Sunday, May 15, 2005

Drving Lessons

Haiz just starting my practical driving lessons, not very smooth, still can be improved..here are wat happen

LEsson #1
The instructor talked to me about some "theories" about the car and stuffs for almost an hr then I drove to Yew Tee and back the whole journey taking about 30mins. basically the instructor wans me to learn how to keep in lane and practice the clutch "biting point" and accelerator control. Alas my experience with driving is with big army trucks where their clutch and accelerator are stiffer. anyway no excuses, I kinda panick cos I am not used to the vehicle so the vehicle was jerking when it move from rest many of the times. anyway the instuctor complained that I was too slow though i was driving at about 50km/h whenever I can. Next time will try to drive faster.

Lesson #2
Today instuctor wan me to practice moving off without jerking, hmm initial stages I was doing quite well and I managed to get moving without much jerks. Then we drove to bukit batok where I drove at 70km/h at the long stretch of road. Ah this time he never complain that I was too slow. Then at those normal roads I drove at 50+ km/h this time he complain that I was too fast haha. Anyway today my leg control wasn't that good cos at some stage my legs were wobbling(make me throw clutch) and I dunno why thus today the car stalled a couple of times, 3 to be exact. haha mabbe I never adjusted the seat properly cos my heel seem to be stuck to the floor board thus I can't release the clutch properly. Will have to improve on this in the next lesson. Next we practice turning right at a junction where there are more than 1 right turning lane. Drat...I am too used to turning into the left-most lane thus when I switch to turn in the right-most lane I don't know the exact way to turn, i move straight then turn when i am in line with the lane(this is the method for turing into the left-most lane) then I got horned by the car beside me cos i was cutting into his lane..haha have to get this into my head that I am not driving a MID vehicle anymore...still need alot of improvements ah..like the checking blind spot part keep forgetting cos nv do it for long time already and I keep making wide turns(too used to long trucks grrr..)..haha
I think I trying to do too many things at same time thus make me very gan cheong (panick) must try to keep calm and relax abit.

1 comment:

Shirley Lye said...

i actually dun noe how to giv u tips on driving as u noe, i am not tat a fantastic driver myself. however, i am rather touched by yur actions for picking up driving for me ( i always rem u told me that when u get yur lic , u will drive me ard ). frankly speaking, this reali touches to the bottom of my heart bcos i noe tat it is beri difficult for u to part with yur savings to learn driving. especially u save so hard in order for us to get married.

But all i can say is , i will also try my best to save money. although i hav said it umpteen times and failed umpteen times but i just wan to let u noe, i am still trying..