Drove today...........

**drone** · 07-26-2010, 16:35

Originally Posted by Whacker

+1. I didn't have to take a driving test, I was one of two people out of a driver's ed class of 50 to get a waiver for that. My new car is a stick, and I absolutely love it. Wife can't drive stickshifts either. :D

Maybe it's a woman thing, my sister learned on an automatic and still can't drive stick after all these years. Stick shifts rule, especially on mountain roads. If the wife can't drive stick, you don't have to worry about her taking your car.

I drove through Pittsburgh and back this weekend, I didn't see 40 car pileups or huge traffic jams, so I assume the driving experiment is going well.

**ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88** · 07-29-2010, 17:50

Because I'm not driving downtown yet. Just to the libraby and back :P.

**Megas Methuselah** · 07-30-2010, 07:06

Huh. I started on the dirt roads, but I live in the prairies, so yeah.

**Hooahguy** · 07-30-2010, 07:14

Also, another warning for you young one:
When there is even the slightest chance of ice on the road, slow down when taking those turns!
Let me tell you a true story.
Back when I was a wee boy, only 15 and a half with my drivers permit, I loved driving. I went out as often as I could. But here in Atlanta its almost always dry so I never had the experience of driving in bad weather (not including rain). Well, one cold December morning, I went out driving with my dad. It was about 11:30am.
I was feeling very confident, and didnt think much of the ice warnings. After all, this was Atlanta!
Well, I took a turn way too fast and just my luck, there was a patch of black ice right there.
I skidded and almost collided head on with an SUV in another lane.
Thank G-d I was able to steer out of the way, but it was very, very close. Both me, my dad, and the SUV driver were both pale, we were so scared.
That experience traumatized me. I didnt go behind the wheel for a whole year. I finally did get my license a year and a half later, but it took a lot of courage for me to go back.
So just reminding you, you never are as good of a driver as you think you are.

**Myrddraal** · 07-30-2010, 12:59

So just reminding you, you never are as good of a driver as you think you are.

The truth.

**ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88** · 08-03-2010, 19:22

Amen to that.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 08-07-2010, 11:25

Make sure your parents have added you as a driver on their insurance policy. A friend at work didn't do that for his highschool age son because he didn't want to pay the increased premium, around $1300/year. Now his son is 21, in college, and trying to get car insurance on his own. He's considered by the insurance companies as a *new driver*, the cost $6000/year. You can pay me now or you can opt for the pay me later plan.