I think I feel confident enough to now announce to the world just how well I'm progressing in my driving lessons.
Tonight's one was particularly good. My instructor felt I was ready to try a "turn in the road manoeuvre", which I so foolishly called a three point turn. But no, how dare I, for the term is so inaccurate due to the fact that it can take more than three points to complete the turn. Ok, fair enough, so it's an infinite-number-of-points-turn instead then.
Nah, maybe "turn in the road" does sound better on reflection...
Anyway, this proved to be pretty successful. She said to me - and I quote - "you have fantastic clutch control! Perhaps we've just found your forte." The fact that this was said to someone who initially had slightly iffy clutch control and often let the car go zooming off at junctions is a sure sign that I've progressed a lot since those single-digit lessons many moons ago.
Now, on my eleventh lesson, I feel perfectly happy to drive around town on a tour of Elgin's several hundred roundabouts and tackle them with some precision. And of course, there's the perk of successfully completing my first manoeuvre. How long this success story will last is unpredictable of course - I remember my first lesson spent on roundabouts was ace, and the following one went oh so slightly downhill from there on. Of course, it's back up on the "skill scale" now. Just shows what practice can do for you!
Plus it was my first time of driving later on at night, which was an experience. Really, there was no difference to just driving around in the daylight. The only difference is, when a car comes towards you on the other side of the road, you feel drawn to stare at their headlights as they go by. Kind of like a moth drawn to the flame. And, as has been made so evident in the past, where ever your eyes go on the road, your car will inevitably follow...
But no, I didn't hit anyone, so no worries. Actually, my steering really didn't drift that much at all. Which is just ace.
So yeah, I'll be driving around in Red Cross ambos in no time now! (Well, not including the fact that you have to be 21, but let's nae get into technicalities here...)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment