As a very nervous and slightly older learner (mid-thirties) I had reached the point where I was resigned to the fact that I simply wasn’t cut out for driving and public transport would have to be the life for me. I had tried driving lessons with other instructors previously, once in my teens and once the previous year, with both experiences ending similarly poorly. I would hit a mental block once reaching aspects I was particularly anxious about, such as roundabouts, leading to my instructors getting increasingly frustrated at my inability to improve, in turn making my anxiety worse, and I would spend days dreading my next lesson.
After these experiences (and being told to give up by my previous instructor) I found 1nfluence Driving while searching for an instructor specialising in anxious learners. I had zero confidence in being able to get to test-standard, let alone pass, but Lin was reassuring and endlessly patient, helping me build up my skills slowly and at my own pace. No one was more shocked than me when I not only started coping with roundabouts but ultimately passed the practical!
I would highly recommend Lin and 1nfluence Driving to anyone who is an anxious driver or has struggled with lessons in the past for whatever reason, I spent years thinking that driving was genuinely never going to ‘click’ for me and having that reinforced by other instructors, which just goes to show having the right person who is supportive and understanding makes such a difference!
