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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Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Catfish23, May 20, 2013.
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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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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.Catfish23 Thanks this. -
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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I remember failing my first time taking the dmv test for that very reason.
Now the range selector and I are best buds lol.Catfish23 and Ghost Ryder Thank this. -
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.
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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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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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