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Jul. 6th, 2009 08:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bellchroniclesI just completed my first (practical) driving lesson! :DD It was cool and boring! Cool because HEY I'M THE ONE TURNING THE IGNITION AND MAKIN' THE CAR GO, and boring because I was on first gear the whole time. *laughs* Most of it was mindless work, trying to keep close-- not too close-- to the right curb, but even so, when things got more complicated, like almost crashing into a post, I didn't think (react) to step on the breaks. My instructor promised me he'd help me get used to stepping on the breaks more, tomorrow.
I'm glad I felt so casual at the wheel. :) My family has a history of not caring for cars, so I was worried I wouldn't be able to handle it. So far so good, though. Perhaps all those years of racing games has helped! \o/ And I'm lucky; I like my instructor. He's super-calm and is okay with handing out positive messages (instead of: "I can't believe we spent the whole class in first gear!", he said, "Congrats! You managed to drive the car steady!" XD)
I asked him the question that I've been DYING TO KNOW FOR YEARS: "Don't you get scared for your life, teaching newbie drivers?!" No, he replied. See? Super-calm!
I have 9 more of these classes before I take the driving exam. Somehow, I don't think it'll be enough to truly let me run wild in the streets in a car...
I'm glad I felt so casual at the wheel. :) My family has a history of not caring for cars, so I was worried I wouldn't be able to handle it. So far so good, though. Perhaps all those years of racing games has helped! \o/ And I'm lucky; I like my instructor. He's super-calm and is okay with handing out positive messages (instead of: "I can't believe we spent the whole class in first gear!", he said, "Congrats! You managed to drive the car steady!" XD)
I asked him the question that I've been DYING TO KNOW FOR YEARS: "Don't you get scared for your life, teaching newbie drivers?!" No, he replied. See? Super-calm!
I have 9 more of these classes before I take the driving exam. Somehow, I don't think it'll be enough to truly let me run wild in the streets in a car...
