Safe Driving Techniques

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a good rule of thumb, is to back off at least 1 car for every 10 miles per hour that your driving. this way, if theres a problem up ahead. you will have time to try and stop.

It's all personal. It all depends on physical and mental abilities of a person trying to learn how to drive.

Any new prospective driver, regardless of age, is going to require a learners permit and gain driving experience with a licensed driver before they are eligible for their "solo" drivers license.

There isn't a "best" one, because each state requires different requirements. You need to find which one fits your state of residence.

The constant bus stops they have to stop at makes it take considerably longer than by car.

Headlamps originally designed, built, tested, and certified as HID headlamps are legal in all 50 states. So-called "HID kits" to convert halogen headlamps are widely available, but they are (all) illegal and dangerous; halogen headlamps must use halogen bulbs.

D. No, it is illegal and dangerous.

Hydroplaning occurs when the tires' tread is unable to expel enough water to maintain a rubber contact patch on the road. The function of tread is to allow the "high" part of the tread pattern to cut through by forcing water (and other road grit) into channels and grooves surrounding the tread blocks. When the water gets too deep for the tread grooves to cut through it and force it between the tread blocks, the "high part" of the tread blocks lose contact with the pavement and looses traction by hydroplaning.

The easiest way to get a ticket dismissed is by taking an online traffic school course.

I dont know about other states, but in Michigan you can take the drivers test at age 18 without having taken a drivers ed course. I have a friend who did it that way. You still have to pass all the written and practical tests, however. They may have changed that law since i was 16, though.

Indefinitely, but you could create more damage to the valve train the longer you wait to repair/adjust the valves.

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All emergency vehicles in my area are labelled "Stay 500 feet behind"

Not exactly - a 30 mph crash alone cannot determine the severity of the crash - the damage to a human body in a crash is largely the factor of time it takes from the 30 mph velocity to zero - I figured this out a long time ago for a physics exercise and don't remember exactly the numbers but a rough estimate if my memory serves me 20 years later was - a thirty mile an hour collision to zero in one second created somewheres on the magnitude of 25 + G's - and I remembered ballpark numbers back then because I also learned that somewhere just over 9 G's all the major arteries get ripped from the heart and you die instantly - I remember this because my then favorite uncle was killed in a 60 mph crash when a drunk went through a stop light - and the part that a 12 year old kid couldn't understand was that he didnt have an external bruise on his body - so this story has been recanted numerous times to nieces, nephews and even now my own son as he started driving. - and just for a side bit of information - for every fractional part of second longer you gain in your deceleration your survival rate goes up logarithmically - that is why cars today that appear to have crumpled horribly in a crash were actually designed to do just that - all while the car is crumpling and bending, it is absorbing the energy of the crash and buying your body precious seconds to slow down.

Impaired driving is illegal. Any activity which impairs the driver's ability to control his vehicle is liable for a charge of impaired driving, ie., the consumption of alcohol, eating a hamburger, drinking a coke, reading a road map, looking at the GPS screen, chatting on a cellphone, twiddling the radio station knob, etc. Any and all of these activities while you are driving is laying the driver open to an impaired driving charge if they are caught.

that would be illegal as it would be considered criminal damage or vandalism.

driving what? Most cars CAN stop in 150 feet from 60 but that's pretty heavy use on the brakes. trucks are closer to 200.

The Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 will stop from 60 mph in a record breaking 96 feet.

If you have gone off of the side of the road:

1. Take your foot off of the accelerator.

2. Allow your speed to decrease to about 30 mph.

3. Slowly turn the car back onto the road. (Doing step three abruptly will send you farther off of the road or could flip your car)

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The need to learn some day. It's better if they learn then than later so then parents dot have to frive their kids everywhere.

Yes. When your high beams run the risk of blinding oncoming traffic you must dim them. The exact distance will vary with how powerful your beams are, and the alignment of the cars. If you're on the outside face of a curve you can keep them on a little longer.

In Texas, per 9-1 of the Texas Drivers Handbook, you should lower (dim) your headlights when you are: 1) Within 500 feet of an approaching vehicle. 3) When driving on lighted roads. 4) When driving in fog, heavy rain, sleet, snow, or dust.

No, you don't have to. Many 4 wheel drives that were made before gas mileage was an issue had constant unlocking hubs so the front axle drove all the time. The only reason you would want to unlock your hubs would be to improve gas mileage as wear and tear is really not an issue. Some people lock their hubs in all winter long and unlock in the spring.

the test has 18 questions. you need to answer at least 15 correct to pass.

Switching your automatic transmission into a lower gear, to utilize engine braking and maintain a lower speed can be a safe way to descend a steep incline. It is always a way to potentially save money on brake pads, however with that advantage comes some risk. Automatic transmissions are very complex, and thus expensive to repair and replace. If your vehicle is equipped with overdrive, switch it off when downshifting (some vehicles do this automatically when the gear selector has no button around it, and the position in which you normally leave it in is a D with a circle around it.) Heat is the number one enemy of all things, and if you plan to shift into a lower gear to descend a steep hill regularly, it may be a worthwhile investment to have an aftermarket transmission fluid cooler installed (even if your vehicle is already equipped with one from the factory.) The larger capacity heat exchanger will allow for cooler operating temperatures under the most demanding circumstances such as downshifting, or accelerating. Doing so, may prolong the life of your transmission and provide you with a less expensive alternative to replacing your brake pads every few thousand miles for those of you who live on top of a mountain. Remember to have your automatic transmission fluid and filter replaced at regular intervals, especially under severe operating conditions such as the ones specified in this post.