"Jon-o" (Jon-o)
11/03/2014 at 13:19 • Filed to: None
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"Jon-o" (Jon-o)
11/03/2014 at 13:19 • Filed to: None | 1
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So my girlfriend and I are leaving Toronto to go back to my home for a year or so back in Edmonton Alberta.
What tips would you have wanted to know when you were learning to drive?
As a Toronto girl, driving has never been something she has needed to do and she is learning out of necessity.
She has started driving lessons and has done very well on her in class components but gets a bit overwhelmed with lane changes, cornering properly, and maintaining speed.
Here's a couple pictures of an Aston Martin DB5 I spotted last week at Heathrow being shipped to Calgary by plane for your time
Sam
> Jon-o
11/03/2014 at 13:36 |
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Give a lot (like 3 or 4 car lengths) of following distance. It helps a ton when driving on highways. Can be shortened to around 2 to 3 on city streets.
BJ
> Jon-o
11/03/2014 at 13:44 |
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Lots of practice. Practice makes perfect. And then practice some more.
If you're riding along with her: be reassuring and gentle, comment only when absolutely necessary, and let her make and realize her own mistakes. If all else fails, shut your mouth. If she's talking and changing the radio and generally distracted, get her re-focused and then let her drive.
When she's stopped and asks how she did, go over the good and the bad one point at a time.
n54 & s38
> Jon-o
11/03/2014 at 13:48 |
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NIce pic! Yeah, Alberta is definitely land of the car. What with our shoddy public transportation system...
TheNeonDriver - Now with More BMW!
> Jon-o
11/03/2014 at 14:05 |
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Fortunately, all the driving I have done in Edmonton was fairly relaxed compared to the many hours of my life I have wasted on the 401 between Oshawa and Mississauga.
As many have said, lots of practice, and be patient. I would recommend starting in a large open parking lot (Costco, IKEA, West Ed Mall) or something, and getting her driving, turning, signalling, parking. All the good stuff.
Other then that, enjoy the ease of access to awesome skiing again, and the open skies.
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Jon-o
> BJ
11/03/2014 at 14:05 |
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That's a really good suggestion, I will definitely ask her how she thinks she did. We are going to be practising daily until her test and starting in a pretty empty area in the docks away from traffic since where we live it's always go go go and super busy.
Her driving instructor went a little too harsh on her but now she realizes my inputs are to make her safe driver for everyone's sake.
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Jon-o
> TheNeonDriver - Now with More BMW!
11/03/2014 at 14:17 |
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I am excited to go back home for a bit! I've certainly enjoyed the lack of speed cameras and enforcement considering how much time we spend barely breaking 10km/h then it's go as fast as traffic allows.
Edmonton it's do the speed limit or you'll pay for it but hey no more traffic! I think the driving style in Edmonton will be easier for her to get comfortable behind the wheel and the fact more than two lanes is a rarity.
sm70- why not Duesenberg?
> Jon-o
11/03/2014 at 14:29 |
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Not something you see at the airport every day.
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Jon-o
> sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/03/2014 at 14:32 |
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The truck driver even got out to snap a picture. I bet he handles tacky exotics from UAE and Qatar all the time. This was one special delivery.