We all make mistakes
I had just qualified as a driving instructor and had my first ever brand new car all gleaming shiny and new.
Two weeks had gone by of teaching lessons and everything was going swimmingly until i had THE pupil from hell. Never taken any lessons before and expected to pass a test after ten hours driving.....impossible these days even if you're good at it!!
She was hopeless and i was having to take my time over the simplest of things like moving the car in the first bloody place.

I'd like to point out at this time that during my training i'd never been taught when to use the dual control brake as my instructor didn't have one and he'd only ever told me to shout stop if necessary.

So, day three of daily lessons and trying to get her to move off from behind a parked car (not too near it but unfortunately not far enough away) she pulls off the clutch too soon....the car goes shooting forward...i shout stop...she hits gas...we go even faster and i recall thinking where's my f____ing brake just as we smash against the car in front. Not happy enough with having hit one car she decides she might make a day off it and now we're heading straight for the cars parked on the other side of the road! With my life flashing in front of my eyes i finally find the brake and stop us from any more needless carnage.

Brand new shiny car i was so proud of off to the garage with thousands of pounds worth of damage to mine and other car.


Needless to say i never forgot where my brake was again or when to use it, i'd have no car left by now otherwise!
('O' She's my rolemodel!, Fri 26 Oct 2007, 16:41, 1 reply)

oooops....
you must have the patience of a saint, I don't think I could be a driving instructor!
(aroe_m0rre, Tue 30 Oct 2007, 14:25, closed)