Story time:
The first time I took my driving test, the evaluator said ‘pull out of your parking space’, which I did very precisely, stopping at the street where the test started.
Then he said ‘turn right at this street’, so I did – and made the semi-truck coming down that road lay on his horn a bounce a bit to avoid hitting me. I failed before we even started.
I was so focussed on his instructions that I lost all situational awareness.
I took more classes, then spent a few years as a delivery driver, so I actually learnt to be a very good driver. But my first test was abysmal.
During my driving exam, I lost all references of left and right. Twice, the instructor asked me to turn right. Twice, I turned left instead. The turn time, they asked to “finally turn right” and that’s when I was able to remember where right was. Still passed the test, because the actual driving was fine