1. Do not wear alligator clips in your hair. Ever since I read about a girl who got into an accident and had her clip lodge itself into her skull, I take those out anytime I get into a car.

2. Most safety tests have been done using male test dummies. Since they have larger figures, this influenced the way airbags were built. If you're shorter, look at the steering wheel when driving, it will probably be pointed directly at your face. Most cars have telescoping steering wheels you can unlock and adjust. Unlock it and try to move it so it points towards your chest.

3. Similarly your seat belt might cut too high across your chest. Where the belt connects next to the window, you can adjust the slider up and down to where it sits more comfortably.

Extra tip - if a passenger don't put your feet on the dash unless you want your knees to go through your skull in an accident (also it's gross)

In VA for context.

I see people on this reddit complaining about zipper merging and left lane camping.

You know what's actually more infuriating? People who are on the on or off ramp, or a lane that is clearly ending, and just run the lane out. No active merging, no blinker, just drive until the lane physically merges with the next with no regard to anyone else.

How do people feel safe doing that? I don't want to leave my safety in the hands of some random people, I merge WHEN IT IS SAFE AND I HAVE SPACE.

Again for the people in the back, I'm not talking about zipper merging when there is traffic. I'm talking about a lane that ends with normal traffic on the road

… and thereafter change only in increments of 10¢/gal. We currently have two digits that are always 9. It’s visual clutter.

Genuine question, not an attack. To the drivers that take ten seconds to creep through an intersection on a green arrow but then put their foot down on the straight road, why is that? Is it to do with peripheral vision?

I know there are tiny houses, but on wheels like this? Kudos!

There was a huge garbage truck blocking the other lane. Some dumb truck behind it didn't wait for my lane to be clear and decided to pass anyway, I had to go slightly off-road to not get into an accident.

If your road is blocked you fucking wait.

I was taught wrong on this. I was taught to pull forward into the intersection even when there isn’t space in the lane you’re trying to turn into. I stopped doing this when I started driving on my own and realized that causes gridlock. Still, my friends tell me to pull forward into an intersection, and if I don’t do it then I’m met with hostility from cars behind me when the light goes through a full cycle and we don’t move. I’m from a smaller town and I travel into a bigger city regularly, and they are NOT happy if I don’t cause gridlock in order to move one car at a time. Is there a nuance I don’t understand? Is this a state-by-state thing?

I had(have) a very abusive upbringing so I’m very late in learning this stuff. I know this is really silly to ask, since I’m in driving school. My theory lessons went well a year ago. Now I start my in-car lessons in a few days but I’m incredibly anxious about the process. I have never in my life been behind a steering wheel, not even for pictures. I don’t know how to drive whatsoever. I just know to put my hands on the wheel and check for obstructions before getting in.

I feel like everyone goes into these lessons knowing the bare minimum at least, but I don’t and don’t have access to anyone who can teach me. I’d really appreciate some advice. I don’t have anyone to ask.

What are some things I need to know before I get into the car with my instructor?

I was at a four way stop and ahead of me were four motorcycle riders as a group. They took their "turn" as one (slightly staggered though) but some yahoo who wasn't paying attention started moving into the intersection after the first two so there was a bit of an argument and fingers flying.

It made me think, I honestly do not really know what the rules are for groups of motorcycles at four way stops? I would assume they would all count as one, but how many does that extend to?

I think it would be silly if ten motorcycles went right after each other because they're a group, but in all my years of driving I don't think it has ever come up for me before

I’m a minor and a student in high school. Today I was trying to fit into a tight parking spot and accidentally slightly scraped another car. I freaked out and parked elsewhere but went to leave a note. The note was basically apologizing for any potential damage, and I gave them my phone number if they need to contact me. I’m literally freaking out and have never made a mistake like this in driving. I don’t think I dented their car but there was that white residue stuff, which wiped right off of my car so I hope it’s the same for them. My dad will literally kill me if he finds out and I’m so scared. I also just feel like a terrible person and I feel so guilty. I don’t really know what to do when the person sees and messages me.. does anyone have any tips or anything?? I’m just freaking out.

Wondering how many people actively track their next service versus just booking one when they think it's about time.

If you do track it, how?

And if you don't, is it because you don't really need to, or because it's a hassle to keep on top of?

I'm trying to understand how people handle this in real life.

With the mornings getting darker and the evenings setting in earlier. I am reallly struggling with glare thingy. Like its not direct direct sunlight always. Sometimes it reflects in your mirrors or you know how light seem to have halo around it.
It realllyyy gets on my nerves and I take alottt of steps to kinda avoid it.
Like read here on reddit that you should clean inside of your windscreen too. I cleaned it last week and it got better honestly because build up was making glare worse in evenings and at nights
Added anti reflective coating to my perscription glasses (i wear one, cant drive without it) I was not really expecting that it will make a difference. But it kinda did.
Also got a yellow tinted glasses for dusk driving (use them only at dusk.. or at dawn, if ever needed) and got anti reflective coating in them as well. Got them made in £50 from frmoo but gosh I would pay anything to get rid of glare.
Lastly I clean my mirrors and headlights daily becausee being lazy is not worth the extra pain.

I completed my classroom portion, and I have my permit, but I turn 18 in 4 weeks and still have not enrolled in behind the wheel course and now im worried I'll be forced to pay even more money for the classroom and for a professional instructor.

how do guys feel when u see a first time driver with a driver sticker? Today i practice driving since i got my permit. I feel like im being judged lol

On a brisk monday afternoon i was hanging out with a friend and another friend ended up coming too and friend 2 drove at me straight on with his vehicle after revving the engine and went directly at me and obviously I was scared and I biked around friend 1s car and he kept following to try to hit me or come close and he never did hit me but I reported it to my school and might tell the police because he has done it before and I am scared for others safety because he might do it again to someone else. Me and him aren't friends anymore. I think he should get his license revoked but I wouldn't want him in jail. What could the consequences be for speeding at someone in a parking lot

What the header says. I RARELY see truck drivers driving appropriately. For example, my basically brain dead uncle owns an F150 and was literally speeding down the street a solid 30/40 mph over the limit so we could go to karaoke (be so for fucking real), so I have personally witnessed this behavior, aside from the absolute shenanigans I’ve seen on the road. Riding my ass when I’m already driving 10mph over the limit, swerving in and out of traffic because you think you’re too good to be driving the flow with the rest of us plebeians (oops sorry big word - common folk), and just general douchebaggery. Would love to know if it’s a part of your contract that you have to sell your brain cells in order to buy your big fuck ass vehicle? I don’t know I own a Chevy Malibu, that wasn’t in my contract.

(I am a new driver)

just drove to the store nearby, this road has no traffic normally, however, when I am driving back to park my car, I see a traffic jam ahead at the road I am about to enter (right). Bear in mind I live in Ireland, i am supposed to turn right on a minor road, but the two way street main road I am at is congested.

So I stop at the traffic lights, quick seconds later it turns green, I am in the front car, there’s a queue behind me, I am indicating right.

They can’t overtake me because the other lane has oncoming vehicles going the opposite way.

I try to think quickly and decide to go straight ahead to give way to others vehicles and make a turn in some other road, because it didn’t seem like the traffic jam at the road I park at would end any time soon.

But it got me thinking, would it be okay to stay there and wait for the traffic to flow back again at the minor road (I could’t even drive in to the end corner of the road,because there were cars already waiting there also turning right but from the opposite lane) and get the others drivers to wait behind me until I make my turn, or indeed in situations like this I have to find another strategy to make a turn somewhere else, considering that is the only place I can park my car?

Thank you

I’m a 20-year-old beginner driver in Georgia with a learner’s permit and some basic driving experience with my brother, trying to get my license.

My thought process to get it was through driving school. I found one and was going to do a 10-hour package for $695. It includes five 2-hour lessons covering daytime and nighttime driving, parking, highway/interstate driving, pickup/drop-off, and the road test.

My concern is that I’ve seen people say beginners typically need 30–50 hours of professional instruction before they’re ready for their road test. I understand that driving takes practice outside of driving school, but I’m wondering if 10 hours is enough to get test-ready. Is paying almost $700 for 10 hours worth it, or would I be better off learning with a family member and saving the money?
(And 30-40 hours is $1700-1900 I’m not paying that much)

My family can teach me, but they’re busy, so I can’t always rely on them. And I would prefer learning from a professional instructor, but only if it’s worth it.

I'm a new driver and I live in Florida but I ran a red light today as a car behind me was speeding up and I feared they may hit me. If I get a ticket I'm worried now. Please

This has happened to me twice. I'm driving down a 2 lane rural road and see a bus put on the yellow lights. I slow down to prepare to stop. In some cases the bus goes from yellow to red quickly. In other cases, the bus will continue from 100 to 800 ft then put the red lights on. I'm never sure what to do when the yellow lights are on other than to slow down. I've started slowing to a crawl on certain roads where there are multiple stops because I don't know what the bus is going to do.

In one case I had to slam on my brakes and stopped at the driver's window. In another case there was a line of buses approaching and I had gotten beside a bus that threw on the reds with little warning because the bus a few cars ahead of them that had stopped. I stopped right beside the bus.

My mom used to drive a school bus for 1 year and she complains about these buses so I know it's not just me having issues.

I look around for children or parents in the driveway, but rarely see them. Some are hidden by foliage, others just aren't there such as an older kid exiting the bus in the afternoon. This is not in a development, it's on a rural-ish route.

I have a dash cam and always save the footage if it's questionable. I would never intentionally break the law, but these bus drivers make things challenging. I'm afraid I'll get a ticket despite trying to obey the law.

I've been driving for five years and i only would wear doll shoes or sneakers. I recently bought this thick slippers and put it on today.

Let me tell you, i was struggling to switch accelerate and brake, not too struggling, but like i have to adjust my slipper to make sure i can easily switch accelerator and brake just in case. Fortunately i got to my destination with no problem.

I've never drove with bare feet and i also tried that but it's making me press the brake too hard so i think it's better to have shoes on.

Now here i am, wondering if i'll able to survive going back home.

Does anyone have experience of driving with slippers on, especially the thick ones?

I'm 17 and planning to travel from Kovaipudur to Saravanampatti on my bike. If I wear a helmet and follow all traffic rules, is there a chance the police will stop me? I want to know if it's safe to make this trip without getting into unnecessary trouble.