Saying that, a Doctor’s car flew past me during my lesson on Tuesday, without it’s lights on, at a rather fast speed and that was ok. In the sense that I didn’t end up in the gutter or stall! My heart was racing though, I could have ended up needing a doctor.

It doesn’t make me a better driver (I’d say I’m average at best, and I’m still prone to plenty of stupid cock-ups after nearly 10 years - fuck me, I feel old) but it did drum into me some useful concepts. You might find it helps you - as might doing a supplementary course like Pass Plus once the test is out of the way - especially as the basics of handling the car start to become second nature to you… it will free up your brain for thinking ahead - and of course, the more experience you get the more fluent you’ll become

As for motorcyclists, some really are ****munchers of the highest order… but not all. Personal opinion is that it’s a small minority that get the rest a bad name, like the ones who expect you to spend 100% of your time looking in your mirrors in case they want to weave through standing traffic at 40mph+…

The first time I encountered an ambulance I panicked too, it’s pretty scary for the first few times and yeah sod the rest of the drivers

and how can stalling not be your fault! your in control of the car - or meant to be

ambulances always make me nervous too and often i pull over way too early! ignore the twats already on the road get out the way!! just extend the middle digit to them