- All right, this is the highway,
Hutchinson River Parkway right here.
- And that's the other thing about New York is
they have parkways,
commercial vehicles aren't allowed on parkways.
- Exactly, yup.
- And again, short on-ramp here,
So you've got to get going.
- Yep.
(upbeat music)
- All right, Hutchison Parkway is just right straight down,
all the way.
Watch out with the stop sign right here.
- Yeah, we're going to stay over to the left, here.
- So a little bit to the left,
yeah, once that light changes,
just follow that black car all the way down there.
- [Rick] Okay.
- [Sam] And that is the highway.
(sirens blaring)
- And for those of you
who haven't seen any movies in the last 20 years,
I mean, don't know what you've been doing,
but this in front of us is not a bridge,
it's the L, the elevated train.
- [Sam] Yes, yes.
- [Rick] Just like in the movies.
- Yup, just like in the movies.
(both laugh)
(sirens blaring) (horns honking)
Emergency vehicles, you got to be careful with them,
you know, you got to...
Once they get in your way, just pull over to the right.
- [Rick] Yup.
It's crazy how many there are.
- [Sam] Yeah, yeah.
- [Rick] It's crazy.
- Lots, yup.
- Like I said, the last thing in Brooklyn,
I saw probably more emergency vehicles in an hour
than I have in two years.
- Yeah.
- And it's just like in the movies.
- Mm-hmm. Yup.
(both laugh)
All right, we're going to to change over. Be careful.
There we go. Awesome.
And, we can just go straight down.
Make sure you thumbs up the video guys, thumbs up the video,
it helps the channel.
(bell chiming)
- [Rick] No trucks. Bridge, low bridge ahead, of course.
- [Sam] Yup, yup. Boom.
- And that's the thing,
when I was driving here years ago when I was driving truck,
I wasn't allowed on the parkways with the big trucks.
- [Sam] Yeah, oh yeah. Yeah.
I had a student right here.
I told him to get off on the ramp
and he still wanted to do the speed limit, 50,
and that's 25.
(both laugh)
- Yeah, so that's the other thing we'll do is
we'll just get off of one of the off-ramps here,
and then we'll show them how short they are,
how to deal with that.
- Yup.
Good job.
- [Rick] You saw that with the cars there, had to move over.
- [Sam] Yep. Move over.
I tell my students the same thing.
You got to move over.
Only if it's safe to do so, if you can.
- Yeah, no, totally.
- Yep.
- And you know, on these here,
these lanes, I always tell, you know,
if you're going for a distance
and you're not getting off right away,
the best lane is always your best option.
- Yep.
- Because the cars in this lane are often getting off
or getting on, and you got to move over.
- That's why they call it a lot, the slow lane. (laughs)
- Didn't see a sign for speed,
I'm keeping up with traffic here, so.
- Yeah, you still have 50 here.
Yeah, the New York City highways are 50 miles per hour.
- And again, we got a whole line of traffic coming on here.
I'm just going to move over.
(notification chiming)
If you get closer than two seconds,
this will give you a forward collision warning.
- Oh, the camera? Oh wow.
Wow, that's a pretty good camera.
We are going to pass the exit for City Island,
so we're going to go straight up.
- Okay.
And you can see driving on the highway here,
the car moved in front of me,
and then I just sort of backed off here a little bit
- Yup, ease back a little bit.
- And again, another one pulled in front, it doesn't matter.
(notification chiming)
You know, what's two or three seconds out of your day?
- Exactly.
You can just keep on going.
We'll probably take a...
You know, (notification chiming)
they actually changed the numbers
of the exit signs.
- [Rick] Right.
- Look at that forward collision warning.
Yeah, they used to be a different numbers,
then they changed it, I don't know why they did that.
(both laugh)
- Maybe New York is moving with the rest of the country.
- I guess so.
- That the exit numbers match the mile markers.
- [Sam] (laughs) Yeah, I guess so.
- 'Cause New York is one of the few states
that the exit numbers don't match the mile markers.
- [Sam] Oh, okay.
See, this guy knows a lot, guys, he's knows a lot.
(both laugh)
- Who knew that my truck driving career would actually tie
into my YouTube channel.
- Yeah, exactly, exactly.
- That's one thing about driving in the US
the interstate system is well numbered.
- [Sam] Yeah.
- [Rick] Well numbered.
Odd numbers go north, south, even numbers go east, west.
- [Sam] Yeah, yeah.
- [Rick] Three digits are either a spur into the city,
or, a ring road.
- And then how about the Highway Transportation System?
Some people think it's just the highways itself
because it has the word highway,
Highway Transportation System.
It's all roads connected together.
You know, all roads, even that street
that you live on,
that street right in front of your home.
That's part of the Highway Transportation System.
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- You know what, we're going to take Exit 5, it's coming up.
Wolfs Lane.
That used to be Exit 9 and they changed it to Exit 5 now.
- (laughs) Just to confuse you.
- Yeah.
- [Rick] Okay. That's enough.
- And of course, if you pass it, don't worry about it.
This is it right here.
But don't worry about it, we'll continue going.
Only if you can do it safely.
- That's all we see. (notification chiming)
- Look at that, look at that.
It says 25 miles per hour, it does not say speed limit.
That means recommended, recommendation.
Suggested speed.
We'll make a right right here.
And of course you can make a right on red
outside New York City.
- Outside of the boroughs, so we're outside.
- Outside of the boroughs, yeah.
We're outside of the boroughs now.
- Okay. So I'm not going to fail my driver's test now?
- No, no.
(both laugh)
No, you're not! Yup, yup.
- Oh, that's funny.
- Yup, yup, yup.
Oh, and this area, it is 30 miles per hour.
- Okay.
- So you're good.
- So we're not going to speed now, either.
- You're safe. Yeah, yup.
(both laugh)
- [Rick] That's awesome.
- Yep.
- People love that.
They'd be just like, "Did you see that video,
that driving instructor failed his driver's test.
He's telling us how to drive in the Bronx, yeah."
- It can happen, yup.
You're going to make a right turn, get back on the highway.
Not this first right, the second one.
That one right there, yup.
- Right here?
- Yup. Perfect.
There you go.
Now we're going to hit the highway again.
Always remember to keep accelerating, do not stop. (laughs)
- [Rick] Yeah.
- There you go. Awesome.
There you go.
Sometimes when there's too many cars,
you could do the zipper merge,
I'm sure you've heard of the zipper merge.
You go all the way down until you can't no more,
and then most likely, cars will let you in.
Zipper merge.
Yeah we can slow down.
- [Rick] That one has a stop sign.
- [Sam] Yeah.
And it should be a yield sign, and they just put stop signs.
- I think the reason that they put stop signs is
for liability purposes.
- [Sam] Yeah.
That way, it puts the liability on the merging driver,
the onus of responsibility is on the merging driver,
it's not on the traffic on the highway.
And that's the other piece that I try and tell drivers is
that as best you can, you can't always move over,
you can't always help out the merging driver,
but if you can,
it just makes all of the traffic so much safer.
- Yeah.
You know, like you said, driving is a social activity, so.
- Yeah.
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