r/DrivingProTips

I’m so FUCKING mad at my driving school.

For context, I was driving with my mom one day and one of the instructors saw me and thought I was driving alone and threatened to report me and take away my permit. Which I was not driving alone and she confronted me inside the car with other kids in the vehicle. so my mom obviously mad emailed her and they were going back back-and-forth for a bit.

Today I was doing my last drive and I turned right on a FRESH yellow light and the back of my tires barley made it over the line my instructor FAILED me because she said it was an illegal turn on red and she said someone honked at me MIND YOU nobody fucking honked at me.
Now she wants my parents to pay her $230 for a retake?!
I passed the class portion and have the certificate. Does anyone know what other options I have?

I do not want to put more money in her pocket because at this point, she’s just exploiting me. she also has fees for everything. It’s a $25 fee. If you don’t bring your GDL book it’s a $25 fee if you
reschedule and when I had the class with her, it’s a $5 fee if you don’t bring a pencil back.

(I live in Illinois I know some rules are different in some states.
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Hey guys ive almost mastered this, i can get the angle right pull next to bay going 45 when i see corner of bay and fixing it. The thing thats bothering me id even when i do these things when i reverse and try to go into the bay it always tends to miss very badly and its probably because of how fast or slow im turning the wheel. Ive been experimenting and still cant get it, what should i do? I dont think i have a good grasp on how to smoothly turn into the bay because i see its parallel to bay in one mirror but still misses and mirrors are set up correctly im assuming.

When traffic has come to a stop, should you let other drivers waiting to exit a parking lot on your right into the road?

I meant to let only one driver on since traffic started moving again, and I didn't start moving fast enough I guess so two more drivers ended up merging in anyway, upsetting the driver behind me.

Should I have been more aggressive moving up once the first driver merged? Or was I unlucky or the driver behind me was getting upset over normal etiquette?

Asking also as a sanity check because another driver got upset at me for slowly pulling out of an alley (it's basically making a blind turn into a small one way street, so I emerged very slowly and stopped when I heard a car approaching). Then they proceeded to get upset again when I stopped at a stop sign.

The common denominator is me in these situations, and I'm not sure if I'm just failing to pick up the right behavior or what. Any tips or input would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hey everyone. 40M here and learning to drive. Technically got my license at 24 but I haven’t driven at all and honestly the people who checked me then didn’t ask me to do anything. So I’m taking driving lessons.

I am mostly ok in the quiet parts but when there is a flowing traffic and I need to change lanes, I’m terrified. The teacher stepped in with the side brake and wheel a couple of times.

You have to
Check the mirror
Keep the gas and push harder maybe
Move the wheel
Turn on the signal

Almost at the same time and also make the decision to move the lane at the same time.

Has anyone had hard time with this? My wife’s pregnant so I’m doing ny best and I’m sure 40 isn’t an impossible age but I’m having difficulty trying to figure this out.

All tips and comments are welcome.
(Using auto stick)