27th March 2007 bad afternoon lesson

Well todays lesson proved I was right to book a morning test as I just can't drive in afternoons if you like reading about bad lessons you will love reading this. Started off quite well regular mirror checks easily got to speed limits had to watch I didn't go over. Did quite a few dual carriageways. Had quite a bit of practice in driving in traffic. Driving up a quite steep hill in traffic stop and go again only didn't have enough gas on and stall AND roll back both me and my instructor go for brakes as a car was behind thats me failed if it had been my test. On a roundabout I nearly go in wrong lane instructor gas to tell me twice. My instructor asks me what a white circle with black line through means I stupidly obviously not heard right answer zebra crossing lol. He asks again this time I do hear right and answer national speed limit which is 60mph which we had just passed and I had missed it so was doing about 30mph soon got up to 60mph though. I forgot about gears a few times today was in 4th and went on roundabout in 4th though going at around 15-20mph so right speed. I then went round a bend uphill in 4th and thought I was in 2nd til the car was hardly moving I went to put it in 1st and relised it was in 4th not 2nd. On the way home twice I left braking bit late and had to brake hard to avoid hitting car in front. Back home my instructor asks me how I think the lesson went and I say not that good. He said it was my worst lesson yet with him. I was leaving braking late a few times and cos of things going wrong I didn't check mirrors enough on second half of lesson. I did show me tell me bits at end. Another mistake was I saw a give way sign at end of the road and never thought to slow down so carry on at 40mph and relise its a junction when I see the give way lines so have to brake hard to stop in time.