Driving

Posted on 24/04/2004 by Jenni

I’m going on my first, proper, actually on-the-road-with-a-professional-driving-instructor driving lesson in 4 hours. I have managed to put it off since December, but now my dad is forcing me on the road *cough* Previously, I have used the driving school’s crappy “simulator” thing….it looks like a Sega racing arcade machine, but more “car-like”. And it was total crap, because to me it just felt like a racing game (but with one car lol). Then my dad gave me informal lessons in a car park – but I know hardly anything. Plus I managed to nearly kill several people, attract the attention of the police and half-wreck my car at least once.
As I said to my dad, the car should be suitable for left handed people (i.e. me)!! The steering wheel should be on the left (or possibly the middle) so you don’t bash into the curb, and the brake should be the left pedal instead of the right. He didn’t agree, but I know I’m right :) And for all you people going “huh??” right about now, I live in the UK where people drive on the left and have the steering wheel on the right (psychos). Actually, I was watching this programme where an American drove her American car in England, which had the steering wheel on the left. Maybe I should get an American car?
My stupid driving instructor (who I have not yet met but I know is called Matthew) has mailed me this list of driving lessons…I said I wanted weekends and preferably afternoons so I don’t have to get up at 9am…so of course he’s booked all my lessons for Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, which is when I’m in college and he’s even managed to choose times which I’m supposed to be in exams. Clever boy *applauds*.
So yeah, you probably won’t see me ever again after this since I bet he makes me “drive” on the road, in which case I will kill both of us in less than a minute. Not on purpose you understand. If I do survive, I’ll tell you how it went :)

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28 Responses to Driving

  1. rosie says:
    24/04/2004 at 11:13 am

    good luck

  2. Rachael says:
    24/04/2004 at 11:18 am

    lol, good luck with the driving lessons. I’m sure you’ll be fine,and as for steering whell on the left, it restrictsyour vision if you are driving on the same side as the steering it restricts your vision, and american cars consume a lot of petrol and break down

  3. Au says:
    24/04/2004 at 1:50 pm

    Hahaha, Jenni! Your sound like you are going to have a lot of fun with your driving lessons. Don’t worry about the part when you almost killed several people. The time when my sister was learning how to park properly, she almost killed me. lol I was supposed to stand at the place where she was suppose to park her car and signal to her when to stop. She did not stop when I gave her the signal and I couldn’t run, because behind me were walls and beside me were cars. I was like, “NONONO, SIS!”
    lol Don’t worry. I only got my toes crushed and went to the hospital. -.-;

  4. Lauren says:
    24/04/2004 at 2:03 pm

    I hope your driving lesson goes well =) I’m not looking forward to getting mine (which is a very long time away)

  5. neelam says:
    24/04/2004 at 4:08 pm

    Driving lessons?! You should be happy! Once it’s all over and you’ve past your test, you’ll be able to drive anywhere! I’m 15 so I cant drive yet, and I dont think i’m going to be able to pass my test until I’m like 40 something!

  6. Rachel says:
    24/04/2004 at 5:20 pm

    Hey! I love your site! It’s way cool, lots of great content! Well I’m glad the driving lessons went okay! Talk to yall soon, I’ll be sure to comment every so often and check up to see how you all are doing! ^_^

  7. Anna says:
    24/04/2004 at 6:38 pm

    I’m sure you’re not that bad at driving. Your instructer does sound a bit stupid though, putting all your lessons on those days.

  8. Hollie says:
    24/04/2004 at 2:21 pm

    Good luck with your driving lesson! I hope you do well I’m left handed too lol – yes cars should be designed specially for us! Lol – your teacher makes me laugh

  9. Julie says:
    24/04/2004 at 3:20 pm

    lol Au. Good luck with the driving lessons! If you live, tell us how it went!

    Have fun and good luck.

  10. cat says:
    24/04/2004 at 11:52 pm

    Wow! You sure dont sound very confident about the whole driving thing, lol. Good luck, hope you at least make it to your exams!

  11. cat says:
    24/04/2004 at 11:53 pm

    And by the way, coming from an American, I do NOT understand why the steering wheels in the UK r on the right! lol

  12. Marie-Eve says:
    24/04/2004 at 4:16 pm

    Good luck with your driving lesson! Hopefully I have to wait another 3 to 5 years before mine :P

  13. Jenni says:
    24/04/2004 at 4:39 pm

    I’m alive!!! Yeah I feel kinda mean now because the guy’s really nice and fairly young as well. I wish I’d waited to blog so I could’ve described the lesson in detail

  14. Liz says:
    24/04/2004 at 5:12 pm

    wow! when do u get ur driver’s liceanse? i have to wait 3 more years till im 16! yay! and at first, you were talking about how the sterring wheel is on the right, and i was like, HUH!? and i live in the US and then i realized u lived in England! lol!

  15. Hollie says:
    24/04/2004 at 8:24 pm

    Btw that simulator thing sounds funny… I’ve been on one before but not a car one lol

  16. Hillary says:
    25/04/2004 at 4:24 am

    Hey Jenni! I hope you do good on your driving lesson.. and remember: even though it may be tempting at some point, try not to kill anyone!

  17. Wolfy says:
    24/04/2004 at 9:47 pm

    hehe. American cars aren’t that much easier to drive. good luck!

  18. Kat says:
    24/04/2004 at 9:56 pm

    You guys wait until late to drive :P Tehee. Our age that we do that here is 15. Oh gosh. There goes accident-prone Jenni :) Haha. I’m left handed too. BUt I can handle a car pretty well. Or so I think. Well in the US the wheel is on the left :D What a dumb person. Hope you can reschedule those :P

  19. Whispering angel says:
    24/04/2004 at 11:58 pm

    Lol, my brother is learning to drive too! I don’t know a lot (=nothing) about cars and no offence, but England has to do everything different. They use miles and inches and not € and stuff like that and the cars… But why should you buy an American car? It would be worse, because you have to drive at the other side and stuff…

  20. Rhiannon says:
    25/04/2004 at 8:27 am

    I hope it all goes well with your driving, then you can drive around making others who can’t jealous haha

  21. Krissy says:
    25/04/2004 at 2:43 am

    Yeah, I knew about the diff cars in the UK.
    DON’T DIE JENNI!
    Lol. Good/bad luck.
    Good luck for good luck, and bad luck if the good luck fails and the bad luck counts as good luck.

  22. Kitty says:
    25/04/2004 at 1:35 pm

    Hi! luv the site. I agree about the brake pedal, its stoopid. Well, that’s all. Bye!!

  23. fahad says:
    25/04/2004 at 3:56 pm

    great! gud luck… haha i am 14 and i know how to drive!

  24. Ami says:
    25/04/2004 at 4:35 pm

    Hmm Good luck with the driving lessons! Hope you live …hehe

  25. Alicia says:
    25/04/2004 at 10:10 am

    good luck wi it dont kill too many

  26. Manasvi says:
    25/04/2004 at 7:42 pm

    Good luck!

  27. Iman says:
    25/04/2004 at 8:10 pm

    Good luck with your driving lessons! Cars in Canada have steering wheels on the left! Yay!! jk

  28. Katie says:
    01/05/2004 at 6:17 am

    yup good luck on your driveing test!! Hopefully you will pass! And then you can pick me up lol j/k anyways tell me how it went!