They say one learns a skill after practicing for 10 000 hours, and my driving instructor said it usually takes this much kilometers to become a relatively decent driver, not an "usta" though.
Now, once I have passed the border between a freshman and a sophomore, let me note down some of the lessons I have learnt:
1. When you drive you look at your three mirrors more, than you look through the windshield. This is because it is the danger from behind and around that hits us, not the one right in front of our eyes.
2. Listening to music while driving is crucial, and it does set the pace and the speed as you go. But you should shut the radio down, when there is someone next to you and listen to this someone. This is respect and safety.
3. At the crossroads, people will check you out- some for chatting you up, the others for seeing if they can overtake you. You need to smile like a Sphynx and apply your hand cream. Never be caught in a chat under the red light.
4. You need to fuel your car...systematically, with good quality gasoline and oils. This keeps your car engine going.
5. Some people obtain the license to drive, while others go take exams. They all learn the same things - some in the right way, the others-in the long way.
6. It is after you have a couple of minor accidents that you actually feel the parameters of your car, and learn how to distinguish the good driver from the bad one, as well as to defend yourself.
7. Never trust the signs peer drivers give - they may go to the right while flickering the left turn light, as well as move the car without a prior note. Not mentioning unforeseen stops.
8. One needs to keep their car clean of litter, wash it from time to time, decorate, make changes.
9. Do not compare your car with other people's cars - yours is the best, trust me.
10. If you want to know how important your car is, just do not drive it for three days.
No, this was not about driving and a car.
11. It is a sign of aristocracy when you respect other peoples’ cars, park and drive keeping the distance, do not honk at any uncomfortable situation, give sign before changing your route and turning.
Now, once I have passed the border between a freshman and a sophomore, let me note down some of the lessons I have learnt:
1. When you drive you look at your three mirrors more, than you look through the windshield. This is because it is the danger from behind and around that hits us, not the one right in front of our eyes.
2. Listening to music while driving is crucial, and it does set the pace and the speed as you go. But you should shut the radio down, when there is someone next to you and listen to this someone. This is respect and safety.
3. At the crossroads, people will check you out- some for chatting you up, the others for seeing if they can overtake you. You need to smile like a Sphynx and apply your hand cream. Never be caught in a chat under the red light.
4. You need to fuel your car...systematically, with good quality gasoline and oils. This keeps your car engine going.
5. Some people obtain the license to drive, while others go take exams. They all learn the same things - some in the right way, the others-in the long way.6. It is after you have a couple of minor accidents that you actually feel the parameters of your car, and learn how to distinguish the good driver from the bad one, as well as to defend yourself.
7. Never trust the signs peer drivers give - they may go to the right while flickering the left turn light, as well as move the car without a prior note. Not mentioning unforeseen stops.
8. One needs to keep their car clean of litter, wash it from time to time, decorate, make changes.
9. Do not compare your car with other people's cars - yours is the best, trust me.
10. If you want to know how important your car is, just do not drive it for three days.
No, this was not about driving and a car.
11. It is a sign of aristocracy when you respect other peoples’ cars, park and drive keeping the distance, do not honk at any uncomfortable situation, give sign before changing your route and turning.
