Bad Driving Instructors

jimogr

Has anyone else experienced driving instructors that weren't great or gave bad advice? Which companies?

What kind of bad advice have you received?


:mad:

Eoin

Given that not only can you instruct people without qualifying as an instructor, but that even an unlicensed driver could set up a driving school, it's quite likely you will get bad advice!

The only real problem I had was that my instructor made me take left hand turns too quickly. The tester pointed this out to me. Maybe because it was a sunny Friday afternoon, he still passed me though, and just told me to keep an eye on it.

Peter Collins

jimogr wrote:

bad advice have you received?


:mad:

"....that you never need to use the handbrake, only when parking"

blastman

Peter Collins wrote:

"....that you never need to use the handbrake, only when parking"

That's obviously ridiculous. How else do you do a handbrake turn?

Blackgrape

In a 30 zone you need ot be driving at about 31 32 miles an hour.

Rubbished by next instructor from same school

byte

blastman wrote:

That's obviously ridiculous. How else do you do a handbrake turn?

Maybe that's what he meant! Handy for handbraking a turn into a parallel parking space!

Padraig Mor

Robinson Driving School, Cork: drive over the ghost island on the approach to a right turn.....
/shakes head