drivers ed.....
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Topic: drivers ed.....
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Subject: drivers ed.....
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 8:59pm
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so i start bright and early tomorrow morning...well not really, its kind of mid morning early afternoon..either way ive never actually driven a car before in my life...any tips? any real tips...i already know the standard, hit the gas and slam the breaks hard. thanks |
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Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:00pm
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Don't drive drunk. ------------- 
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:01pm
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You've never driven before...? How old are you?
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:02pm
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Posted By: Dan db09
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:02pm
| Just dont pretend you're in a race car.... No lead footing... Going for your permit Im guessing? |
Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:02pm
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pretend there is an egg between your foot and the gas pedal... ------------- X |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:02pm
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17....i know, its a little old, but my dad doesnt feel like paying for my insurance bc it would be too high...long story either way, i just dont want to be the idiot in the car...although i probably will be anyway |
Posted By: >><<
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:03pm
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Ya i'm going for my permit soon. Anyone remember any questions that was on theirs ------------- 
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:03pm
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my insurance didn't give me a discount for drivers ed so i didn't take it.
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Posted By: Dan db09
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:06pm
Since I took driving lessons at my school and got my permit through there I saved money on car insurance... |
High Voltage wrote:Posted By: chronic future
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:07pm
same here, i just went to the dmv, took the written test, had my permit for 2 months, went back and took the road test and got my license. |
Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:08pm
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also, don't get nervous... it's not as hard as you'd think... ------------- X |
Posted By: Trogdor2
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:11pm
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Don't get cockey. Just drive and follow all the rules.
------------- Something unknown is doing we don't know what. That is what our knowledge amounts to. - Sir Arthur Eddington |
Posted By: NotDaveEllis
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:11pm
| The actual operation of an automobile is cake, its all the other people operating their automobiles that you need to worry about. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:12pm
did you think that was universal for insurance? i said MY insurance didn't give me a discount. -------------
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Posted By: blackdog144
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:32pm
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its pretty easy..just know that...
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Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:35pm
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Be a DD. Many people will love you! ------------- 
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:39pm
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It's not as hard as parents and instructors make it seem.
After you start driving without any adults in yout car, it's a lot more relaxed and easier. Also, never rely on other drivers to do their job.. they dont always do it. If they screw up, you have to be prepared. ------------- 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 9:59pm
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wow, your drivers ed teacher is going to like you....
I already knew how to drive, so we just drove around for an hour and talked. He straight up told me that he liked ending the day with me, cause I actually knew what I was doing. |
Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 10:08pm
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My driving instructor told me I had a heavy foot. Even though I was doing the speed limit. Drive Defensively. |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 10:11pm
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Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 10:13pm
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No offense intended (seriously) but this made me laugh. Teenagers driving WITHOUT adults in the car are about a zillion times more likely to have an accident.
I agree 100%. My personal motto: Presume that everybody else is a moron, and drive accordingly. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 10:34pm
I not once said it was safer. I said it was more relaxed and easier. -------------
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Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 10:40pm
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How funny. I GOT MY PERMIT TODAY! LOLZ. I have a driving lesson on thursday for 2 hours. Lame. ------------- 
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Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 10:43pm
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I took driver's ed two weeks ago. My buddy hit a mailbox, but other than that it was terribly boring. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules> 
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Posted By: paintbusta
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 10:53pm
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the cones said your mother sucks ------------- 
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Posted By: Hitman
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 10:59pm
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I just started my in-car lessons. I've only driven on the real road once. I was so scared.
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Posted By: saywhat93
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 11:02pm
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I want to learn how to drive......
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Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 26 June 2006 at 11:18pm
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Driving really is quite easy. -------------
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Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 12:00am
| Wow I feel so special being able to drive when I was 14...don't put one hand on top of the wheel and turn with it like that, my drivers ed teacher hit my arm everytime I did that. It's quite nice though if you live on a farm and have an old beater car to wreck pretty much. That how I learned to drive and by mowing lol. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 12:15am
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Just know everyone else is stupid. Definitely two hands on the wheel. ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 12:17am
Yes don't be stupid like me... |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 12:20am
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Worst thing ever is leaving the parking lot after school.
Everyone has had their lisence for a max of 2 years (most are less then a year) and everyone tries to get home ASAP. As a side note, I was the first kid in my family NOT to fail my first road test.. my sisters and brother all had to take it atleast twice. -------------
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 12:26am
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and if the cops try to pull you over: roll, down window, put on sunbrero and scream:
"We ride for Mexico AYAYAYAYAY" ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: ninety8freak
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 12:46am
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I started drivers ed too, but i'm 14. |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 12:48am
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lol my parents let me drive around the neighborhood now, im 14. im gonna ace my road test, i know how to drive standard now lol ------------- 
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 12:48am
thats the best advice yet |
Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 12:57am
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 1:00am
------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 1:09am
| I have my full license, no restrictions at all :D |
Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 1:14am
btw GIJOE, are you taking it at lake grove or suffolk? if you take it at suffolk and get mr kramer....have fun doing work ;] -------------
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Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 1:23am
Yes, you could say that. You would be wrong, but you could say that.
http://www.rmiia.org/Auto/Teens/Teen_Driving_Statistics.htm - http://www.rmiia.org/Auto/Teens/Teen_Driving_Statistics.htm
Bottom line is that 16-year-olds, as a group, are horrible drivers. They are more dangerous on the road than great grandpa with bifocals and a hat. And part of what makes them so dangerous is that they don't think they are dangerous.
Rule #1 for being a safe new driver: Remember that you are new at this and you suck at it.
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Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 1:26am
that part added a nice touch.  -------------
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Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 1:37am
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Posted By: FarSeer
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 1:47am
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In Montana it is 15 with driver's ed and 16 without. I have seen so many
wrecks it is not funny. ------------- http://tbish.webs.com/tippy.html - My E-Bolted 98 |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 7:43am
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There are cars in Montana?
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Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 7:45am
There are people besides Ted Nugent in Montana? |
Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 8:10am
Driving well seems to be the hangup for most people. A monkey could get a DL in Kansas. They hand you the booklet with the answers in it to take the written, and the driving test is maybe ten minutes long, half of that in the parking lot. I failed the driving part the first time though. I was doing fine, but when we got back to the parking lot I pulled into a spot, and, seeing the spot in front of me was open... I PULLED THROUGH!!! The tester freaked out. To that point he hadn't made a sound. I couldn't have gotten that reaction if I'd made for the wrong side of the interstate and got out a blindfold. Right then he told me I'd failed and wrote a bunch of stuff down. You can't exactly argue your way past these guys, so I came back... and I didn't pull through. I agree with Clark. Drivers starting out need to view driving in a different way. If there's another driver being a jerk, let them be on their way. If your friends in the car are being loud or distracting you, tell them to shut the hell up. Give yourself more time to stop than you think you need. Take your time accelerating. Traffic lights, for the most part, are timed. Try following somebody who is obviously trying to speed to get through lights. Follow them at the speed limit, driving normally. More often than not, unless they run a light, you'll keep up with them pretty well. Check your blind spot before merging, changing lanes, pulling out of a parking spot. Crap, check the blind spot before you start the freakin' car. A quick glance will save you an accident or two, and save you a lot of close calls. ------------- 
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 8:48am
thats close to how it works in ontario ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: xTippyx
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 9:45am
| remember your blinkers, and ummm easy on the gas pedal. |
Posted By: NotDaveEllis
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 11:37am
| and one more thing, they don't make gas pedals like they did in the good old days, be sure to push the pedal all the way down for proper acceleration. |
Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 11:41am
Hahaha. I am driving my mom's tundra v8. Wow. That thing is a monster. It's so rediculously long, going through mcdonald's was almost impossible.   -------------
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 11:55am
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I heart toyota.
Make sure to always remember shoulder checks. I know people who stopped doing them as soon as they got their license, and it's scary stuff. If you slow down to turn right, someone on a bike could be coming up on your right, you dont look and you start to turn, he's going right into the side of your car. Always keep an eye out/ your mind on stuff like that. It probably wont happen, but what do you do if it does. Oh, and remember, at a red light, if eyes meet, nod and rev your engine 3 times. If the revving is returned, a race is on. In such a case, all previous driving/ etiquette rules are out the window. |
Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 12:00pm
Unless that car is a police car, or there is a police car at the intersection.* *This rule does not apply if you have two or more of the following: A mullet, an open beer can on your lap and at least two empties on the floorboard, are wearing only torn jean shorts with at least two colors of dried paint on them, are driving a truck that burned three gallons of gas while revving the engine three times, you have a suspended license. -------------
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 2:56pm
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Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 27 June 2006 at 3:00pm
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Yeah, without some finesse on the pedals parallel parking is asking for trouble. You might bash up up to three cars.
Keep at it. Everything in time. -------------
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