I know I've mentioned somewhere on this board that the first day we had behind-the-wheel driving time in drivers' ed happened to be right after what we all knew would be the last snow of the winter, so the instructor had us practicing how to steer out of a skid on the side street next to the school, which hadn't been plowed yet. That'll wake you up on a Saturday morning!
My first driving test was a close one--I came within one point of flunking. But, I did better than both of my siblings, who both flunked and had to retake theirs.
Parallel parking does require constant practice. I got really good at it when I lived in Oak Park and had to park on the street every night, but now that I've got a lot to park in, I'm losing my touch. I need a lot more space to maneuver!
Everyone's stories of their driving lessons are starting to make me nervous. I'm
finally
going to take driving lessons & get my license this spring.
Yay! Jilli!!!!
I used to go down to the parking lot at the race track to practice driving and parallel parking. When it rained heavy, my mom took me down there to learn how to deal with fishtailing. All this was before I took driver's ed.
Yay, Jilli! Just tell the instructor not to play 70's country and always obey the street signs and you should be fine. Have you practiced getting petticoats under the wheel so you can get to the pedals properly? You may need a proper Victorian driving outfit.
More black, but the goggles and the veil are a must.
I don't really remember my driver's ed instructor. It was...a guy? There were....a few other students in the car? We did it for a few weeks and then it was over? Wow, it really didn't make that big of an impression on me, other than being really scared the first day, because I'd never been behind the wheel of a car, and they were like "OK, go!" and I was like "ON A REAL STREET? We don't practice in a parking lot or something first, WTF?!?!"
Have you practiced getting petticoats under the wheel so you can get to the pedals properly?
Oh ... bother. No, no I haven't practiced that, and I didn't even think about it. Argh.
My driver's ed teacher said there was no point in teaching how to parallel park because it was something you just needed to do repeatedly to get the hang of it.
My teacher would ask us where we were taking our test, because he knew which places set the cones so you had to parallel park to the right or to the left, and then he only taught us one side. Aces.
Teppy - depending on which DMV you went to where I grew up, you had to make a 3 point turn, park on a hill (with proper curbing of the tires), or parallel park.
When K-Bug took her test, there was a light rain and at first that made her nervous. Turned out to be a good thing cause they couldn't ding her on going a bit slow due to the "conditions".
