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u so lousy
i passed, can drive like a pro
even in out JB due to work everyday

For a new driver to be driving like a pro ... you must be really something! To begin with, it's only natural for newbie drivers to drive cautiously or hesitantly since they're not yet familiarized with their vehicles or traffic conditions. Coupled with the initial lack of directional skills (as fresh drivers are often unsure about which route they should take), getting the jitters is perfectly normal.

Like you, I took the wheel with the ease of a seasoned driver immediately after getting my licence. The only time I got jittery was when my elder sister taught me to drive - illegally - in her manual Peugeot car in Ipoh where she lived. It took me one hell of a time to learn how to change gear by letting the clutch out smoothly. When I finally got the car moving along a quiet side street, it travelled rather unsteadily, wavering dangerously close at times to sideswiping vehicles parked at the kerbside. My sis who was giving me instructions on the passenger seat tore her hair out in frustrated rage at the near misses. It was the first and last illegal driving lesson I took, and it gave me a bad case of the jitters. I then swore that I'd take lessons from a qualified and patient instructor upon returning home.

In my experience, new drivers aren't necessarily worse drivers than experienced ones since they're more cautious like, for example, taking a couple of seconds before moving off on a roundabout or junction or wait when there's nothing to wait for at what seems like indecision. It's those careless or reckless motorists who are lousy drivers as I found out to my cost. I had two nasty accidents caused by two lousy drivers My vehicles were damaged in the two separate accidents, and in one of them I was a novice driver while the other driver was an experienced one who was charged with careless driving, fined and given demerit points.