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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Catfish23, May 20, 2013.

  1. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    One thing to remember about the on the road portion of the test. Don't try to drive the speed limit, try to stay about 5-10 mph BELOW the posted speed limit. Keep in a gear that will stay below the speed limit and you won't have a problem with that aspect of the drive test, then you can concentrate on other things besides your speed.
     
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  3. Catfish23

    Catfish23 Light Load Member

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    I tried that and the examiner kept telling me that the speed limit is 40, lets get our speed up when I was doing about 34 to 35. They failed a student for doing 30 saying that she was impeeding the flow of traffic, and that is what they said when I stalled it out.
     
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  4. Ghost Ryder

    Ghost Ryder Road Train Member

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    Driving too slow is just as dangerous as driving too fast.

    I'm trying to picture what scenario would prompt you to stop without downshifting, and it seems that you're not downshifting at all. ANy time you're in the higher range, you need to develop a habit to place the range selector knob down.
     
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    Ghost Ryder: The situation would be coming up to a stop light that just turned red as you are coming up on it. We were taught to just pull to the light, put the brakes on to slow down, once to 15 mph range selector down, shift to netural then at 5 mph drop into 3rd and then come to a complete stop. I downshift if coming up on a stale red light, or if not sure how long light has been red or green, and to turn without a stoplight or stopsign, but that was the instance I found myself in with the range selector up.
     
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    sherlock510 Road Train Member

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    I remember failing my first time taking the dmv test for that very reason.

    Now the range selector and I are best buds lol.
     
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    I am trying to become best buds with it, but it is not working as of yet. LOL. I just got to the point where I am not in love with my driver's side mirror anymore and I will use both of them on my backing.
     
  8. Ghost Ryder

    Ghost Ryder Road Train Member

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    The pasy side mirror is kinda pointless to use when backing on the drivers side. You do have to occasionally look over to make sure you're not going to smack anything with the cab, though.
     
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    Yeah, I use it alot for straight line backing checking both mirrors, but when it comes to offset or parallel I just use it once I am in position and backing up to get set up for the last two turns.
     
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    Ghost Ryder Road Train Member

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    Straightline backing, whats that?
     
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    That is what they called it at school. Pretty much backing up in straight line like you were going to back up to a dock.
     
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