The First Time Driver

The first driving lessons that anyone takes are an important right of passage whether you take them at sixteen or sixty. I remember when it can time for me to actually take my first lessons I found the process to be a mild mixture of daunting, terrifying coupled with an irrational fear of craching the instructors car.

Just as an aside - if you are having this probelem yourself- the liklihood of you crashing your instructor’s car is minimal. They all have dual controls (accelorator and brakes on the passenger’s side as well as the driver) and, as my dad alsoway said, the instuctor is alwaysunlikely to let you crash their car.

Those early jitters affect almost new drivers, it’s the fear of having control of a vechicle that is capable of so much damage. In reality getting in our cars is the most dangerous thing we do every day. It’s important to be mindful of this fact, while simultaneausly not allowing it to hold you back from your progress as a driver. This is a difficult task, almost as difficult as balancing accelorator, clutch and handbrake when ascending a steep hill. However be assured, the independence and power that you receive from driving yourself from place to place makes the difficulties all worth it.

Your first lesson will determine what level you are at in your driving career, you may have had some informal experience driving an old car around a field at home. The case may be that you have been driving a long time, and are only going for lessons to prepare for your test or perhaps you are going for your driving lessons to gain your first experience with the road.

The instructor will most likely greet you in an unbuilt up area, especially if you are a first time driver. The will greet you and invite you to enter the car. They will then introduce you to the various controls of the car. Many of the instructors will sit you down in the car and instruct you to go through controls of the car. After you are one hundred per cent certain of the controls your instructor will ask you to check your seatbelt and mirrors. You will be made sure to make sure yours hands are at the twelve and two positions and that the gears are in neutral. At this point you will be instructed to start the engine and very slowly move off.

He or she will most likely then take you around a quiet area of the town, where you are unlikely to come across much traffic. After your first lesson, the porspect of driving once again will seem much less daunting and the second will be an easier feat to overcome.

In Limerick city there is a great deal of available oppertunities when it comes to different driving instructors. Pinnacle Driving School specialises in pretest driving lessons and have a competative price. For first lessons they have a speical offer of €30 and then €35 for any that follow. They can be contacted upon 087 6555267. Other alternatives include, M Driving School, Limerick, who offer lessons for beginners to pretest routes covered by the patient instructors. They can be contacted upon 087 77577 510. There is always the DriveRite Driving School which covers the outskirts of Limerick and Shannon Airport. They may be contacted upon 087 9895488.

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