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Learning to drive a car..

Toshiro

scoffindustries.be
Okay. I decided to learn how to drive a car.
I start with 10 lessons of 2hours - and after that I must practise by myself
Friday 14th of march will be the first lesson.
Hopefully I'll survive ;)

Do you peeps have some fun anecdotes,
from when learning how to drive the car? :)
 
The gas pedal is on the right. (in the US at least)

Seriously though, I was driving and my dad was in the passenger seat and I asked "what's the emergency brake do when you're going 45 mph?" He said "try it and find out".
SCCRREEEEEEEEEEECHHHHHHHH
Well it locks up the back wheels.

Here's something to rememember - It's not important how fast your car can move in the snow. What's important is how fast it can stop. Or whether it can stop. All bets are off for ice.
 
The first time I drove a car I was 15, and was driving home from my parents' cabin with my boyfriend. (We'd been up there herping, of course!) He asked if I wanted to drive, and, pretending I knew how, I said yes! I don't remember why I hadn't taken Drivers Ed. I continued to drive his car for months, until I got stopped by the police, but I managed to turn this around to being my parents' fault for not signing me up for Driver's Ed. Then I got a permit, and got my license when I turned 16. I failed the driving test by one measely point the first time, and passed it the second.
 
A friend and I took the farm truck for a drive off the property when we were 13 years old. My parents were out of town and the police got called on us! New neighbors down the road....

Have fun learning!
 
I've been learning since September, and I'm taking my test in April.

I have had a couple of fairly amusing mishaps... including one that involved me almost ending up in a tree whilst attempting a turn in the road...

It's a lot of good fun though...
 
I can't give any advice.....Only Joel trusts me in our house....
I travel along a fairly deserted motorway to my place of work. 17 miles of perfect road. The last 10 or so miles has no cameras, cops, nothing, so I practice my -go as fast as you can- driving...When I had my BMW I could cover the last 10 miles in about 4 mins, depending on the temps...I showed my wife one day (to impress her) Pink Floyd -'one of these days' blasting on the cd...It was like a video game....She didn't speak to me for days after and made me sell the car.....
Moral of the story.....Keep the fun things to yourself....
 
Here are some funny quotes from actual insurance claim forms. *warning* do not drink coffee while reading some of these.. it may come out your nose :rofl:

Collisions, calamities, and injuries.
* Coming home I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have.
* I told the police that I was not injured, but on removing my hat found that I had a fractured skull.
* I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law and headed over the embankment.
* I thought my window was down, but I found it was up when I put my head through it.
* As I approached an intersection a sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident.
* In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
* I saw two kangaroos having it off in the middle of the road. So I hit them, which caused me to ejaculate through the sunroof.
* I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows.
* The telephone pole was approaching. I was attempting to swerve out of the way when I struck the front end.
* I pulled in to the side of the road because there was smoke coming from under the hood. I realized there was a fire in the engine, so I took my dog and smothered it with a blanket.
* The claimant had collided with a cow. The questions and answers on the claim form were - Q: What warning was given by you? A: Horn. Q: What warning was given by the other party? A: Moo.

Incidents with Pedestrians.
* The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.
* To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front I struck a pedestrian.
* The pedestrian had no idea which way to run as I ran over him.
* The car in front hit the pedestrian but he got up so I hit him again.
* I saw a slow moving, sad faced old gentleman as he bounced off the roof of my car.
* A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.

Accidents with other vehicles.
* I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.
* The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intention.
* My car was legally parked as it backed into another vehicle.
* When I saw I could not avoid a collision I stepped on the gas and crashed into the other car.
* I started to slow down but the traffic was more stationary than I thought.
* The accident occurred when I was attempting to bring my car out of a skid by steering it into the other vehicle.
* I was backing my car out of the driveway in the usual manner, when it was struck by the other car in the same place it had been struck several times before.
* I was unable to stop in time and my car crashed into the other vehicle. The driver and passengers then left immediately for a vacation with injuries.
* The gentleman behind me struck me on the backside. He then went to rest in a bush with just his rear end showing.
* The car in front of me stopped for a yellow light, so I had no choice but to hit him. (She pushed him through the intersection)

Who is to Blame?
* I didn't think the speed limit applied after midnight.
* I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached an intersection a hedge sprang up, obscuring my vision and I did not see the other car.
* The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.
* I was on the way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident.
* On approach to the traffic lights the car in front suddenly broke.
* The accident was caused by me waving to the man I hit last week.
* Windshield broke. Cause unknown. Probably Voodoo.
* I had been learning to drive with power steering. I turned the wheel to what I thought was enough and found myself in a different direction going the opposite way.
* I had been driving for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident.
* I left for work this morning at 7am as usual when I collided straight into a bus. The bus was 5 minutes early.
* An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my car and vanished.
* The accident happened because I had one eye on the truck in front, one eye on the pedestrian, and the other on the car behind.
* I started to turn and it was at this point I noticed a camel and an elephant tethered at the verge. This distraction caused me to lose concentration and hit a bollard.
 
* I thought my window was down, but I found it was up when I put my head through it.

I've almost done that - it's not funny. I actually learned to drive in a boat launch as a kid because we all took turns backing up the trailer and the parking the truck. Which, by the way, is why I still drive better in reverse that forward.....lol.

So? The window...about 8 or 9 years ago, I have to back up a trailer about 25m between a house and a set of trees. It was a tight fit, so I was backing up like normal and needed to make a turn almost at the end of that 25m. I was backing the trailer over my shoulder (looking down the center of the car and trailer) when I needed to look the other way FAST to make sure I wasn't going to hit the house on the turn. Never taking my eyes off the trailer (still looking over my back shoulder), I reached up and hit the button to lower my window. As soon as I heard the window was down, I turned around FAST and leaned my head out the window to see the trailer near the house.

Let me rephrase that - I turned INTENDING to lean my head out of the window. Instead I crashed into the window hard enough to bring tears to my eyes. I hit the breaks to stop the truck, and my wife bust out laughing. Apparently I had this dumbfounded look on my face from the pain & because I couldn't comprehend what the heck happened. Apparently, I rolled down the passenger window by mistake and then turned my head and hit MY window that was still up HARD. She couldn't stop laughing because she was wondering "Why the heck did he just roll down my window?" during this event. Never said a word before I hit. It was a minute or two before I could finish backing up the trailer. I could only chuckle and get mad at her for laughing at me.......:rofl:
KJ
 
I'm not dead :)

I survived my first lesson.
Now I finally know where the gas/break-pedals are.
Changing gears, no real problem
Starting the car on a hill without letting the car roll back, went surprisingly well
I only need to hit the break more gentle
and sometimes I drove too much left or right of the road.

But,
the driving instructor said it was good for my first one.

Next lesson, proper use of all the mirrors.

oh and..
70 Km/h (44 miles/h) is freaking fast.
 
I was about 14 when my dad thought I should start learning how to drive. Well, at that time we lived way out in the country on a road that Almost never has any traffic.... Well, it just so happened, We Did meet a car.... I got so scared of hitting it that I started to move the wheel of the car.... well, that scared me too so... The car started doing this 'fish dance' down the road... Til the point that my dad's head banged against the passenger side window!!! I was terrified!! My dad just laughed and said now I Had to finish because he had a huge bump on his head LOL I can laugh about it now but at that time?? I thought I was going to die.... in either a car smash up or my dad killing me for hitting another car LOL

Glad it went well for you :) I am also glad we have very different ways of learning over here. I am not sure I could learn like you all across the pond :)
 
We can start drving at 15.5 years of age. We can take a 6 month, 1 hour, course to have a permit to drive with an adult. We dont have any requirements on the hours that have to be driven before taking the test. As soon as we turn 16 we can make an appointment and go with someone from the department of motor vehicles.... if they think we are ok enough, then we get out licence.
 
Current status: good :spinner:

Yesterday I took my the theoretical exam. I passed :)
44 correct answers of the 50. (minimum = 41)
Tuesday will be my last drivinglesson.
Soo.. Wednesday I'll be having my temporarily drivers license.

:dancer:
 
ive been driving cars since i was like 8 i think. i started driving down my road at like 10 or 11.. it was funny to see the peoples faces when they saw i was driving.

but, i have been racing quarter midgets(like go karts) since i was 7.
 
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