No.d4rkph03n1x wrote:
Don't ever drink alcohol and drive. I'm up for 800+ fines from one big night out.
As soon as you can, get good at getting in to first gear with the handbrake. It will save your ass on hills.
If you stall, don't panic, just get the car on and try again.
Not regarding a clutch, the most important part of driving is paying attention to what is around you. Don't listen to music or have any distraction in the car for your first few months. If you want to have a clean driving record, you need to know what's around you and where you will go if something gets in your way, coming from any direction. In that same vein, always have an escape route.
As part of your drivers training, you may be put on a skid-pan. If you aren't, find a way to practice on one, you should know how a car behaves with no traction.
Practice doing stuff in reverse. Figure eights, parallel parking, and even just pulling in to a stall.
If you stall, don't panic, just get the car on and try again.
Not regarding a clutch, the most important part of driving is paying attention to what is around you. Don't listen to music or have any distraction in the car for your first few months. If you want to have a clean driving record, you need to know what's around you and where you will go if something gets in your way, coming from any direction. In that same vein, always have an escape route.
As part of your drivers training, you may be put on a skid-pan. If you aren't, find a way to practice on one, you should know how a car behaves with no traction.
Practice doing stuff in reverse. Figure eights, parallel parking, and even just pulling in to a stall.
what kind of driver's test are you taking?Defiance wrote:
As soon as you can, get good at getting in to first gear with the handbrake. It will save your ass on hills.
If you stall, don't panic, just get the car on and try again.
Not regarding a clutch, the most important part of driving is paying attention to what is around you. Don't listen to music or have any distraction in the car for your first few months. If you want to have a clean driving record, you need to know what's around you and where you will go if something gets in your way, coming from any direction. In that same vein, always have an escape route.
As part of your drivers training, you may be put on a skid-pan. If you aren't, find a way to practice on one, you should know how a car behaves with no traction.
Practice doing stuff in reverse. Figure eights, parallel parking, and even just pulling in to a stall.
we go forward, then go backward, then take a corner, then go home, unless they've made it much harder in the last 5 years (I doubt it)
Well, I'd like to say that's the actual test where I live but it is certainly not. I don't give a damn about the test, anyone can pass that with ease (and unfortunately so). There's a lot more to driving then what the licensing department looks for, which is where I was heading.S.Lythberg wrote:
what kind of driver's test are you taking?Defiance wrote:
As soon as you can, get good at getting in to first gear with the handbrake. It will save your ass on hills.
If you stall, don't panic, just get the car on and try again.
Not regarding a clutch, the most important part of driving is paying attention to what is around you. Don't listen to music or have any distraction in the car for your first few months. If you want to have a clean driving record, you need to know what's around you and where you will go if something gets in your way, coming from any direction. In that same vein, always have an escape route.
As part of your drivers training, you may be put on a skid-pan. If you aren't, find a way to practice on one, you should know how a car behaves with no traction.
Practice doing stuff in reverse. Figure eights, parallel parking, and even just pulling in to a stall.
we go forward, then go backward, then take a corner, then go home, unless they've made it much harder in the last 5 years (I doubt it)
Oh, and get familiar with basic maintenance. Know how to change various engine fluids (oil, windshield, coolant/anti-freeze), oil/air filter, how to replace a spark plug, swap a tire. Read through the car manual front to back... um.. I can't think of a website right now but look for little tips and tricks, i.e: turning your heater on full blast will help draw heat from an overheating engine. Turning on the AC full blast will help with defrosting.
Slow the fuck down when it's raining, I think MacBeth made a thread on the virtues of not doing this.
Don't use the fog lamps on a passenger vehicle, the extra light generated in front of the car will reflect off of the water particles and blind you more.
ALWAYS, NO MATTER WHAT, IF YOU ARE DOING ANYTHING BESIDES DRIVING STRAIGHT, USE YOUR INDICATOR.
I'll probably be back in the morning...
Drove on the main road yesterday, I'm well proud of myself
So basically I've now clocked up 9 hours of driving lessons. Today was absolutely horrendus weather-wise, but that made it all the more fun. Went on the dual carriageway for the first time today, I've done several three-point turns too.. driving is so much fun!!!
Last week was shite though, I had had a break for two weeks and I forgot how sensitive the clutch was - result: stalled 3 times in an hour.
Last week was shite though, I had had a break for two weeks and I forgot how sensitive the clutch was - result: stalled 3 times in an hour.
heh, did you do 70mph Kez?
Rounding a corner you have to indicate?Defiance wrote:
ater particles and blind you more.
ALWAYS, NO MATTER WHAT, IF YOU ARE DOING ANYTHING BESIDES DRIVING STRAIGHT, USE YOUR INDICATOR.
I'll probably be back in the morning...
No way, the speed limit on dual carriageways is 50 or something, on the motorway it is different
and I wasn't on the dual carriageway long enough to get to 50, but the fastest I have been is 40, but it feels like I was doing 140 when I was in the car at the time
and I wasn't on the dual carriageway long enough to get to 50, but the fastest I have been is 40, but it feels like I was doing 140 when I was in the car at the time
haha ye, remember getting up to 70 for the first time on one of my lessons, fuckin shat myself
Dual Carriageways are 70mph as well Kez, unless stated otherwise.Kez wrote:
No way, the speed limit on dual carriageways is 50 or something, on the motorway it is different
and I wasn't on the dual carriageway long enough to get to 50, but the fastest I have been is 40, but it feels like I was doing 140 when I was in the car at the time
Oh right, well it stated 50mph so I presumed that was the national speed limit on them roadsCammRobb wrote:
Dual Carriageways are 70mph as well Kez, unless stated otherwise.Kez wrote:
No way, the speed limit on dual carriageways is 50 or something, on the motorway it is different
and I wasn't on the dual carriageway long enough to get to 50, but the fastest I have been is 40, but it feels like I was doing 140 when I was in the car at the time
Kez wrote:
Oh right, well it stated 50mph so I presumed that was the national speed limit on them roadsCammRobb wrote:
Dual Carriageways are 70mph as well Kez, unless stated otherwise.Kez wrote:
No way, the speed limit on dual carriageways is 50 or something, on the motorway it is different
and I wasn't on the dual carriageway long enough to get to 50, but the fastest I have been is 40, but it feels like I was doing 140 when I was in the car at the time
National speed limit sign. You will see these at the start of a country road when you leave a town, saying you can now do 60Mph, or on a Dual Carriageway/Mway saying you can do 70.
Essentially, when you see the sign, plant the right foot.
DON'T just floor it when you see that sign. Around here, there's a national speed limit along a narrow, single-lane ditch-lined road with poor visibility, no street lights, a horribly uneven surface, and hidden entrances.
I don't dare go above 40.
Even in my mother's fiesta, which is tiny, has sharp handling, and sticks to the road like glue.
Can't wait until I can afford to insure my car and actually drive it.
I don't dare go above 40.
Even in my mother's fiesta, which is tiny, has sharp handling, and sticks to the road like glue.
Can't wait until I can afford to insure my car and actually drive it.
Good luck with the theory testKez wrote:
Oh right, well it stated 50mph so I presumed that was the national speed limit on them roadsCammRobb wrote:
Dual Carriageways are 70mph as well Kez, unless stated otherwise.Kez wrote:
No way, the speed limit on dual carriageways is 50 or something, on the motorway it is different
and I wasn't on the dual carriageway long enough to get to 50, but the fastest I have been is 40, but it feels like I was doing 140 when I was in the car at the time
Remember, if you crash, blame it on a low-flying pelican.
Over here we blame it on some mexicansome_random_panda wrote:
Remember, if you crash, blame it on a low-flying pelican.
When my mom was driving to the casino one day, she didn't even leave 2 blocks, some dirty mexican came up with a big rock and threw it against the car, leaving a huge ass dent lolololol
I'd beat that mexican with a crowbar.=NHB=Shadow wrote:
Over here we blame it on some mexicansome_random_panda wrote:
Remember, if you crash, blame it on a low-flying pelican.
When my mom was driving to the casino one day, she didn't even leave 2 blocks, some dirty mexican came up with a big rock and threw it against the car, leaving a huge ass dent lolololol
"Raise the flag high! Let the degenerates know who comes to claim their lives this day!"
LOOK THERE WAS A ROAD SIGN SAYING 50 I'LL BREAK YOUPeter wrote:
Good luck with the theory testKez wrote:
Oh right, well it stated 50mph so I presumed that was the national speed limit on them roadsCammRobb wrote:
Dual Carriageways are 70mph as well Kez, unless stated otherwise.
Lol casino.
this.LaidBackNinja wrote:
Er, no. Diesels have more torque and are harder to stall, which is the reason that most instructor cars are diesels.burnzz wrote:
naw, diesels are like that.
kez pls dont run me over
Small hourglass island
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
Always raining and foggy
Use an umbrella
My theory is Tuesday, only started revising a couple hours ago. First test after like 15 minutes of revising was 40/50. Meh, suppose its alright, I got rest of today/tonight, and all of tomorrow except swimming during day.Kez wrote:
LOOK THERE WAS A ROAD SIGN SAYING 50 I'LL BREAK YOUPeter wrote:
Good luck with the theory testKez wrote:
Oh right, well it stated 50mph so I presumed that was the national speed limit on them roads
Any tips? Serious tips...
The theory test is piss-easy if you've gone through some past questions.
The hazard perception is just learning what to look for, and ignoring the horrible 1970s video quality.
Really, the hardest part of the test was locking my bike up at the test center because there was nothing except a doorhandle to lock it to.
The hazard perception is just learning what to look for, and ignoring the horrible 1970s video quality.
Really, the hardest part of the test was locking my bike up at the test center because there was nothing except a doorhandle to lock it to.
Theory test is pretty easy if you revise like 2 days before. Honestly I think if I retook mine I'd fail it. Sometimes I drive past signs and have no idea what they mean, lawl.
BTW just what is the black X on a white background?
BTW just what is the black X on a white background?