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[cassaclyzm]

My drivin' self has been unleashed upon the world. I went driving with mum the very day I got my permit - or, rather, went stalling. The family car is a standard, see, bottom-of-the-line with no power steering, no nothin'. So that was an adventure and a half. I think I'll have better luck next time, now that I've sat in the driver's seat, tried it out, and subsequently had a better idea of what to watch for while mum was behind the wheel, herself.

Today I drove with my actual driving instructor. The upside is that I've now actually experienced some, like, roads. Somewhat. The downside is that they do all instruction on automatics. So, okay, this is sort of good, because I don't have to learn how to shift AND drive at the same time. Therefore I can concentrate on things like hand-over-hand steering, at which I apparently sort of suck. But it would be nice to not have to learn to drive a standard after the fact, or seperately at the same time. Or something.

Anyway, I didn't hit anything, and sucked significantly less by the end of the lesson (I think), so there is Yay and Woot to be had.

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[riverrocks.livejournal.com]

I actually did better learning to drive an automatic first, then learning the shift/clutch balance stuff second. That way I could practice the basics of learning how to pay attention to the road and watch for other drivers and lights and such. Once I had that down solid, adding the shift/clutch skill set was much easier. ymmv

[cassaclyzm.livejournal.com]

That's probably what I'll wind up doing, too. I could hardly believe how easy it was to forget to do things like "look well ahead in my lane" and "check my rear-view mirror before stopping". I had myself convinced that it would be rudimentary, I think. *laughs*

[riverrocks.livejournal.com]

Driving is like cooking. There's this cultural assumption that everyone past a certain age will 1) know how, 2) be good at it and 3) enjoy it. The truth is that they're both a complex set of skill sets that take a while to really master, and some people just never get past the basics. It took me years to understand the mechanics of parallel parking.