I'm doing the parent-taught form of driver's license learning in Texas, and I'm about a month away from being able to turn this permit into a license and I am excited, but super nervous as well.
Honestly, I don't know how different Texas's driver's learning process is from other states, but I just want to ask for any advice or other sort of ideas on how to cope with the nerves.
I was taught from my mom on how to drive, and she's crazy about remembering to use turn signals and staying the right speed and checking all of the spots you need to check before you do things such as swap lanes. So she's drilled that into my head fairly well. The test is a "One mess up only" sort of deal, where the first time you do anything wrong, you fail immediately and can't make any more appointments. Meaning you have to wake up terribly early and do a walk-in for a test, first come first serve against the rest of two whole town's worth of teenagers. So I'm pretty pressured.
I'm just afraid I might mess something up slightly, or mess up the parallel parking part. Several of my friends failed instantly from that bit alone, and that's the very first thing they test you on. One of my friends failed because they were too close to the curb, and that scares me as well as hitting the rubber pole markers. I'm afraid.
Any tips, forum comrades? Or just driving test discussion in general, I guess.
