I think that trying to increase your working memory is a high-effort low-benefit avenue to learn to drive (although it might have benefits elsewhere). Many many people have learnt to drive without having to do such things, so I’m (statistically) sure you can too.
I think a better method would be to leverage how the brain works, i.e. “practice makes perfect”. I learnt in 2 stages:
learn the mechanics of moving the car around (acceleration, steering, changing gears (in a manual car), using the turn signal etc) until they become almost automatic actions, e.g. when coming up to a corner you think “use the signal” (and just do it) rather than “a corner… what do I do? … use the signal … where’s the lever? … which way do I push it?”. This is best done in quiet areas, such a mostly empty car park (I don’t know where you are so I’m not sure how feasible this is).
introduce the other bits of driving, like other cars, traffic lights, having to navigate somewhere, gradually. So start with light traffic and build up. Start with the teacher prompting every turn you have to make so you don’t have to think about longer term directions, and then (in areas you know well) have this ease off to something like “past the ” or “go home”.
I think that trying to increase your working memory is a high-effort low-benefit avenue to learn to drive (although it might have benefits elsewhere). Many many people have learnt to drive without having to do such things, so I’m (statistically) sure you can too.
I think a better method would be to leverage how the brain works, i.e. “practice makes perfect”. I learnt in 2 stages:
learn the mechanics of moving the car around (acceleration, steering, changing gears (in a manual car), using the turn signal etc) until they become almost automatic actions, e.g. when coming up to a corner you think “use the signal” (and just do it) rather than “a corner… what do I do? … use the signal … where’s the lever? … which way do I push it?”. This is best done in quiet areas, such a mostly empty car park (I don’t know where you are so I’m not sure how feasible this is).
introduce the other bits of driving, like other cars, traffic lights, having to navigate somewhere, gradually. So start with light traffic and build up. Start with the teacher prompting every turn you have to make so you don’t have to think about longer term directions, and then (in areas you know well) have this ease off to something like “past the ” or “go home”.
And practise, practise, practise.
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