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My brother (27) learnt driving under an instructor for 10 days in May 2023. We had no car at that time. In August 2023, we purchased a car. That means he wasn't driving since May 2023. After we got a car, he was too terrible with the car initially. He dented the car several times in September 2023.
As of now, his driving skills has improved but he still he keeps on making several mistakes. Yesterday, half of the car's wheels submerged went into pond like gutter (which was on the corner of the road) while giving space to the incoming truck coming from back. Finally, a crane arrived and helped our car to come out.
These are the things where he struggles at :
1. He finds it really hard to park the car parallelly when there are vehicles parked around. We don't have parking space, so he has to park outside the home. There are two scooties parked near to our car.
2. He struggles in narrow roads. The road in our area is narrow as trucks eat up a lot of space. When some vehicles from opposite comes and there is less space, he finds it difficult to pass. He doesn't wants to ram his car into the corner but he doesn't wants to hit the opposite vehicle. In such kind of roads, when there are cyclists in front, he just pauses instead of overtaking just because he doesn't wants to hit them. Other drivers easily sneak in and overtake the slow moving cyclist in a narrow road.
3. Stray cows and dogs make him sweat. Cows often suddenly come into the middle of the road. My brother gets confused what to do. He just pauses his vehicle and his reaction time is not good. Other drivers smoothly pass the cow.
4. He is so confused about lanes. When he drives at the right side of the lane, I fear that he may hit the divider. In right side of lane, there are cars moving at 60-70km but he drives at 30-40km. This is where he faces difficulty. He says fast moving cars behind him get troubled and start honking. In the left lane, there are e-rickshaws and cyclists who move very slow. He also feels uncomfortable in that lane too.
5. He cannot take U-turn properly in a divider road. He drove in main roads with divider 5-6 times since we purchased the car. One day, he took a long time to take u-turn which blocked the whole traffic. The next time he shifted his car to left corner of the road to take a proper cut to take u turn while others take u turn while sticking to divider lane. The other time he once took u turn in 2nd gear.
6. His car often gets stalled/stopped when he starts to drive after stopping the car for a moment
Atleast he knows to drive much better than me. He might be having poor coordination, poor spatial awareness, back judgement, poor reflexes and poor reaction time. We don't want another horrific incident.
As of now, his driving skills has improved but he still he keeps on making several mistakes. Yesterday, half of the car's wheels submerged went into pond like gutter (which was on the corner of the road) while giving space to the incoming truck coming from back. Finally, a crane arrived and helped our car to come out.
These are the things where he struggles at :
1. He finds it really hard to park the car parallelly when there are vehicles parked around. We don't have parking space, so he has to park outside the home. There are two scooties parked near to our car.
2. He struggles in narrow roads. The road in our area is narrow as trucks eat up a lot of space. When some vehicles from opposite comes and there is less space, he finds it difficult to pass. He doesn't wants to ram his car into the corner but he doesn't wants to hit the opposite vehicle. In such kind of roads, when there are cyclists in front, he just pauses instead of overtaking just because he doesn't wants to hit them. Other drivers easily sneak in and overtake the slow moving cyclist in a narrow road.
3. Stray cows and dogs make him sweat. Cows often suddenly come into the middle of the road. My brother gets confused what to do. He just pauses his vehicle and his reaction time is not good. Other drivers smoothly pass the cow.
4. He is so confused about lanes. When he drives at the right side of the lane, I fear that he may hit the divider. In right side of lane, there are cars moving at 60-70km but he drives at 30-40km. This is where he faces difficulty. He says fast moving cars behind him get troubled and start honking. In the left lane, there are e-rickshaws and cyclists who move very slow. He also feels uncomfortable in that lane too.
5. He cannot take U-turn properly in a divider road. He drove in main roads with divider 5-6 times since we purchased the car. One day, he took a long time to take u-turn which blocked the whole traffic. The next time he shifted his car to left corner of the road to take a proper cut to take u turn while others take u turn while sticking to divider lane. The other time he once took u turn in 2nd gear.
6. His car often gets stalled/stopped when he starts to drive after stopping the car for a moment
Atleast he knows to drive much better than me. He might be having poor coordination, poor spatial awareness, back judgement, poor reflexes and poor reaction time. We don't want another horrific incident.
