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29/05/2026

People often joke about driving instructors having “the easiest job in the world” until they actually spend a day sitting in the passenger seat watching what we deal with every single day.

Imagine trying to teach somebody who is nervous, overthinking everything and still learning basic control of a car while other drivers sit inches from the back bumper, throw their hands up in frustration or sound the horn the second a learner takes slightly longer than expected at a junction.

Learners get pressured for sticking to speed limits.
They get pressured for slowing down where the road markings clearly warn them to.
They get pressured for taking an extra moment at roundabouts, crossroads and busy junctions because they are still learning how to judge speed, distance and safety.

Some drivers become annoyed because a learner stalled.
Others become annoyed because the learner did not rush out quickly enough after being let through.
Some get frustrated because the learner leaves a proper safety gap instead of driving aggressively like everybody else seems to expect nowadays.

The strange thing is, most people were once that exact learner themselves.
They just forget what it felt like.

They forget the nerves before pulling onto a busy road for the first time.
They forget approaching their first large roundabout while trying to process six things at once.
They forget how intimidating traffic can feel when every mistake feels huge and every impatient reaction around you makes the pressure even worse.

What many people do not realise is that instructors cannot teach inside perfect conditions. We cannot take learners into an empty classroom and explain driving through theory alone. Everything has to be learned in live traffic with real hazards, real decisions and real pressure surrounding them.

Every safe driver you see today once held up traffic.
Every experienced driver once stalled.
Every confident driver once hesitated.
Every person on the road once needed patience from somebody else.

Usually the attitude changes the moment we teach somebody from that person’s own family. Suddenly they understand why learners need space, time and encouragement instead of intimidation.

Most instructors are not trying to slow your journey down.
Today’s learner could be tomorrow’s safe, responsible driver.

A few extra seconds of patience from other drivers can genuinely make a massive difference to somebody learning one of the biggest responsibilities they will ever take on.

We are shaping the next generation of safe drivers, one lesson at a time.

To every driver who shows patience with learners, please know this: it never goes unnoticed, and it never stops being appreciated. 🫶🏾

✍️ Sheena Ahmed
Motorvation School of Motoring

18/05/2026

Morning All ! I currently have some space for new students. Feel free to message or call 😁🚗

15/05/2026

Thank you George for the kind review.

14/05/2026

Congratulations to George Preston who passed 1st time today with just 3 little minors 👍🏻👍🏻
Nice compliment from the examiner as well , she liked your confidence 💪
Also didn’t let the unpredictable weather 🌦️ deter you . Enjoy your new freedom 🚗 🚗😎

12/05/2026

04/05/2026

Given the car a proper clean today inside & out . Used all Hydro Car Care products, and it definitely does make the job easier.

01/05/2026

The amount of tailgating I have seen recently is shocking, and what makes it worse is how often it is aimed at learner drivers.
L plates seem to trigger impatience in some people, as if seeing a learner means the rules of distance, courtesy, and common sense no longer apply.

Let me spell it out clearly. Nobody learned to drive without making mistakes. Nobody was born knowing clutch control, junction timing, roundabouts, observations, or how to deal with pressure from traffic behind them. Every experienced driver on the road today was once the one stalling, hesitating, misjudging, and learning. The difference is some people seem to have forgotten that.

Learners will make mistakes. Some will be small. Some may be sudden. Some may be unpredictable. That is not failure. That is the learning process. It is exactly why they are displaying L plates in the first place. It is a warning to others that this person is developing skill and experience. It is not an invitation to bully them.

Driving instructors are not just teaching gears, steering, or manoeuvres. We are constantly managing risk, reading the road, anticipating danger, and trying to keep everyone safe, including the impatient driver glued to the rear bumper of the car ahead. While some people are rushing to save ten seconds, we are trying to stop seconds becoming a collision.

Several learner cars have been hit from behind recently. Think about that. A fully licensed driver, with years more experience, crashes into a learner because they failed at one of the most basic responsibilities in driving: leaving enough space to stop safely. Then what? Insurance claims, damaged vehicles, shaken learners, increased costs, lost confidence, missed tests, injuries, and the usual excuse of “they stopped suddenly.”

If you are too close, that excuse means nothing. You created the danger long before the impact. You failed to anticipate. You failed to leave space. You failed to drive responsibly.

Some drivers need reminding that tailgating is not skill. It is not confidence. It is not making progress. It is lazy, low-level driving dressed up as impatience. Anyone can sit inches from another bumper. Competent drivers know how to hold position, read ahead, plan overtakes properly, and keep a safe distance.

So when you see L plates, back off. Give them room. Let them breathe. Give yourself time to react. You may think you are pressuring them to hurry up. In reality, you are increasing the chance of the very hesitation or mistake you are complaining about.

One day it might be your son, daughter, partner, friend, or grandchild in that learner car with someone sitting aggressively behind them. People often become patient very quickly when it is their own family being intimidated.

To those who already show patience, space, and respect, thank you.

You are the reason some learners get home encouraged instead of shaken.

You are the reason roads become safer one decision at a time.

You are noticed more than you think.🫶🏾

✍️ Sheena Ahmed
Motorvation School of Motoring

11/04/2026

Are We Asking Too Much of Driving Instructors… or Just Not Understanding the Job?

Everyone thinks they know what we do.
Sit there.
Give directions.
Get someone through a test.

Simple.
That version of the job does not exist anymore.

Every lesson is pressure.
Real roads.
Real risk.
Real consequences.

We are not just watching traffic.
We are predicting it.
Preventing it.
Intervening in seconds when it goes wrong.

And at the same time…
We are managing anxiety.
Panic.
Overthinking.
Confidence that disappears mid-roundabout.

We are adapting for neurodivergent learners.
Rebuilding people after collisions.
Supporting adults who have not driven in years.
Sitting beside someone whose hands are shaking before the engine even starts.

But here is the part no one talks about.
We are expected to do all of that…
calmly…
consistently…
professionally…

While the world outside the car gets worse.
🚘 Costs rising
⏰ Test delays stretching months
📱 Drivers distracted and impatient
🧠 Learners under more pressure than ever

And still…
People think we are “just instructors.”

No.
We are risk managers.
We are decision makers.
We are the barrier between a mistake and a collision.

And most of it goes unseen.
So next time you get frustrated behind a learner car, ask yourself this:

Would you want that responsibility?
Would you want to sit there, knowing one missed moment could change everything?

This is not just a job anymore.
It is responsibility at a level most people will never experience.

It deserves more respect than it gets.

Please tag and share do not copy and paste my posts 🫶🏾
Sheena Ahmed
Motorvation School of Motoring

09/04/2026

Thank you for the kind words Shaun. Was my pleasure to help & see you achieve your goal 😁🚗🚗