Your first driving lesson - how it was?

[Panmisiek]

How much u did on your first lesson, what u found easy and what difficult.

I had no prior experience driving.

I only started my lessons yesterday, and I dont get the steering. Its like I am still confused of how many times u should turn the wheel to for example turn left and when finishing turn to think how much steer it back, its leaving me wondering 'is it straight now, or should I do one more spin?' If u know what i mean.

I also need to work on either my foot or these brakes are sensitive af. Its brand new clio, 430 mileage only on my instructor car. But accelerating and breaking seem to be too sensitive for me.

 

[Deleted member 158611]

I learned on a car with a manual transmission. I stalled a lot. Everything else was easy, though.

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You have to learn to let the wheel "return" to it's original position after a turn.

 

[Bubzeh]

First lesson, stalled a few times on my first lesson. Struggled to keep up to the speed limits. Was worried about the drivers on the other side of the road.

How much u did on your first lesson, what u found easy and what difficult.

I had no prior experience driving.

I only started my lessons yesterday, and I dont get the steering. Its like I am still confused of how many times u should turn the wheel to for example turn left and when finishing turn to think how much steer it back, its leaving me wondering 'is it straight now, or should I do one more spin?' If u know what i mean.

I also need to work on either my foot or these brakes are sensitive af. Its brand new clio, 430 mileage only on my instructor car. But accelerating and breaking seem to be too sensitive for me.

All normal issues when you first start driving. The steering / general awareness will get easier over time. I had similar issues that went away after 4 or 5 lessons when you just learn / know how the car moves better.

I've also always found brakes too sensitive also. I'm very heavy footed. That's just my style. Accelerating too. Especially with new cars (which you're driving in) they're just quick and brilliant compared to the old crap people drive at times.

One of the most nerve racking points of my life was waiting to take my driving test. Will never forget it. Strange.

 

[loyalyolayal]

I was maybe 14-15 when my cousin taught me to drive. We used his delivery van and I would drive at night on empty roads for half an hour. That's about it.

 

[Shawn91111]

My mom took me, was the first and only time she did as she freaked out over every little thing. After that with my dad was fine, as the only real issue was knowing to not be in "passenger" mode where you can look all around at everything.

 

[Desdinova]

Shit that was a long time ago. The instructor took me on the interstate my first lesson. I hugged the curb a little and was going under the speed limit. He pointed to the speed limit sign and said 'that means minimum'.

 

[Leonard Haid]

I drove that golf ball long and straight. The instructor thought I could be a child prodigy. But I never hit it that well again.

 

[TheTimeIsNotNow]

The steering was weird but it comes with time. The worst thing for me was i always felt like i was too far on one side of the road, i would be driving in the middle of the lines but it would feel like i was and inch away from cars on the other side of the road driving towards me. That too came with time though.

 

[ralphc1]

I started driving go karts and mini bikes when I was 5. Then moved up to driving tractors and pickup trucks in fields. I didn't have any problems with driving on the roads in drivers education.

 

[BEER]

How much u did on your first lesson, what u found easy and what difficult.

I had no prior experience driving.

I only started my lessons yesterday, and I dont get the steering. Its like I am still confused of how many times u should turn the wheel to for example turn left and when finishing turn to think how much steer it back, its leaving me wondering 'is it straight now, or should I do one more spin?' If u know what i mean.

I also need to work on either my foot or these brakes are sensitive af. Its brand new clio, 430 mileage only on my instructor car. But accelerating and breaking seem to be too sensitive for me.

How old are you? Legitimate question.

When you're turning, you'll get a feel for it, but it's super easy to correct if you steer too little or too much. As for returning it to the "straight" position, the wheel won't stay turned. As you straighten out, you'll actually feel the wheel pulling back to the neutral position.

 

[BoogerDawson]

It's best to practice in an empty parking lot. Learning manual was a little bit of a challenge, but one day, I just mentally rehearsed the steps and it fell together.

 

[Curmudgeon]

"Go back to the yard and bring back the service truck(to the grain bins)", when I was 8. Was a 70 chev three on the tree.

 

[Deleted member 409801]

Apparently more productive than all of your grammar lessons.

 

[bufetadanacara]

How much u did on your first lesson, what u found easy and what difficult.

I had no prior experience driving.

I only started my lessons yesterday, and I dont get the steering. Its like I am still confused of how many times u should turn the wheel to for example turn left and when finishing turn to think how much steer it back, its leaving me wondering 'is it straight now, or should I do one more spin?' If u know what i mean.

I also need to work on either my foot or these brakes are sensitive af. Its brand new clio, 430 mileage only on my instructor car. But accelerating and breaking seem to be too sensitive for me.

I don't remember any lessons. It was more or less, "there is the key, that is the brake, that is what you use to shift- go".
I was driving lawn mowers and then larger tractors before I was 10. I think at 12 I was routinely driving a pickup through fields, maybe on the road at 14.


Just go find an empty parking lot or a gravel pit and practice there. I taught my son that way and he learned how to steer, brake and back up, all in one morning. He was 8.

You'll be fine. The "touch" will come very quickly. Good luck

 

[rj144]

Who has problems with steering? That had never crossed my mind at any point while driving... even my first time.

 

[Alphaboy]

I didn't know children were on this forum.

Anyway, mine was very discouraging.

I was from NYC and was living in Texas when I took it. The kids were all spoiled, rich, fucks and had cars by the time they were basically 12. Everyone knew how to drive practically before they had their licenses so the driving instructors seemed to find it odd that a kid like myself didn't know how to drive... go figure.

 

[SFMMA]

First lesson day before I was 16, permit day of my birthday, license day after. I Tokyo drifted out of that parking lot like “jeah.”

 

[Legumes]

I had a lot of driving experience before I got my license, so it was pretty uneventful. I grew up having a go kart and atv. We had about a mile of trails cut in the woods behind my house and access to a couple of miles worth of trails just a short distance down the road. Lots of nearby dirt roads as well to ride on.

 

[USA!USA!]

I remember the first time I went on the highway.. my mother made the wise decision to make me drive on the highway at night in the rain for my first time.

Instead of giving me instructions she just kept saying "oh god" and praying.

It was a tremendous experience.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

The guy assumed I was like everyone else and that my parents had let me practice on their car at some point in time, when really it was the first time I had ever been behind the wheel. He took me down these really narrow streets with cars parked on both sides. Well, my passenger side, side view mirror clipped the mirror on one of the parked cars. He just said fuck it and we kept going.