If you’re the type of anxious person who doesn’t like people looking at you as if they’re judging your every move, welcome to your worst traffic-related nightmare.

This painful to watch footage comes from Bathgate, Scotland where Council worker James Johnston and his dashboard-mounted camera ended up behind a young female driver who just couldn’t get her car moving once the light turned green.

After her initial attempt, she put on her hazard lights and stalled her Citroen C1 another 12 times before Mr Johnston came to her rescue, telling her to calm down and reminding her just how easy it is to work a stick shift.

“Because she had the P plate displayed I could see she was a new driver,” said Mr Johnston. “I waited behind her but I could see she couldn’t find the balance between the clutch and the gas. Every time she tried to set off she stalled. It seemed as though she was stressed.”

“Eventually I decided to just get out and speak to her. She was really embarrassed. I just told her to take her time, take a deep breath and try and feel her biting point before giving it plenty of gas. She seemed to get her confidence back after that.”

Had he not been such a good Samaritan, the girl (around 18 or 19 yrs old) could have been there a great deal longer and other drivers behind her might not have been so sympathetic to her situation – as they often aren’t.

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