Common Mistakes

A list of common mistakes done by the student drivers

These are some common mistakes, observed after the student has learnt the basics of driving:

Not being able to steer using the hand over hand technique
Grabbing the steering too tightly
Forgetting to steer the wheel back after a turn (recovering)
Staying too much to the right due to the fear of oncoming traffic
Drifting the car to the right when preparing to turn left and vice-versa
Getting dangerously close to the parked cars on the right when focussing on an oncoming vehicle in a tight situation
Entering a tight space with an oncoming car, instead of stopping and giving way
Making wide right turns by going straight into the intersection instead of steering along the curvature of the curb