OK, so today was my first 4 hour session of a 20 hour course and it was great!
It’s a DAF, 06 plate 4/4 gear box, which took me all of half an hour to get used to! Only problem I have with it is changing gear on demand. I’m OK driving down the East Lancs or the M53, I’m able to navigate the gears and switch between high/low when needed, but when I’m suddenly told "check left mirror, signal, reduce speed and drop to 5th, I sometimes panic and end up fumbling on something!
Also, the other thing I struggled with was on roundabouts, my approaches to the roundabouts were OK, but when coming off on an exit, I found myself over-steering to the right, whilst my instructor was telling me to “drive toward the curb, follow the left curb” then I would end up clipping the back of the lorry on the curb!
Anyway, I just thought I’d let people who’re going through the training like me know how I went on, my instructor thinks I did well overall, especially in the last hour, I apparently “redeemed” myself, due to the nervous and bumpy starts.
Just to add, I’m always open to tips and hints on driving, also if anyone has a good way of calming nerves, let me know, because my nerves always get the better of me!