remember outside inside outside, proper lines, low risk passes use as much of the road as possible anddon't forget to warm your tires........wait a sec :P
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remember outside inside outside, proper lines, low risk passes use as much of the road as possible anddon't forget to warm your tires........wait a sec :P
I was lucky to have a field to practice in. Just general, probably obvious tips:
1) Remain calm, people will cut you up, pull out on you etc because you're a learner,
2) Concentrate on what you're doing, everybody makes it look easy, but at the start it really isn't.
3) Be patient,
4) Remember everybody makes mistakes, just make sure to learn from them!
5) Play by the rules. Stick to speed limits as if there was a gun to your head even if you're not with your instructor! What you do after you pass is up to you..
:)
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Originally Posted by Drew
and what you do with the resulting speeding tickets is also up to you. i say make a collage out of them :p :
If he gets 2 within a certain period, he's banned. Parking tickets on the other hand :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by millencolin
Just listen to your instructor. I hope you are learning on a manual shift. Switching to auto is easy but the reverse is not true. Over here these days most people learn on an Automatic and if they have to drive manual they are lost.
When I was instructing at a race drivers school I had people show up who had never driven manual. That was a whole lot of fun! If they remembered to use the clutch at all they would just shift down and release the clutch. Instant lock up. I was there to teach the basics of race driving not the basics of driving.
Anyway you are lucky you are not here. It has been snowing since early morning. Those are not conditions for your first lesson!
That's an important one. Examiners will mark you on how long the black lines you leave are :D ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by raikk
Just had my lesson. The Instructor drove me out a mile then went over the basics with me. Then I had to drive the car back. Went okay just forgot those bloody gears and clutch a few times and stalled :(
I stalled yesterday. Been driving for three years though :D
I have stalled three times in the last five days. :s In a diesel. :s
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I beat you!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Jan Yeo
I've been driving for 6 years and stalled and reversed into a hedge today :)