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Driving Lessons

 
  

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Feverfew
20:10 / 11.09.06
I'm having a mini-issue at the moment with my Driving instructor.

Five weeks ago I went on holiday, and spoke to him about this before I went. After the two weeks, I texted to ask for lesson vacancies, and received no reply for another two weeks. At the end of that two weeks I telephoned the AA (for it is them who have the pleasure of teaching me) and asked if he, too, was on holiday and had decided not to tell pupils who he hadn't seen for over two weeks for some obsure reason.

They assured me he wasn't on holiday that week and gave me another mobile number. So last week I texted to ask for a lesson to get "I've been on holiday, I can't do this week, please text to arrange next week sometime."

So, I texted, today.

And no reply.

I'm wondering if

a) I should really let this slide or

b) I should ask the AA if there's another instructor in my area.

To be fair, it's bleeding me dry financially to learn as it is so the delay's been welcome enough, but I do want to get near-as-anything to passing by Christmas, if possible.

Can anyone provide me with pearls of wisdom?
 
 
astrojax69
22:30 / 11.09.06
good upon you, jub...

and ig posted: Other than that, ride a bicycle a lot while learning to drive, gives you such excellent road sense that you'll be able to spot dangers way ahead of your instructor

i have long espoused a theory that every road user should ride a bicycle, then a motorcycle on the road before they learn to drive a car. makes a much better road user, i rekkun. so exactly, ig, is my point
 
 
grant
15:31 / 12.09.06
Has texting worked in the past? Some of us *older folks* don't do so well with new-fangled words-on-phone technology.
 
 
Feverfew
17:52 / 12.09.06
Texting to arrange lessons has previously been fine - it's just that thanks to lack of information (and my own recent lackadaisical nature up to a point) I now haven't had a lesson for six weeks, neither notification that he would be away (so I could arrange with another instructor for an interim lesson if possible, etc.)

It's just venting, really - but I welcome advice.
 
  

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