Update on driving

It feels like I have been learning to drive since ages and have still not got my driving license. Each time I get into the car, I close the door, put the seat belt, I put the car in neutral, check the mirrors, start the car, give the right signal but always forget to put it in 1^st gear. Sort of maddening! And then the accelerator acts like crazy, even if I touch it, it vrooms, agreed I would love to vroom it to 80 km/hr, but then the time allotted to me to learn driving is peak time, people are running back to their home, probably running away as I have hit the wheel JJJ. Masterji always tells me, "Bhagaayiye mat, dheere se, bhagaayegi tho control nahi rahega car par". Another problem area is taking a turn. Either I turn too much or turn too little. When I turn too little, the traffic signal changes to red forcing me to stop abruptly. When I turn too much I tend to enter the other lane JJJ. I would like someone to film me, while I am driving, as I am damn sure, my car is never moving in a straight direction and Masterji keeps telling, "seeda chalayiye, gaadi ko seeda rakhiye".

I have even forgotten my direction sense. There were instances when Masterji says take right, I have turned left JJJ. 10 more days to go, and I am waiting to learn about the reverse gear. One of the best features in my car is that the horn on the steering wheel is not working. There is a different button for it, which only the instructor can operate. Once I tried using it, he said, "Yeh sab aap mat karo, hum haina. Aap gaadi chalaiye". Dunno what I will do when I am ready to drive my own car. The person sitting next to me, will have to honk for me J.

There are these richshaw-drivers who always try to overtake my car. Damn! One day I won't let them overtake me; I will vroom past them, overtaking every richshaw visible on the road. The other day, I was about to hit a motorcycle, he tried to overtake me. Why do such insane people keep running on the road, in spite of knowing that another insane person is driving the car JJJ.