Learner drivers... what do you do when you meet them on the road while driving?

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I was taking lessons to obtain my drivers license. And the recent lesson I took reminded me of some incidents that I find very disturbing. Drivers out there, you too were once a learner driver. My question to you is this, what do you do when you meet a learner driver who has his/her training wheels on and in the middle of a lesson or a test? Do you honk impatiently at the fella and intimidate him/her cos he/she is hogging the road by driving slowly? (lest you "Qualified" drivers forget, which is a requirement BTW!) Of do you give them a little more leeway and either over take them, of show extra patience by giving way to them? Well, I am griping, cos it happened to me once, when I was on the road taking my exams and this frigging jerk of a driver who was in a Mercedes, so happened to be traveling on the same route as my test route, honk at me incessently and got me a failed grade even when I observed all the correct rules and procedures! It first happened when I was trying to filter into the right lane to make a right turn. The Merz was directly behind me when I was signaling to filter to the right lane. I saw the opportunity to make the change of lane when he too changed his lane and honked at me when he couldn't over take me on the right lane! 8 points deducted on my record for "Obstruction of traffic"! Sigh... Then came the turn. There were a lot of road works at the junction that I was suppose to execute the right turn. I was already inching my car forward to try and get a better view of the oncoming traffic when a lorry, those super huge ones carrying concrete, drove up to the same junction from the opposite direction to try and make a turn too. The lorry blocked my view and I could not see the traffic. So I tried to inch a little more forward, but I have already moved my car as far as I could without obstructing the oncoming traffic! As I could get a clear passage, I couldn't make my turn. The darn merz honked at me again. Another 8 points deducted on my record for "Obstruction of traffic"! Sigh... But I still couldn't make my turn as the oncoming traffic was too heavy. Then another honked. Another 3-5 mins passed before the traffic was cleared for me to make my turn! 24 demerit points was recorded due to this merz driver!!! I was so mad! No amount of explaining to the tester will do to change his mind amending his decision. As long as there is a honked from other drivers, it is my fault. Regardless of the traffic situation! As a result, I failed. Recently, I was taking lessons at another attempt to obtain my drivers license. It has been ten years since I drove a car. So I was cautious when I am on the road. Again, I was at this junction. This time, there are traffic lights, so traffic was much easier to managed. A small goods lorry came up behind me and stop dangerously close to me. The lights were red. So I waited. When the lights turn green, I engaged the gears to move off. As usual, being a Learner, my instructor do not allow me to speed, so my moving off was slower compared to the qualified drivers that surrounded me. But the light turned red again before I could line my car up for the turn. The darn lorry honked at me! And again, stopped really closed to me. As the lights changed, I was moving off and making the turn. Half way into the turn, the lorry who tailgated me, honked at me again! Sort of like a protest at me for being slow! Goodness. I am having L-plates hung on my car for goodness sake. What is it about these b@stard$ that they do not understand that Learner drivers are suppose to be driving slower than normal? Grr... this makes me so mad! So, again, what do you do when you meet up with a learner driver on the road? Do you behave like a bully and intimidate them? Or do you turn on the patience mode and give way to them?