Driving Instructor Ramble.

sleep with his wife, sister and cat and tell him they were on Amber and if anything his Wife greenlighted your drive through her Dartford tunnel.

All else failing kick him in the nuts and maybe take a secret dump in his car when he is not watching
 
I have still yet to get a car licence...

My previous instructor (only one!) couldn't beleive I had a phobia of driving cars... Thought I was putting it on.

Got pretty annoying, specially when he saw my Ducati 748 superbike parked outside of my house one day...

Ins: Is that yours?
Me: Yes...
Ins: You told me you have a phobia of driving
Me: I do... I feel much more comfortable on a bike than in a car... Always have done
Ins: Don't bs me mate... Just drive
Me: Sod this, I was honest with you, if you are getting annoyed at me taking my time to get comfortable driving then I am wasting my money

Got out the car and went for a ride! Was a total ****.

ags
 
agnes said:
I have still yet to get a car licence...

My previous instructor (only one!) couldn't beleive I had a phobia of driving cars... Thought I was putting it on.

Got pretty annoying, specially when he saw my Ducati 748 superbike parked outside of my house one day...

Ins: Is that yours?
Me: Yes...
Ins: You told me you have a phobia of driving
Me: I do... I feel much more comfortable on a bike than in a car... Always have done
Ins: Don't bs me mate... Just drive
Me: Sod this, I was honest with you, if you are getting annoyed at me taking my time to get comfortable driving then I am wasting my money

Got out the car and went for a ride! Was a total ****.

ags
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Sounds to me like you threw a tampon fit!
 
mrk said:
Sounds to me like you threw a tampon fit!
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Haha, more than likely, this was after 20 or so hours after him constantly moaning about my nerves driving, which is understandable. However, to laugh at them and point them out as 'silly thing' was a little unsettling. I genuinely did/do have a phobia of driving cars, sort of a cramped space phobia (claustrophobia sort of thing), only just it moves at speed, and I am surrounded by a metal tin that can crumble and crush me...

The final straw was this arrogant **** laughing at me and calling me a blatant liar after me telling him the bike was mine... Was a fun look on his face when I saw him not long after at a set of traffic lights on the bike.

I am hoping to finish off my lessons next year, I need to do it. It is a silly phobia, and needs to be conquered.

ags

EDIT: a good instructor will be forceful but understanding. And know when to push and when to give you space. My riding instructor for a whole 2 days! Lol, was brilliant, I couldn't for the life of me get spiral round abouts, no idea why, such a simple thing. He did not get angry and actually praised me for making it a point that I would like to understand them before venturing out properly! He set out some cones in the car park, got me and the other learner to go round and and guess what... I was fine after and knew what I was doing.
 
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Without being there, its difficult to judge the situation in the OP, with the greatest of respect, I'd be inclined to side with the experienced instructor rather than the instructed.

As I'm sure lttlejoe would agree, the best bit of advice I was told by my instructor was you only stop learning to drive when you end your days as a driver.

lttlejoe said:
As for wearing "appropriate footwear" the instructor was doing his job correctly and probably correct in advising you NOT to drive in certain footwear!

I have held an instructor's licence for 31 years and I will always advise novice students that it's unwise to wear thick or clumsy footwear, paticularly when it's their first lesson - in fact anyone booking with me is told prior to the first lesson to try and provide something akin to deck shoes. If not, it's sometimes difficult to tell whether they are having problems in not understanding how to control the clutch or the problem is the lack of feel due to inappropriate shoes which makes their learning more difficult.
For some people, wearing inappropriate footwear when learning to drive can undoubtedly add several hours of extra tuition to their training to gain smooth control over the clutch which comes at a cost to the student and only a questionable instructor would not offer that advice.
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I drive for a living and find my steel toe cap PPE boots both uncomfortable to drive in and they seem to offer little feel through the pedal, so, I take them off & drive in my socks!

I find this much better, more comfortable and I can undoubtedly brake smoother than with my boots on (I have experimented with them on & off and am sure I am not imagining this)

I would appreciate your opinion......
 
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