- Willie's been unsuccessful
in his driver's test a couple of time,
So today in driving lesson number one,
we're assessing his abilities and skills
and those that need to be strengthened
and improved for the purposes of him passing
a driver's test and getting his driver's license.
Stick around, we'll be right back
with that information.
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So what were some of the feedback that they gave you?
- From my last test?
- [Rick] Yeah
- The last test, problem I had was in Kamloops
was going over on those double turns
where I couldn't see the, in the, in the one ways.
- Yep.
- I went over on a few one-ways
and then on one of the red lights there.
I just totally got comfortable.
And instead of coming to a full stop,
it was just some social driving and I crept through real
slow, an, yeah
so I didn't come to a stop at a red light and I went over on
some of the one ways.
And is there anything else on there?
- So was it just nerves then?
- Oh, I was nervous at all and it was no one's fault.
The driver inspectors a really, really nice guy.
- [Rick] Get up to speed.
90, Let's go 90, stay on the ramp, stay on the ramp.
Focus on your speed. Get your speed up.
There you go down now, find your spot.
Nice.
So one of the things,
when you go around the curves like this.
- Yeah.
- It's all of the kind of physics and all those kinds of
things want to push you to the bottom of the curve.
You want to stay to the top.
So if you're going around to the left,
you want to stay up to the right.
If you're going around on the right,
you want to stay up to the left.
- [Willie] Okay.
- An that'll help you get through the curve.
And have the vehicle stay centered for you.
- Like, I mean, if I'm like turning this way,
stay on the tight side of the turn.
- Stay on the biggest side,
- [Willie] Oh, the biggest side
- So if you're going left, you're going to stay right.
- Yeah, okay.
- If you're going right then you're going to stay left.
- I see.
- So you just got 10 points.
So when you're at that sign, when you hit that sign,
you need to be doing 50, okay.
Now make sure you stop.
Did you see that light flash?
- No.
- As soon as that light comes on, it's going to go yellow.
This traffic light is going to go yellow.
You're not going to make it.
So remember for the purposes of your driver's test,
yellow and red lights are the same color.
- Yeah
- They both mean stop.
Never really sure what other traffic's going to do.
- [Willie] (indistinct)
- Somebody tried to take me out on a left turn
on the weekend in Winfield.
- [Willie] Oh, really?
- [Rick] Light was turning yellow and I thought, okay,
they're going to stop.
They didn't stop.
And I aborted
- [Willie] Really?
- [Rick] Yeah, I hammered the brakes on and they
came through the intersection.
- Oh
- [Willie] A Co-worker just got a car crash.
I didn't hear much about it.
So I had a meeting today and said, yeah
Ms. O'Donnell won't be teaching for a while
- Yeah.
- Everywhere, that was just today.
- That's unfortunate.
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When stuff like that happens,
you just take your foot off the throttle,
just put your foot over the brake.
You don't have to touch the brake.
- [Willie] Yeah
- [Rick] Just put your foot over top of it.
- Just be ready.
- [Rick] Yeah, just be ready just in case.
Most of the time it's going to be okay.
- [Willie] Yeah.
- [Rick] Like that. You didn't have to touch the brake.
You just put your foot over the brake.
- [Willie] Yeah.
- Cause your, your following distance is really good,
so you have a good buffer here.
- Yeah.
- So right here,
just scan the intersection and look that way again,
because, if you get T-boned, if somebody runs the light,
they're going to run it over there. Right.
So it's scan, and then back to the left again,
Yeah, make sure you got a, a head movement too,
because we're looking for that head movement.
- Okay.
- Crosswalk, nobody in the crosswalk. And you can all,
you can talk through this too, right?
- [Willie] Yeah
- Intersection, cars. Good.
Nobody in the crosswalk.
- [Rick] Yeah.
- [Willie] Roundabout, pedestrian. Pedestrians good
- [Willie] Yeah.
- Go straight through,
Cyclists. Cyclists is good.
(blinker clicking)
- I don't like them when they ride on the sidewalk.
They're too unpredictable.
- Yeah
- [Rick] Crosswalks good.
Red light. Pedestrians are good.
This is the stuff the examiners looking for.
They're looking to see if you are able to pick out and
recognize the potential hazards on the road.
So the pedestrians, the guy in the bicycle back there,
he's probably still coming up beside us, right?
- [Willie] Yeah.
- [Rick] All that stuff is what they're looking for.
- Okay.
- So two things I want you to work on for next time.
Just work on opening your fingers and letting the steering
wheel, move back through your hands.
- [Willie] Mm-hmm
- [Rick] So work on that.
And the other piece I want you to work on is to just stay
centered in the lane because you come up there and this side
of the vehicle was on the bicycle lane.
- [Willie] Okay
- [Rick] Every time you hit that line,
especially if you get Andreas here,
you're going to lose 10 points.
- Need some work, but that's what I'll give it. (laughs)
- (Rick laughs)
- [Rick] We'll get you there. We'll get you a license.
- [Willie] Good.
- We're going to go left at the..
- [Willie] I'm sorry, I keep telling my mom,
just going to get a horse (laughs)
- Get a horse (laughs)
Slow down, slow down
So whenever you get into these tight spots like this,
go nice and slow.
- Do I still want to get up behind this.
- [Rick] You still do, but you want to go nice and slow.
- [Willie] Okay
- [Rick] The tighter the space, the slower
you should be going, okay.
When it gets tight like that and there's cars and you're on
near the line,
you should start feeling a little bit uncomfortable,
a little bit anxious, and just slowing down and going nice
and slow. And then that way you can observe,
you can make sure you get the vehicle where you needed to be
and whatnot.
That wasn't a four way, right?
- Oh no.
- No
(blinker clicking)
- That was a two way
It's okay, nobody died.
- What do the rules imply for a two way?
- [Rick] Okay, so two way you got to stop at the line
and then creep forward as you've been doing
most of the time.
- Oh
- So this is a two way stop sign. If it's a four way
stop sign, it'll have a little sign underneath it
say it's a four way year, or an all way or whatnot.
Okay, We're going to go left here.
(blinker clicking)
Yeah, make sure you look again that way.
- Okay.
- Okay we'll work on those next time
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