Second Driving Lesson! (okay, it was last night, but Oh Well)

[tj_rowe]

Reversing, slopes, reversing up slopes, turning left.

Sunday we only went around in right-turning circles, so yesterday's lefts were a bit of a shock - especially when it meant having to go uphill to the road, brake (stall), hold it still while I turned and then not crash into the bricks on the corner as I turned back into the carpark. XD

I fail at braking. I let go of the accelerator and feel very disconcerted about not having control of my speed, lift both feet off of the ground and ram on the brake and clutch far too quickly as a result.

I also fail at reverse - though that should come with practise and proper tuition. It took my mum a good while to figure out which way to turn the wheel to turn in which direction, and adding my incompetance in stopping leads to me panicking and Really Really Not Liking It.

I did get comfortable going faster than a crawl, though. Apparently I was speeding at 15mph (we had set the limit to 10mph) when I was going around in circles.