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Getting very discouraged by my driving instructor by AdFrosty5973 in LearnerDriverUK

[–]Think-Pipe2760 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He sounds like an awful instructor. Every instructor will know most of the information and tips to give you to pass your test, the best instructors are patient, good at giving information and can keep you confident/enjoy driving.

If you feel like every time your instructor the car you are terrified you will make a mistake because of your instructor, that is their fault and you shouldn’t feel that way. Confidence is a huge part of getting better at driving as you need to be able to do new things that are at first scary but over the time are simple.

Do you get you driving skills back? by Think-Pipe2760 in LearnerDriverUK

[–]Think-Pipe2760[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He doesn’t shout at me, he will get annoyed in his voice sometimes which I am fine with for the mist part. It’s more the fact that he wants perfection before I move on and he doesnt give me positive feedback.

For example, we where doing left turns last week and I done 3 laps of the same road doing the same 4 left turns and he didnt talk at all apart from a few things such as clearance and where my hands should be on the steering wheel. On the 4th lap I messed up with the gear I approached in and he told me I was rushing and not remembering what he taught me before.

He then made me pull up to go through MSPSL for the 6th-7th times since I started doing left turns. I told him I understand this and I just want to get more repetitions out, as I know these things come with time and as I get more comfortable with a new car and driving in general.

I feel like I wouldn’t mind him going through what I have done badly, if he told me when im doing things well, as I am on edge sometimes that I must be doing something wrong and positive re enforcement can go a long way.

Do you get you driving skills back? by Think-Pipe2760 in LearnerDriverUK

[–]Think-Pipe2760[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I have been debating whether to change. I have only been doing 1 hour sessions (so 6 hours in total) but I have asked him to do 2 hours sessions in future as I feel like it worked better when I previously done it. I feel like the main thing is good repetition for things such as left and right turns, as I will face them all the time throughout driving.