Driving - GNICNAVDA

New lesson, new things to learn. Today I was learning how to parallel park. I felt somewhat nervous about this one because I thought I had to get inbetween two cars. Luckily, I was told that this is only in a 'real life' situation and chances are it probably won't come up on the test. All I had to was keep an eye on the back of the car I was trying to reverse around. Once the rear of our car was past the rear of the other car, it would then be safe to reverse around and line up with the pavement. One turn of the wheel to the left, two to the right, and another turn to the left before moving forward should get me parallel to the pavement. And success! The first time that is. The second time I did have to straighten up a little but this was no big deal and we were soon on our way. Again, like previous weeks, we went over the previous manouvres with no real problems. Maybe just swinging out too far in the reverse around the corner but this was easily resolved.

But I tell what got on my nerves this lesson. Someone behind me who can't be patient enough to wait for me to move off at a roundabout. Well, they must be blind, because I couldn't have gone anyway. I can only move off when there's a sufficient enough gap to get the car. If I had gone, someone would have been...erm...what's the word...killed to death! I felt tempted to stall but that would have been childish and I quickly put the silly man and his silly attitude to the back of my head. He's gonna have to wait...

Can I stress how easy this is becoming now? Nah, I'll save myself the hassle because I'm getting bored of writing what I've already done. I did however go entirely blank when trying to set off from a hill. I unreleased the handbreak before setting the clutch and accelerator and the car rolled back. A four letter expletive went through my mind before hurrying to but the handbreak back on. I tell you what, it's a good way of learning things. I don't think I'll be wanting to do something like that EVER again! No stalls, no danger, no deaths and no worries! Rock'n'roll! I also parked quite successfully too! Bonus!