This is an independent drive with a friend sitting in with me in my own car. 5th of December 2025. I have been learning for just over 3 months and been driving my own car for just over 1 month. I also stopped off at a quiet car park for some bay parking practice. No sound as we were talking and there was commercial music on the radio in the background as well.

I am an anxious, neuro-divergent person who is finally learning to drive at the age of 53. I tried to learn in manual gear cars a few times over the years, most recently earlier in 2025 but the combination of extra physical controls to operate at the same time as the highest risk moments like junctions and roundabouts just made me close off and panic. Driving automatic only, with a dedicated auto-only instructor has opened things up and made it feel possible for me.

The speeds on the display are accurate but in the UK driving test the car's speedometer is taken as the speed and these report a little bit over real speed. The car is showing me about 2-3mph more.

Feel free to comment on anything in the drive or ask questions. I am sure plenty of people have opinions about other peoples' driving!

P.S. The little jumps every 3 minutes or so are because the dashcams record in 3 minute segments and I couldn't be arsed to edit every one of the clips in perfectly