Present, About Driving (Part 4)

This lesson happened to be the lesson in which I thought I'd drove my best, however, this also happened to be the lesson in which the instructor picked on me the most. What a difference in perspectives. My confidence became my poison, that's what the instructor implied.

So we started the lesson warming up in the driving course before moving off onto the public roads. I admit I was getting good at driving in the course already, then the errors came.

Error #1: Tailgating
Instructor's advice: Keep a safe distance of at least 1 and a half car lengths in the driving course.
My reason for error: Hey, I'm driving at 1st gear here, I've got perfect speed control. Wait, is there any speed to control?

Error #2: Failure to stop at the Stop line.
Instructor's advice: Retake your BTT, the pass was a fluke.
My reason for error: I admit it's dangerous to not stop in front of the stop line, but then again with my current speed, it's as good as stopping. Besides, I already checked before hand for oncoming traffic.

Error #3: Failure to give way to traffic from the right.
Instructor's advice: You'll definitely fail your practical test if you take it now.
My reason for error: I was too anxious to move, forgive me.

And so the instructor's comments became harsher and harsher, it really doesn't pay to argue back. So I humbled myself when I go onto the public roads, remembering the errors I made. And maybe, just maybe, I got even more confident in my driving since he didn't have anything to pick on me anymore. Was so sad that I didn't learn anything new today, it was more like familiarisation driving.

Oh well, plenty to look forward to next week, with another lesson and the 'A' level results coming up.