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First Driving Experience
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My first driving experience was in a unfinished housing complex near my house with my mom. I had been playing racing games my whole life because I wasn't allowed to play T games until I was actually 13 thanks to my mother seeing a CSI episode where someone played Grand Theft Auto and killed a bunch of people. So, I kinda felt like I'd already been doing it for a while. I did Well and then drove home because she thought I was so good in the complex. I've been driving for two years now and have yet to get in an accident.
Actually, my first driving experience was when I was about 10, and I drove the car around my grandma's yard. That was fun. But It wasn't a road and it was only a few minutes so it doesn't really count.
Actually, my first driving experience was when I was about 10, and I drove the car around my grandma's yard. That was fun. But It wasn't a road and it was only a few minutes so it doesn't really count.
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I remember when my dad put me behind the wheel for the first time. He kept rapping me on the back of my head at every little jerk of the car (it was s stick shift).
I remember when my dad put me behind the wheel for the first time. He kept rapping me on the back of my head at every little jerk of the car (it was s stick shift).
I've never had a serious lesson from "govt. licensed professional" (except my grandmother, grandfather, mother, and uncle (two of whom just sucked at teaching and did nothing but yell) but i still manage just fine.
First time driving (didn't really start till i was 18), at age 16 was a complete and utter nightmare. I hated driving, hated the fact that there are so many NUMBSKULLS on the road here in El Paso Tx, and hated that i'd had nightmares about me + cars + accidents since i was 4.
But i'm pretty good now
Get a little distracted from time to time, but i actually am rather comfortable, compared to when i would originally get into a car and get more stiff than corpse in the final stages of rigor mortis.
First time driving (didn't really start till i was 18), at age 16 was a complete and utter nightmare. I hated driving, hated the fact that there are so many NUMBSKULLS on the road here in El Paso Tx, and hated that i'd had nightmares about me + cars + accidents since i was 4.
But i'm pretty good now
Get a little distracted from time to time, but i actually am rather comfortable, compared to when i would originally get into a car and get more stiff than corpse in the final stages of rigor mortis.
You can fail it if you stop too early at a stop sign more than once. I would love to know how they passed first drive when i was scared to pull out of my driveway and had to ask my dad which lever did what. So to you i must say Fuck you. hahaha I wish i was that goodWadders said:What the hell?Aur0ra145 said:
You can pass your test in an automatic, yet be allowed to drive a manual without doing any kind of test for one? Thats pretty fucking odd. Also surely you need some kind of experience of driving on roads to pass a test, unless your tests over the pond are one hell of a lot simpler than ours :S
I think my first experience was pretty bad. I didn't crash or anything, but I could barely keep the car in a straight line to begin with.
However, I've been driving for a year now, got my own car. I just took a while to get the hang of it all
I will have to take actual classes but just to start out im learning with my parents. The classes lower my insurance rates so I'll definitely do that. Either way he was yelling but it didnt distract me. I didnt get so freaked up and lock up. Ill be fine for now haharavensheart18 said:
Ahhhhhhhh same here! Everytime i accelerated at the beggining i pushed down too hard. i blame racing games when you never have to ease up on the trigger you just press all the way and let go to coast when you want to go slower. and id either stop too early or not slow down fast enough then just slam the break. again by the end i was getting better and easing into it but wow it was crazy. and turning left. dont know why.Psychotic-ishSOB said:
My first driving experience was about a year ago. I drove in the parking lot of my dad's office building at our local collage, where there was no one parked. It was pretty weird for the first ten minutes or so, but I got used to it eventually.
My first experience on the road was pretty nerve-wracking, especially with my mom who was yelling directions at me every couple seconds. Not to mention the road was kinda narrow and I almost went off it a couple times...other than that, it went well.
Driver's ed really does help. They take you everywhere you need experience, from the highway to driving in the city. The test is pretty much a joke as long as you take that class.
My first experience on the road was pretty nerve-wracking, especially with my mom who was yelling directions at me every couple seconds. Not to mention the road was kinda narrow and I almost went off it a couple times...other than that, it went well.
Driver's ed really does help. They take you everywhere you need experience, from the highway to driving in the city. The test is pretty much a joke as long as you take that class.
Yelling driving instructions is a no-no, you only yell if the car is heading towards serious danger - but a good word well before hand would have averted it all together.Mr. Google said:
My first was around twisty bendy suburban streets, nice overall - oh, but my suburb is like a pick wedged between a few highways and main arterial roads, so I was always a bit wary of wandering too far. My turning is a bit swervy and I get a bit picky about how perfectly in the center of my lane I am in - which makes it worse actually because you end up watching the lane lines as opposed to the actual lane itself.
My second drive was a total of 4 hours out of the city and back
, in torrential rain, on a high-speed motorway with a Learner's License imposed speed limit of 80kmph (the motorway's highest speed limit was 110kmph).
Lol, I thought the thread said fast driving experience so I was about to say I once went 80mph on the 60mph freeway. Since it's first driving experience, I can't say I remember it completely but I was sort of scared. Part of it was that I didn't know that the car would keep rolling on if you didn't put your foot on the break XD
Remove games from applying to real life. You don't drive using a PS3 controller... so don't assume it's going to be the same with the foot-pedals.Mr. Google said:
Also- in games, you can somehow hold the brakes AND the accelerator together. In real life- this BREAKS your brakes and causes your car to seize.
Some principals I follow when I drive (and I'm a learner too like you!):
1. Anyone can floor the pedal, it's not a skill, so it's not cool. Cruising cool and relaxed looks way more awesome than a dickhead who thinks punching the gas makes their penis bigger.
2. Make soft braking into a game - I rarely do hard-stops, always easing and almost gliding into a stop (you actually get points for this when you're doing a driving test for a full license). I like to try to make it feel as if the car hadn't even stopped. Be careful though, over-focus on how soft you brake may make you glide into another car. If you have to step it harder, step it harder.
3. CHECK speed and mirrors, not stare them down. You'd be surprised how easy just looking away from the front for long enough or at the dash - could make your car drift into another lane.
It's actually a bit harder with the car I learn in since it's actually turbo-charged with sports brakes. It feels like a tap of either the accelerator or the brakes sends the car flying or suddenly crunch up into itself out of the many G's from a sudden stop
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I had varied teachers for my lessons in driving. My very first time was in this long, I think it was an old Lincoln, and my aunt told me that I almost hit a car on the side of the road. It was parked off on the grass, but apparently close enough to the road (which lacked a shoulder). I felt I was fine, and I'm glad I was. Unfortunately I got screwed out of Driver's Ed because my last name begins with the letter T and going alphabetically there were no spots available by the time the counselors got to me. (Seriously, fuck my old high school.)
It's harrowing at first, especially going out on a road instead of in a parking lot or a cul-de-sac, but eventually everyone gets used to it (or gets in a wreck). I'm glad to say I only have two tickets to my name, and both of them had to do with my headlights and not with how I was driving.
I find myself sometimes looking too long in the mirrors, though thankfully so far it hasn't ended in a crash or near-miss. In regards to learning to drive, don't let your anxiety get a hold of you, that's what causes a lot of accidents or almost-accidents. (This is to anyone learning to drive, just giving out advice). It's the same as taking a test, you seize up and forget the answers.
For example, I was learning how to drive a stick shift up in PA in a strip mall parking lot. It was really weird at first, and I never really got the hang of it until a couple months later. I almost ran us into the back of a building because I had gotten the gear-shifting down but forgot to look where I was going and had to slam on the brakes. I was so scared of both crashing and ruining the gear system.
It's harrowing at first, especially going out on a road instead of in a parking lot or a cul-de-sac, but eventually everyone gets used to it (or gets in a wreck). I'm glad to say I only have two tickets to my name, and both of them had to do with my headlights and not with how I was driving.
I thought I was the only one! I ended up learning how to soft brake because the way my parents drive they feel they don't have to stop until the last fifty feet. It makes me nervous riding with them because of this. I have this niggling fear in the back of my head that says we're going to crash unless I keep my eyes on the road or fall asleep entirely. Go go neuroses (I think that's what that is).Remove games from applying to real life. You don't drive using a PS3 controller... so don't assume it's going to be the same with the foot-pedals.
Also- in games, you can somehow hold the brakes AND the accelerator together. In real life- this BREAKS your brakes and causes your car to seize.
Some principals I follow when I drive (and I'm a learner too like you!):
1. Anyone can floor the pedal, it's not a skill, so it's not cool. Cruising cool and relaxed looks way more awesome than a dickhead who thinks punching the gas makes their penis bigger.
2. Make soft braking into a game - I rarely do hard-stops, always easing and almost gliding into a stop (you actually get points for this when you're doing a driving test for a full license). I like to try to make it feel as if the car hadn't even stopped. Be careful though, over-focus on how soft you brake may make you glide into another car. If you have to step it harder, step it harder.
3. CHECK speed and mirrors, not stare them down. You'd be surprised how easy just looking away from the front for long enough or at the dash - could make your car drift into another lane.
It's actually a bit harder with the car I learn in since it's actually turbo-charged with sports brakes. It feels like a tap of either the accelerator or the brakes sends the car flying or suddenly crunch up into itself out of the many G's from a sudden stop
I find myself sometimes looking too long in the mirrors, though thankfully so far it hasn't ended in a crash or near-miss. In regards to learning to drive, don't let your anxiety get a hold of you, that's what causes a lot of accidents or almost-accidents. (This is to anyone learning to drive, just giving out advice). It's the same as taking a test, you seize up and forget the answers.
For example, I was learning how to drive a stick shift up in PA in a strip mall parking lot. It was really weird at first, and I never really got the hang of it until a couple months later. I almost ran us into the back of a building because I had gotten the gear-shifting down but forgot to look where I was going and had to slam on the brakes. I was so scared of both crashing and ruining the gear system.
Been driving since 15, got my first speeding ticket at 25 this year
Was going 86 in a 55 and amazingly only had to do traffic school and it's permanently off my record.
I'd say I'm a better driver than 99% of people on the road without a hint of arrogance. Having an outlet like auto and rallycross means I'm a lot less likely to play "Alpha Car" with anyone within sight. I'm more the type to play the "fuck with them until they feel bad what about what they just did" game
Was going 86 in a 55 and amazingly only had to do traffic school and it's permanently off my record.
I'd say I'm a better driver than 99% of people on the road without a hint of arrogance. Having an outlet like auto and rallycross means I'm a lot less likely to play "Alpha Car" with anyone within sight. I'm more the type to play the "fuck with them until they feel bad what about what they just did" game
