Hi there smart drivers, Rick with Smart Drive Test
talking to you today about horn honkers. Yes,
aggression on the roadway. I had a comment
from Nathaniel 1 to 10 and he wanted to
know how to deal with people who honked their horn when you're learning how to
drive.
No doubt when you're learning how to
drive there is a great deal of social
pressure from the other drivers on the
roadway. You don't want to impede them,
you don't want to make mistakes and most
of all, you don't want to look like a fool because it's embarrassing when you
make mistakes on the roadway.
Unfortunately when we learn how to drive you
kind of get thrown into the deep end
because there isn't any safe place
that you can go. Now if you're with a
driving instructor or with a mentor,
somebody like that, you should be working
in a parking lot
first and foremost before you even get
out onto a roadway. In the controlled area get comfortable with
the primary controls, get comfortable
doing slow-speed maneuvers before you even
begin to enter out onto the roadway. And
do not go out and start working on
complex intersections, as the one behind me, right away. Start off in quiet
suburban areas. That way you can get used
to going around corners, get used to right
and left turns and those types of things.
So horn honking - how do we deal with
honkers? First of all when somebody
honks their horn at you, know all that it is
going to happen when you're learning how
to drive, not a matter of if it's going
to happen! It is a matter of when it is
going to happen, but know that it's going
to happen; if you know that it's going to
happen and other people are going to get
upset with you when you're learning how
to drive
they're going to honk, even if you're in
a driving school car, they still honk at
you. So know that it's gonna happen and
it's just a matter when it's gonna
happen. When it does happen
take a breath... like my driving instructor
said who taught me how to be a driving
instructor: when people honk at you they
got three choices: 1) they can wait for you;
2) they can crash into you, which is
probably not something they're going to
do; 3) or they can just simply go home
and cool off. Because it's just a sign of
aggression, and if you're learning
I know it's really hard, but you got to
take a breath and carry on. Because you
cannot get pressured by other people and
other drivers on the roadway and forced
to go when you shouldn't go. Especially
if you're making a left-hand turn at a
complex intersection, like the one behind
me. Because if you go and the gap isn't
insufficient
you're going to end up in a crash. And
you're going to end up in a dangerous
crash, especially if you have a
passenger in the vehicle. Because T-bone
crashes are one of the most fatal
crashes that we have in terms of vehicle
crashes and collisions now on our
roadways. So know that on the left-hand
turn
if you get pressured, don't succumb to
that pressure. Take a breath and go when
you feel comfortable or safe to go. And
if you feel like that you just can't go
and you can't deal with the pressure,
abort the turn - just go straight through
and carry on if you don't want to make a
left hand turn at a complex intersection.
When you feel your skills aren't there then
just go and make three right-hand turns.
And then you can come back to the
intersection and go straight through.
That's another option that you have. So, horn honkers, unfortunately in this
day and age of social driving, it is
simply a sign of road rage and other
people who are impatient. And it's one of
the hallmarks of social driving. So take
a breath and focus on what you're doing,
not on what other people doing. They can
go home... exactly or wait for you. So just
know that they're just being idiots.
You need to focus on what you're doing!
So that is imperative when you're
learning how to drive.
Question for my smart drivers: do you
have any tips for new drivers learning
how to drive and other people honking
at them? Leave a comment down in the
comment section there - all that help
the new drivers learning how to
drive.
I'm Rick with Smart Drive Test. Thanks very
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And remember, pick up past answer not
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Have a great day. Bye now.
...you're going to
end up in a crash and you're going to
end up in a dangerous crash, especially
if you have a passenger in the vehicle.
because T-bone crashes are one of the
most fatal traffic crashes and
collisions now on our roadways. So know
that on a left-hand turn
if you get pressured, don't go....
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