Just had my first driving lesson

chrisxuk · 27 May 2009 at 11:07

Only stalled once. Anyone who knows the area, i drove from Alsager past Rode Heath to Sandbach and then back to Alsager.

Instructor said she was impressed

Anybody had anything funny happen on their first lesson?

Ringiho · 27 May 2009 at 11:10

I first start with the AA. He showed me how to steer with a frisbee. I had driven cars before.

I later dumped the AA!

Sho · 27 May 2009 at 11:13

I remember my first lesson... I was too busy speeding.

gam3r · 27 May 2009 at 11:28

Ringiho said:
I first start with the AA. He showed me how to steer with a frisbee. I had driven cars before.

I later dumped the AA!

I was with the AA when I was learning - my guy was great...

Confused · 27 May 2009 at 11:31

I spent my first 2 hour lesson going over the basics (albeit very briefly) and then moved into typical "lesson 2/3/4" stuff, and had everything covered after about 7 hours.

Janesy B · 27 May 2009 at 11:43

I just went over the basics and went for a small drive in my first lesson. I did have a lot of problems with clutch control because most of the time I was trying to pull away with just the clutch until I realised use of the noisy pedal was required

mrthingyx · 27 May 2009 at 12:31

chrisxuk said:
Only stalled once. Anyone who knows the area, i drove from Alsager past Rode Heath to Sandbach and then back to Alsager.

Instructor said she was impressed

Han Solo said:
Great, kid! Don't get cocky!

My first formal lesson was a bit of a gas as I'd been driving with my parents for ages. However, loads of funny stuff happened over the course of my formal training: the instructor leaning over to press on the horn when she got annoyed with another drive, smacking me with a ruler for sexist comments, screaming at other road users...

I learnt in Cyprus, by the way.

Bennie-Mac · 27 May 2009 at 12:37

My first lesson consisted of steering figure 8s in a car park while the instructor operated the pedals, then how to start off and change gear etc, then was thrown in at the deep end and told to drive home through rush hour traffic...handled it well i think

Peter Diffey · 27 May 2009 at 12:43

My first lesson was on Castle Coombe race circuit aged 14

Participant · 27 May 2009 at 12:57

For my first lesson I was picked up from school by the driving instructor. Being the first in my year, a crowd had gathered outside the house. I hit a curb when I reversed, then stalled

. Everyone cheered ironically. Passed first time though so screw them

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