28th June 2007 what was wrong with today?

To say it is my test next week this lesson was crap though always enjoy lessons. Within first 5 minutes of lesson on a road I have been on no end of times on lessons and walking, my instructor tells me I'm speeding doing about 35mph I am just about to tell him I'm not as speed limit is 40mph but realise the 40mph zone starts further up the road so slow down. Mirrors, you know rest of sentance I put it enough. Drove down roads with lots of parked cars so had to keep watching for oncoming cars though most let me through nice drivers for a change. Kept driving too close to white line poor instructor got sick of telling me and said he had given up telling me, then near end asked me to explain to him why I was nearly on white line. Instructor said I did emergency stop at some traffic lights as there were 2 lots close together 1st lot went amber as I was about to pass so slowed down but decided I couldn't stop soon enough, 2nd lot was red and my instructor points it out though I had seen them so stop. Later in lesson when I ask to do emergency stop he says that I did one and he didn't think I would of stopped at red light if he hadn't said though I would of.

Did reverse round corner or more like tryed to, 1st go to close to kerb and instructor said are you going to hit kerb I say no and try not to next thing hit kerb, go forward correct it and manage to straighten up ok. Hardly look in left wing mirror at all instructor tells me I can but not all time. bit later another horrid horrid corner in narrow road and basically could not do it to save my life. 1st go just couldn't work out where I was as road turned so had to steer left more then sort of right to keep near kerb. So 1st go ended up totally lost and on other side of road. Try again this time on the pavement, 3rd go other side of road again. Tried on another corner which I can't remember how that went so probably same as the other attempts.

Forgot to signal once or twice instructor says well I know where you're going, you know where you're going but no one else does, at roundabout. Was bit slow reacting to cars with brake lights on a few times. On a roundabout going straight on I end up in right hand lane instead of middle lane instructor says bang, crash. I ask why he replys you should be in middle lane. There was one road closed through flooding so I had to turn round though enough room to turn in one go. Instructor telling me every single time I went the slightest bit over speed limit once was from 60mph to 40mph and he said I was over 40mph passing the 40 sign which I argued with as it was exactly 40mph passing sign so next sign was 30 so I made sure I was under 30 passing sign and told him. got told about one or two other times once was totally fair as I thought limit was 40 and doing that or close to it and it was 30 other time was when I was about 1mph over and already slowing down. Maybe I asked for him to be like this as I put on a forum I know he posts on that he doesn't mention it every time I speed just if I do it a few times or go over by quite a bit like 35+ in a 30 and obviously he's read it and decided to prove me wrong.

On plus side I'm getting better at emerging from roundabouts and junctions. Also depending on weather over weekend I should have my night lesson Monday and the time I was hoping for and 2 hours. Got lesson Tuesday and Thursday aswell so see how weather is Monday and if Mondays is canceled I'll have to ask for night lesson Tuesday or Thursday and maybe ask for 3 or 4 hour lesson one of them days with drive in dark.