Beginner's First Driving Lesson. Harder or Easier than Expected?

It's normal to feel nervous about your first driving lesson. See how I help a beginner learn to control the brakes, clutch, gas and steering on their first ever driving lesson.

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00:00 Emily
01:09 Brake
11:27 Stopping on target
23:29 Clutch and gears explanation
28:02 Clutch practise
33:38 Driving position
45:00 Gas
48:00 Foot positioning & pedals
49:59 Observations before moving
52:50 First time moving
57:18 Lining up with the kerb
01:02:16 Steering
01:07:44 Lining up with the kerb practise
01:14:21 Results after practise
01:20:00 End of the lesson

[PriestlyBlock]

Easily the best instructor there is

-Clearly passionate
-NEVER puts a student down
-Knows his shit
-Explains from the bottom up, both theory and practice
-Great explanations

I've passed my test just by watching your videos, NO instructor required.

Now I just come here for fun 🤣

Keep it up, Richard 👍🏻

[shrimpscampi]

my instructor just threw me on the road without telling me most of this. just told me how dangerous it could be and skimmed over every button in about 2 minutes

[MajrApplePie]

My first lesson was pretty much "Off you go lad" driving around a residential area after stalling the car a few times.

[Smercz]

Something I really like about Richard's teaching style is that he gives her a bunch of little "wins" along the way and that's huge for a beginners confidence.

[rcsibiu]

I hope this becomes a series and we get to see Emily's progress until her final exam. This is amazing video even for an "old" driver because if you go back to the basics you find new interesting things to learn. I love it and watched every second of it with great interest.

[lostmangos]

I totally get why Emily is nervous, its literally bombarding you with so much information and retaining it. I am still working up the courage to take my first lesson as I am super anxious about it all. I have alot of respect for her especially as she is letting it be filmed!

[TeckPanda]

That explanation about how the clutch, gearbox and engine all work together was absolutely fantastic. I’ve learned something I didn’t know before today, thank you.

[EvanG]

I know instructors use those passenger side pedals to ensure safety when the student is driving, but I've never seen them used as an instructional tool before. Well done.

[williamn]

This is so funny to watch for me😂. I passed my driving test in Denmark 3 weeks ago and my driving instructor just send me straight on to main roads in the first lesson with only a small introduction to pedals and steering. I think this way of learning would have been much less stressful though.

[walkingpizza]

Great job Emily and props to you Richard! will you make it as a series? it is really interesting

[Luna-qfzc]

"Put it in the first gear"
Car does not move. Why does it not move?
"Maybe I should put it in the second gear?"
Car still does not move. Why?
"Fourth gear ought to do it."
Car still does not move.

This killed me.

[kapika]

Teaching basic pedal work with instructor's pedals is actually brilliant. Learner is not stressed from seating in driver's seat and the feeling of controlling the car. Some cars also have gas pedal for instructor and you can teach whole starting from instructor's seat.

[carlosiespinozab]

Her face when the brake slowing down thing clicked is priceless. The whole world needs more instructors like you.

[Destro]

She's sweet, the clutch intro was funny. I'm sure she'll look back on that later and laugh, but everyone misunderstands the clutch at the start of the lessons. It's like the most complicated pedal, took me a while to figure out what it's actually doing mechanically beneath me.

[fantasticfrannyy]

I know you must get a thousand of these a day but just passed my test first time and your channel was one of the ones I watched religiously and just wanted to say thank you for all the free content you put out there for people like me. Hope you know that I and I’m sure other people really appreciate your hard work so just wanted to say a massive thank you!

[Mr.RomanShows]

Oh my god! I’m 33 years old and about 15 years driving experience. Why I watching this video? And why this is SO interesting for me?😂 I can’t stop. Instructor is amazing and the learner is pretty good with her attention and listening him well. It is just a pleasure to watch this video.

[intensives]

I am an advanced driving instructor. Grade A with over 25 year experience. This Instructor is the best Instructor on you tube. Very factually correct

[wilska]

As a Swedish instructor I find it funny that you are saying “you are gonna go on the wrong side on the road” when you always are on the wrong side of the road for me. 😂 Amazing video Richard! Using a lot of your small tricks for my beginner drivers.

[georgebvro]

Emily did great for her first lesson! It would be interesting to watch more videos of her lessons and see her progress. Great video as usual, Richard!

[nicolasbilal]

That is how pilots do it! We say “my plane” or “my controls”. Only difference is we keep a positive exchange by replying with “your controls” and then once again “my controls”