Safe Driving Techniques

More damage occurs when you drive faster as more energy is dispersed when the wheel drops in the hole and rebounds out. Would you rather hit a brick wall at 10mph or 60mph?

No good reason except maybe to take up some slack in the chains.

Mobile phone calls and texting. Driving is a privilege, it is not a right. Driving an auto requires 100% focus on everything around you and your actions behind the wheel can either cause death to many people (including yourself) or can create pleasure for many people. If you are the driver your job is to operate the car ... once you fiddle with a phone for voice or texting, you just lost at least one half of your concentration on your surroundings.

Be safe behind the wheel - the life you save might be your own. And there is nothing at all THAT earth shattering that can't wait until you are stopped safely off the road with the engine stopped. Years ago we had no mobile phones - we stopped and used a pay phone ... and we all lived through that age quite nicely.

100 metres?

It really depends on how fast your going. If your in bumper to bumper traffic, then sure why not. If your cruisin' 60-70 MPH then no way. Your just askin for trouble. FYI, in case no one told you, runnin in high four is gonna use more gas than high two. -SCRAIG

You should not reach down and pull the accelerator with your hands. point blank switch to lower gear

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The yellow solid line in the middle of the road means that you are to stay on your side of the road, no passing!

At freeway speeds, only a fool breaks the two second rule. Let the car in fromt pass an obstacle, sign, roadmarker or similar and you should pass it not less than two seconds later. At urban speeds one and a half to two car lengths.

The person that opens the door is at fault

if you parking uphill you turn your wheel towards the curb and if you parking down hill you turn it away

when ur driving in the city it is adviced to put gears in drive rather than in overdrive position..the reason being overdrive is a system that allows your gears or drivetrain to use the lowest gears /ratio for fuel saving cruising, with it off , it holds to a higher gear ratio so you have more power and torque to tow or climb hills..but it prooves to be horrible while driving in the city..

Distraction

Allow for the extra weight when slowing or stopping. It's going to take a longer distance to stop, so your following distance should be extended more than the one car length per 10 miles per hour. Also allow extra time to get moving (no jack rabbit starts) and allow enough distance when cornering.

This restrictions is usually measured in INCHES rather than feet.

Altho it may vary from juriisdiction-to-jurisdiction depending on the local laws a GENERAL rule of thumb is NO MORE than 12 inches.

It is the point of the road when you make the decision to keep going while covering the brake. Knowing that the green light is soon going to change yellow.

Street lights turn off in the morning, as daylight increases. But, the timing of street lights depends on local preferences by the authorities. So there is no set time to turn street lighting off or on.

It is dangerous to use cruise control while driving in the rain. The delay in reaction time caused by disengaging the function could be detrimental on a slippery surface. It recommended in most car manuals to avoid its use in the rain.

Rally car drivers.

Yes, you can get more than one ticket for expired tags in Missouri within 30 days. However, most judges will only fine you once and dismiss the other tickets if you have gotten tags by the court date.

When you get your G2 you can drve without an Adult, But you can only have one passenger.

Floor the brakes??? NO, you do not even touch the brake to change gears. You push the clutch pedal in and change gears. On a modern car with an automatic transmission you have the apply the brake to switch from park to drive or reverse.

but if you wish to drive a little more enthusiastically with a stick the most fun thing to do is to downshift while braking. the first step is to sort of jam the brake in with the tip of your right foot and then simultaneously 1.press the clutch in 2. blip the gas with the heel of the braking foot 3.put the stick into the next lowest gear. this is a synchronizer dependent method and is very very fast, you should be able to downshift like this from gear to gear in less than a second. whenever you need a lower gear just press the gas and clutch in at the same time while downshifting and then get back on the gas. a very famous racecar driver keichi tsuchiya uses this very method.

a method that is not dependent on the synchronizers is the double clutch downshift which has seven steps and in my mind is the measure of every proficient shifter if he can carry out those seven steps in less than a second. 1clutch in 2.shift to neutral 3.clutch out 4.blip the throttle 5.clutch in 6.put it into gear 7.clutch out. all of this is done while braking. downshifting takes about 100hrs of seat time to become proficient. and an extra hundred to master. you should not feel any jerking forewards or backwards. but beware it costs about 500 bucks to replace clutch hydraulics. so I'd tell my son if he started doing this with a manual (he's not born yet), that the cost becoming good at downshifting like a racecar driver is 100hrs of seat time and 500 dollars cash. you will wear things out.

Judge the distance behind you.

If all four cars pull up to a four way stop at the exact same time, then courtesy kicks in. Hopefully all the drivers involved make eye contact with each other and treat each other as they would want to be treated. There is always someone that will take the initiatave and take off with no regard for the others. I would suggest to wait for that person to make their move. That will thin out the crowd and they won't hit you. When my father taught me to drive 30plus years ago he told me, "Remember, everybody out there is crazy except you and me. And I'm not too sure about you." It means trust nobody. Assume that anyone can do anything while driving at any time.

It is not courtesy, it is law. The driver of every vehicle approaching or entering an intersection on the left shall yield the right of way to the vehicle on the right, unless otherwise designated by an official traffic control device or otherwise directed by a police officer. This is common motor vehicle law in most states and if you review Revised Statutes Annotated (RSA) in your state you can find the law pertaining to this. New Hampshire is under Title XXI, Chapter 265 Rules of the Road, Overtaking and Passing, Highway Markings, Right of Way, Section 265:28 Vehicle Approaching or Entering Intersection.

I have taken several defensive driving courses and they all state, just because you have the right of way doesn't mean you have to take it. Let the aggressive drivers go first and make it to your destination safely. Also, it is common sense that the car to your right goes before you.