Present, About Driving (Part 3)

Today marks an exciting new area of driving, that is driving on public roads. Can you believe it, I get to drive on the public roads on my 3rd lesson, how cool is that? For the lesson, I'm learning gear shifting, so you really can't expect my to shift to the 4th gear in that small driving course with hundreds of cars (no kidding). If I really did that, I would have died.

So gear shifting is all about hand and footwork coordination. Yea, beginner drivers like me love to look down at the gear when shifting, but that is unwise coz you take your eyes off the ever-changing road conditions, which proved to be very dangerous.

Being accustomed to the driving course for a while, I felt afraid of the big dangerous public roads. I'm expected to drive up to 4th gear speed, which to me felt pretty fast since it was the first time I exceeded 2nd gear speed. In addition, I still wasn't that good at gear shifting yet, and so there were panicky moments when I hurried to down shift as I approached a junction.

Maybe it was because of the 'L' plate or maybe because there were less cars, for I felt comfortable driving after a few rounds around Ubi. I think it's because of the 'L' plate that made other road users move extra careful around me. I think I was more of a threat to them than they were to me.

After an eventful 100 minutes, the instructor declared I was proficient enough in gear shifting. Yeah, I wonder what's up for next lesson.