what is the best safety tip you can give to a newly passed car driver aged 18?

Question

what advanced driving skills can you share with new young drivers?

Answer 1

Check the blind spot!!

Always be courteous to other drivers, it makes driving less stressfull.

Answer 2

The best advice I can give is philosophical: Driving is a contract you agree to live up to when you earn your driver's license. Every time you drive you and the other drivers have agreed in advance, under penalty of fines by police, to obey the traffic rules, in order to create a system where everyone gets where they want to go safely and efficiently.

If you speed, don't signal, don't pay attention, then you have broken that contract and have no business driving, even if you aren't caught, your sense of pride and self respect in an honest person, not a contract breaking liar/cheater, should be your motivation.

Also, it's not your job to enforce the contract other than the occasional *beep beep* to warn or chasten others who are endangering you. In the event of an encounter with a criminal, a bad driver, one should do as if one were in a bank being robbed, let the police handle it, and get out of the robber's way. You wouldn't tackle the robber yourself, and neither should you yell, threaten, or assault a bad driver, nor would you follow the robber and demand some money too after he leaves, so you don't speed, double park, &c. just because other people do it.

OK, here's some tips too:

Always look over your shoulder before changing lanes because the mirrors don't show everything.

Better to stop behind a car than try to go around into the bike lane or off the road, because someone could be there, or there could be pot holes or a weak shoulder.

When the light turns green always proceed into the intersection slowly, carefully looking to either side to be sure no one is running the red light.

Always signal any turn or lane change or speed change. Telling the other cars what you intend to do is essential.

Answer 3

1) WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT and 2) When you are behind the wheel, it is the MOST important thing you are doing, and nothing should be allowed to interfere with it. A car is a potentially lethal weapon; it can kill you or someone else if you are careless or believe that you are invincible. This isn't intended to scare you - it's simply a fact. If you treat it with respect, and promise yourself that you will never take your safety for granted, you will be a much better driver than 90% of the people on the road. As a new driver, realize that you are not yet seasoned and as skilled as you will one day be, and adjust your driving accordingly. While you can't be indecisive behind the wheel, don't let anybody tell you that reasonable caution is un-cool or any other crap. A little extra caution while you're new to the road can save your life.

Answer 4

Remember what you were taught when you were learning to drive, Read your theory books still and if you learnt your theory on a computer re-test you self and keep up to date regularly. I passed my test 2 years ago at the age of 57 and like you I worry about staying safe. I see so many people on the road doing what I know they should not be doing that sometimes I think that it is me that is wrong then I remember what I was taught and how I past my test. I may never be the best driver in the world but I try to keep to the speed limits and respect other road uses. The one thing I would say is to look out for new road signs in routes that you know as we can all become very complacent.

Answer 5

THE prime rule of driving : Everybody else out there wants to kill you.
Dont forget it.Drive accordingly.
Only a fool breaks the two second rule. Say that as the car in front of you passes a stationary object.If you pass the same object as you are saying it drop back a little.2 seconds gap between you could save your life.It gives you time to react. Well it should.
This one isnt easy :Dont drive tensed up.Relax a little.Its easier to notice things around you and you may notice something that could possibly cause a problem.Like the shadow of a kid behind a car.Is he gonna run out without looking?You spotted him.You can stop in time to avoid him..
If your mates start playing silly buggers in the car ignore them.Your job as the driver is to be safe..
Try and drive smoothly.It sounds easy doesnt it? Smooth on the throttle,clutch,brakes.Why? If you feel relaxed your passsengers will too.Smooth can equal safe.
Anything else? Hmm beware of speed cameras.
Bnut above all else enjoy driving.Treat it as a skill to be honed.

Answer 6

If you remember one simple rule, 'A meteor could land right in front of me now', and always act as though your prepared to act on such an eventuality, you'll be much more ready to respond to others bad driving, and most importantly remember you have now learned to operate the controls of a car, NOT TO DRIVE. that will take another 6 months just to begin to learn.

Essentially its a jungle out there, if you keep picturing things that may feasibly happen you'll find it will eventually become a subconscious part of your driving. As long as you don't get cocky, but remember to keep in line with what the rest of the traffic is doing (i.e do NOT pull onto a dual carriageway or motorway and immediately put the car in top like some instructors tell you to, but build up speed to match the rest of the traffic quickly then put it into top) you'll do fine.

Answer 7

You will go through an overconfidence stage and crash, may be causing minimal damage, maybe killing someone, its all down to luck, but there is this period when you feel confident before your responses become automatic, where you are lethal.
I would suggest you practice emergecy stops on wet roads when there is no one around and drive until driving becomes second nature.
However safety must take second place to obeying Laws, it is more important to learn to spot Gatso speed cameras and speed Camera vans and plod with radar than to drive safely, also traffic light cameras, it is better to be hit from behind doing a crash stop to avoid crossing on red than get a fixed penalty because in the UK 2 fixed penalties and you have to take a test again......
Bloke a few miles away reversed his car, over a 4 year old, killed him. You dont crash because you go fast, but you do get fined.
Forget safety. Keep Legal

Answer 8

Do not think that you can drive because you have passed your test it takes a long time you are always learning what those stupid drivers are going to do next.Do not go speeding,drive for the conditions be extra alert , kids in the car watch your speed drive with extra care. I know a girl passed her test Daddy very proud of her the idiot of a rich Daddy buys her an XR3. what happens she could not handle it puts it through a barbed wire fence into a field lucky she was ok. Rich Daddy did not realise he caused the accident by giving her a car she could not handle.Remember you have a lethal weapon in your hands.Safe driving to you.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

Mine would be a simple one - don't listen to any music, or the radio, for the first month or so. Really get to know the sounds your car makes, that way you'll become more aware when things start to sound 'wrong'. Also music can be a real distraction - you should devoting all your concentration to the pedestrians, cyclists, other road users, motorbikes, traffic lights, and all the millions of other things that can catch you out.

Good luck! You'll have a lot of fun once you build your confidence up.

Answer 11

Do not go on a Motorway until you have been driving for 2 months then take an experienced driver with you the first time.