thats half the battle will see what he is really like when i do something wrong though!!lol
Pmsl at your poor sis!!!!

Nice one Dragon
It helps to have a nice instructor, that's for sure.
I was absolutely shitting myself before my first lesson, and for several ones after...that has just about worn off now after 6 months!

lulumm am a bit at your story of someone taking their test 11 times.
I hope that's not me some day...

Knew you would do it Pirate
Congratulations

Margo you dont look very scary lol
Boo!

Welcome to Dragoninawagon and dressedupnowheretogo

Had a lesson this morning and did my first parallel park and wasn't too bad actually !

Oh, did you like the red hat MrsSlowLearner?

I look even scarier than that!

catissleepy, the girl next to him had to do it 9 times

i am really not looking forward to my next one, but have got a lesson next wed's to go over the stuff I failed on last time

ie my examiner being a tosser

welcome new learners!

Aww margo lovely pics
your girls are gorgeous!

Had really crappy lesson today
Couldn't seem to do anything right apart from my reverse, am so with myself.
My instructor said that i seemed disracted,i wasn't i just couldn't bloody drive.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

another lesson today, last one before my test on Monday

i am not feeling confident about it at all but we will see

tis lulumamasmentee by the way, I name changed

hotcrumpets lots of luck for monday-will have my fingers crossed for you

stick with it mrs S! some lessons are like that...

My DH is out driving at the moment, i think im more scared than he is!

He is doing a 5 day intensive with his test next wednesday - arghhhhh!

I get really worked up over these things, yet he takes it in his stride!

Good luck all of you x

Test tomorrow

I am not feeling it at all, i'm so big at the moment just being behind the wheel is uncomfortable blah blah blah

Went out for some practice with DP this evening and totally cocked it up, he was shouting etc etc, hopefully i'll be feeling more positive in the morning

fingers crossed hc

How did it go Hotcrumpets?

Have a lesson in the morning and feeling very dubious about it all,had 2 really crap lessons ,felt like giving up last week.
Oh well will see how it goes!

am wondeirng too...
don't give up Mrs S!
My last lesson had a bit of a crap feel about it too. I think I rush things too much and my instructor keeps telling me to look in the mirror more when I'm braking. On the plus side, my bay-parking is getting a bit better...

I'm sulking sorry

5 minors, 1 serious

I was coming out of a junction, somebody speeding down the road from my left not indicating at all, I started to pull out when he was level with me and he decides that actually he is coming into the junction so the examiner had to put his foot on the brake (at exactly the same time I did)

that was about 20 secs into the test, so I did the whole thing knowing I had failed. He then topped it off by saying "that was a really good test, you would of passed if it wasn't for that junction" um thanks

booked again for the 20aug but will keep checking for cancellations, sorry it took a while to get back, I just didn't want to type FAILED again, what a waste of money

sorry hc
that sucks.

will leave you to sulk in peace now!