18th June 2007 not great lesson and good manoeuvres

Set off ok did quite a few dual carriageways got up to 60mph wish the test could be just dual carriageways would make it so much easyer. I stopped on a crossing and in yellow box both where I shouldn't of. Could do with more mirror checks even forgot to check mirror before signaling to leave roundabout and forgot signal, my instructor picked up on mirror and I said and signal. I coasted round bend on roundabout first time with current instructor I think. Getting better at judging when its safe to go at junctions and roundabouts got out of junction coming out of test centre when a car was coming about as close as it could get without me slowing it down. Went over speed limit once or twice though getting better and mentioned to my instructor that I've read one if his posts on a forum where he put that he failed his first ADI test on speeding. I nearly went in wrong lane on roundabout straight on I was going in middle lane but my instructor told me left lane. Went off a roundabout an exit too late though it was cos my instructor said the 2nd exit and I only counted the roads off roundabout as exits my instructor counted a pub car park as an exit aswell. I signalled too early once or twice. Stopped bit to close to car in front once so my instructor went fot brakes aswell, nearly went into an idiot in white van that was not my fault as I was in left lane doing the speed limit safely then white van not even fully past me in right hand lane trys to cut in so I have to slow right down and my instructor is ready to brake and gets hold of wheel though I managed ok.

Did turn in road twice first one great second one good but bit hard on brake on reverse bit. Went to test centre had to wait for tests to go out while waiting my instructor tells me about watching my speed being serious about it says if I get in habbit of going over limit on lessons I'll end up doing same on test and failing he says about what I been through to drive eyesight and mentions this blog which helps others as in it would be a shame to let speeding get me failed again. Got to sort it out think he was dissapointed in me getting serious on test for speeding. Decided from now on unless I see speed sign saying another speed I am sticking at 30mph getting to stage where going under the limit is better than over I know I can still fail test for that but if I'm not sure of limit I'd rather go too slow obviously try to get it right would be best.

Went in test centre car park did bay park great best yet and my instructor only told me when to straighten up I was doing it bit early. Did parallel park a lot better than on test as in I remembered how much to steer I ended up bit far from kerb so had to go back bit more and another thing I've been told about a lot looking in left wing mirror too much I need to look out of back window more or thats going to be next thing I fail test on and it will be as bad as speeding cos I've been told so many times. On way back my instructor got me again about speeding though I had been watching speed meter making sure I didn't go over limit then it went down from 40 to 30 and I slowed down then ended up going bit over 30 my instructor tells me and has laugh over it then I check speed again and its a bit over again ggrrrrrrr.

Next lesson Thursday going to get through a full lesson without speeding well hopefully. Hope to get a night drive aswell before next test my instructor has finally agreed though don't think he's keen on idea cos of how late it gets dark and said only one hour but better than nothing though he's said 30 and hour no way I can afford that so going to talk to him and got something planned for a laugh not saying what though cos he reads this sometimes.