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Thread Number: 80066
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| Post# 1039970 , Reply# 1 7/30/2019 at 08:17 (1,725 days old) by fan-of-fans (Florida) | ||
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Oops. What I forgot to mention above, was how that Impala, even though it was a brand new model at the time, looked like an older car. At least as far as the exterior, it reminded me of a car out of the 1990s. And for that I quite liked it. | ||
Post# 1039976 , Reply# 2 7/30/2019 at 08:35 (1,725 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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Oh lord, it was a Plymouth Volaré. Easy to handle, but gutless. My driver's ed instructor once said to me that I was trying to accelerate too quickly and that "no car has that kind of pickup". I asked him if he'd ever owned a Chevy... LOL My late mother's car at the time was a 76 Malibu Station Wagon with a small 8, my father drove a 67 Chevy with a kick-ass 6, and the 'spare' car was a 66 Pontiac Grande Parisienne with a huge V8. I was used to acceleration... LOL
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Post# 1039978 , Reply# 3 7/30/2019 at 08:43 (1,725 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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We had an Olds Cutlass. It had the second brake pedal on the passenger's side, great acceleration and very good air conditioning which was welcome after the unair-conditioned classroom in summer school. It was very comfortable for the three of us and the teacher. | ||
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Post# 1039980 , Reply# 4 7/30/2019 at 09:06 (1,725 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Chevrolet I took driver ed in June, 1972, and the vehicles were provided by the local Chevrolet-Oldsmobile dealer. One was an Impala 4 dr in Gulf Green, and the other was a Kingswood wagon in Ascot Blue. I doesn't seem long ago at all I started driving - can't believe it's been 47 years! | ||
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Post# 1039981 , Reply# 5 7/30/2019 at 09:13 (1,725 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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Post# 1039988 , Reply# 6 7/30/2019 at 09:44 (1,725 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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I took drivers Ed in 1967 and the training car was a white 1966 Dodge Coronet, the same as the CHP drove at that time in Calif., only I’m sure they had bigger V-8’s than the drivers ed car, which was I believe a 318 with a 3 spd auto trans. It had good acceleration and was an easy car to drive. I got my drivers license in Jan 1968 driving the neighbors 1961 Chevrolet Nomad station wagon with a 348 and Turbo Glide. And neither of these cars had AC. Back then in Northern California AC was still not that common.
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Post# 1039989 , Reply# 7 7/30/2019 at 09:45 (1,725 days old) by Paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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1979 Dodge Aspen
Much like Paul Chaks, my driver’s ed car was the Dodge Aspen, a clone of the Volare’ .
Similarly, I also was chided for driving too fast during practice. Hmmm. Was it the car and not our driving skills?? Ultimately I did buy a pristine Aspen wagon which saved my life (the first time) after a sliding semi-truck pushed me into a bridge. I replaced it with a 1980 Volare which lasted forever. The heater blower was so strong that I used it to dry my hair on the way to work. Thankfully I still have most of my hair. | ||
| Post# 1039991 , Reply# 8 7/30/2019 at 09:52 (1,725 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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1980 We had a new 80 Cutlass Supreme 2 door I hated it compared to my Mothers 76 Cutlass 350 four barrel which was a great car. | ||
| Post# 1039995 , Reply# 9 7/30/2019 at 10:10 (1,725 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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1986 Chevy celebrity and 1986 Ford tempo-both had the extra cable-operated brake pedal for the instructor,but that was the only modification from stock. | ||
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Post# 1039996 , Reply# 10 7/30/2019 at 10:17 (1,725 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 1039998 , Reply# 11 7/30/2019 at 10:31 (1,725 days old) by philcobendixduo (San Jose) |
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| Post# 1040003 , Reply# 13 7/30/2019 at 10:59 (1,725 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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The training car was a 1978 Dodge Aspen with the 225 cubic inch Slant Six and Torqueflite, and the car my sister and I shared was a 1978 Plymouth Volare with........225 Slant Six, Torqueflite, but ours had air conditioning!! Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
| Post# 1040009 , Reply# 14 7/30/2019 at 11:55 (1,725 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA) | ||
 1984 Chevrolet Celebrity.
Our instructor allowed the radio to be played and I remember hearing the Pointer Sister's song "Automatic" during several outings. I will always associate that song with Driver's Ed...funny how the human brain files music with specific events.
In Iowa at that time, if you passed your driving test in high school you were exempt from taking a DOT driver's test...except for a special lottery where an unlucky few were drawn and required to also take the DOT test. Fortunately I wasn't selected! | ||
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Post# 1040013 , Reply# 15 7/30/2019 at 12:20 (1,725 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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I really wish that our schools here in California would once again include Drivers Education in the curriculum, and make it mandatory, like it was in the Dark Ages when I attended HS.
Since it has no longer been required here for at least the last 20 or more years I’ve noticed a decline in the consistent observation of the Rules of the Road. Every driver seems to have their own idea of what is the proper way to observe the law. Many seem to believe that stopping at red lights and stop signs, and the use of directional signals are optional, and I’ve noticed that the police are the worst offenders for failure to signal a turn. Apparently the think that as long as they know where they are going, thats good enough. Eddie | ||
| Post# 1040014 , Reply# 16 7/30/2019 at 12:25 (1,725 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
Spring 1967: car: a '67 BelAir 4 dr in dark turquoise with 283 and Powerglide from Marsden Chevrolet. The teacher: Mr. Glenn Adkins, a nerdy glasses-wearing and thinning hair man about 50, also endowed with nerves of steel. My student driving companion: Alison K. a super cute Cher lookalike with ruler-straight long black hair... frankly I was far more interested in Allison than in the driving instruction (since I'd been surreptitiously driving since age 12). Mr A. demonstrated his legendary "sang froid" (maybe he kept a flask in his desk?) one time when the lovely Alison pulled up to a light a bit too far into a busy intersection in the Baltimore suburb where we lived. He calmly asked her to back up 10 feet, which she did. When the light changed she hit the gas HARD and "BAAMMM" backed right into the Coronet behind us. Adkins calmly said "Move forward and put the car in Park". Then he got out, ascertained that there was no damage, with the other car's driver, got back in the shotgun seat, and instructed a very shell shocked Allison to "Proceed please"... and he never said another thing. True story.
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| Post# 1040016 , Reply# 17 7/30/2019 at 13:31 (1,725 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
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Post# 1040017 , Reply# 18 7/30/2019 at 13:31 (1,725 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 1040018 , Reply# 19 7/30/2019 at 13:34 (1,725 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1040020 , Reply# 20 7/30/2019 at 14:00 (1,725 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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had driver training first in the simulators....typical projector on screen....once you completed 50 hours....then onto actual road driving
on road driving was a 1980 Mercury Zephyr(Ford Fairmont)….which was actually a nicely equipped vehicle....I wanted one after graduation but ended up with a 1982 Mercury Capri RS Turbo....this dealer supplied Drivers ED with our cars, and a nice discount if you bought a vehicle from them... if you took the written test in school, it was 100 questions, at the DMV was only the same 20 as in the back of the book, just scrambled in different order... in NJ, you had to be 17 to get your license......I got mine at 16, somehow they screwed up after taking my written test, you got a permit, and a date/time of when to show up for your driver test, going out on an actual road....not a test track as they do today...within 2 months I had my license....I didn't question it.... | ||
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Post# 1040046 , Reply# 21 7/30/2019 at 17:09 (1,725 days old) by GusHerb (Chicago/NWI) |
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For me it was a Dodge Caliber....in safety yellow. Somehow the Drivers Ed school I went to still has that car in their fleet 10 years later, even despite the fact that the Nissan/Jatco CVT those things had were notoriously unreliable. | ||
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Post# 1040054 , Reply# 22 7/30/2019 at 18:24 (1,725 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Post# 1040062 , Reply# 23 7/30/2019 at 19:09 (1,724 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Since I was a certified car nut in my youth, I can't believe I don't remember the car in intimate detail.
The year was probably 1983, maybe 1984. I'm 99% sure the car was a white Pontiac Phoenix; the GM sibling of the Chevy Citation. I seem to recall it being a two door notchback. I was always a fan of really big cars, but I thought the little Phoenix was pretty fun to drive. I was pretty skeptical about the newfangled front wheel drive thing, but it didn't end up causing me any grief. To this day though, I've never bought a front wheel drive car. The only reason I have one, a 2001 VW Passat, is because it was given to us. Barry | ||
| Post# 1040063 , Reply# 24 7/30/2019 at 19:10 (1,724 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
fun question... A 1966 Dodge Coronet 500, yellow, bucket seats, console shift...so sporty. When I went home the only car I had to practice driving in was my parent's totally disgusting 1959 Ford Country Sedan station wagon. It was a toss-up...which was worse, that car or my bicycle. I remember listening to the radio in that Coronet and the teacher singing along with "Hang On Sloopy", a big hit at the time, and him singing "Hang On Snoopy".
This could be just a way to separate the kids from us oldsters. I'm watching for someone to say they took driver training in a Hudson.
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Post# 1040066 , Reply# 25 7/30/2019 at 20:19 (1,724 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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1980 Oldsmobile Delta 88. Dark blue. This was the refresh (aerodynamicized) of the GM 1977 Full Size....flat wheel covers and raised decklid with aero lip. Remember getting into a big argument with the drivers' ed instructor about what a curb was for parking--I cramped the wheels the "wrong" way but he relented when I showed him what I thought a curb was...
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Post# 1040069 , Reply# 27 7/30/2019 at 21:13 (1,724 days old) by jmm63 (Denville, NJ) |
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Driver training was on a 79 Olds Cutlass Supreme Brougham. Just like the one below. I remember being impressed by the plush interior, nice ride, and how smoothly it shifted.
Drivers test was on our 76 Ford Gran Torino, my Mom's car. It was the same color as the pic but had a tan 1/4 roof. I bought that same rims and wheels and put them on in 80. I drove that car everywhere!! I don't think she drove it from 79 - 82, I had it all the time. Then got my first car, an 81 Mercury Capri GS. Mine was a beautiful midnight blue with a Pewter interior, loved that car too. Unfortunately, my brother T-boned a pick up truck in the Torino and totaled it. The Capri started to rust through the floor pan, which I was shocked because it was in such great shape. | ||
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Post# 1040070 , Reply# 28 7/30/2019 at 21:23 (1,724 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 1040094 , Reply# 31 7/31/2019 at 03:34 (1,724 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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| Post# 1040097 , Reply# 32 7/31/2019 at 04:42 (1,724 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Post# 1040101 , Reply# 33 7/31/2019 at 06:18 (1,724 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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Post# 1040106 , Reply# 34 7/31/2019 at 06:57 (1,724 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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Great thread!!
Reminds me how old I am.........Reminds me of a time when Power Windows, Steering, Brakes and Air Conditioning were options. Can you even buy a car these days without these features?
I don't remember what kind of drivers ed was available through my high school. My Dad had a very bad experience teaching my older sister to drive as a supplement to what she got through school. He swore that myself and my little sister would go through a Driving School so he wouldn't have to go through that again. I remember she had a mustang but not much more about the car. I do, however, remember a number of hints she gave me about making left hand turns and tips and tricks to parallel park any vehicle. It's funny how we remember different things. I've enjoyed reading about the options you all had or didn't have in the cars you learned in. I probably would have remembered more if there was a vintage dishwasher somewhere in the vehicle. LOL. | ||
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Post# 1040113 , Reply# 35 7/31/2019 at 07:31 (1,724 days old) by dermacie (my forever home (Glenshaw, PA)) |
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Post# 1040244 , Reply# 41 8/1/2019 at 06:52 (1,723 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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No driver's ed classes in the NL either. My driving instructor was supposed to be the best in town, but he wasn't very patient with older women who came to him to learn to drive, except when they were learned fast. He would praise them endlessly.
I learned to drive in an Audi 80, see picture, same model, same color.
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Post# 1040254 , Reply# 42 8/1/2019 at 07:51 (1,723 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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A row of Ford Mavericks is the first thing I remember walking by (all having a floor shifter to be easily operated by driver as well as the instructor) then Escorts & Tempos years later when I took drivers ed (by that time everything had the gear shift mounted on the floor) and I would guess floor shifter-equipped Ford Fairmonts were used in between...
As for the Escorts, three of each were used on the range, one on the road, while also for the Tempos, one on the range and three on the road... (I was in the oddball group who got the one Escort & one Tempo opposite of the three in the latter courses) I won't get into any details about how I did in driver's ed, though I probably just did, as that was the first time, (I attended the 2nd session, I wasn't ready for the 1st, I turned down an offer to switch to if "Big Brandy" was going to be in the class & deviate my concentration, so I had "Li'l Babbie" to really test keeping my concentration level intact) I took it, then the 2nd time, we may have just only driven Ford Tempos, I somehow don't remember... But "Surprise!", that 2nd time on the last day of the course (this time Attended the 1st session,sot hey would let me retake it 2nd if I didn't pass) the instructor said "I am passing you", though I think he had to hit that passenger side brake as I was backing out (slowly, and cautiously, though) and the "Needs Help" I had previously gotten on my report card (among other things, though made "Poor" on others) made my only "Excellent", while I got the middle, and next-highest marks on the rest of the criteria... Some of the instructors were our teachers who voluntarily worked during the Summer, others you only saw and had during the course and you had one that taught the class and the range, while a different one was your instructor on the road... So my first time I had an instructor in the classroom and range (who made me retake a required test, we were all supposed to pass, of which I memorized the letters in the multiple-choice of the answer to, as opposed to the "How are supposed to study?" he asked me, when I didn't comprehensively write word-for-word, what he wanted) and the road instructor, who were both exclusively drivers ed teachers (& the road instructor, though rather tough and easily flunked me, I sadly read about him passing away, a few years back)... While the second time, the class & range was my gym teacher (at just at the elementary school I attended in 3rd grade) who had gone right on to being the high school athletic coach, soI frequently saw him from the time I attended HS in 9th grade, on... And it being a small world, he frequently shopped at the store I used to work at, and coincidentally his two granddaughters attended the same overnight camp, that my daughter went to saw we saw each other there at least dropping out girls off, but somehow not picking them up... The road instructor I had was notoriously tough on one friend of mine in school, a couple grades older than I was but at leastI'd passed, whereas that first time my classmate had taken driver's ed, it was his last, so he'd flunked & just didn't drive (only walked & took the bus every where) but maybe given that I hadn't seen him in a number of years, probably just went ahead going to his local Secretary of State & took an exam; don't know... One gal across the street, who'd similarly took driver's ed two-times like I did & flunked both times, hired Sears to teach her to drive, around the first time I was taking driver's ed in school, and fortunately that time passed... I think with the way Ford does sponsor drivers ed courses, she may have driven an Escort as well, and I don't know if our dealer that provided the cars at the school offered a discount for buying its cars, I probably should have enquired... These days, I don't think any school districts offer drivers ed courses, if you want to learn to drive, you have to hire the one of many companies & private services, that I see their cars of on the road... -- Dave | ||
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Post# 1040337 , Reply# 44 8/1/2019 at 20:07 (1,722 days old) by joelippard (Hickory) |
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 Mine was a 1988 Chevrolet Celebrity CL just like the one pictured here. It had the 2.8 MPFI V6 and was a fun car to drive. The seats (as pictured) were very nice as well. | ||
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Post# 1040363 , Reply# 46 8/2/2019 at 01:49 (1,722 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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“ we did have to parallel park in those days, not now.”
I’ve always liked to parallel park. The neighbor that taught me to parallel park was a logging truck driver, great teacher, always patient. By the time I went for my drivers license test I was completely confident in my ability to parallel park.
And to this day, 52 years later, every time I parallel park I still hear Stan’s voice in my head, telling me just what to do. I never pass up an opportunity to prove that I can still do it, first try every time. It’s really easy if you know you can do it. I used to even parallel park my 55’ Cadillac Coupe De Ville in downtown San Francisco, with all the traffic, and it never phased me. Now, a lot of drivers couldn’t parallel park if their lives depended upon it. And lots of new cars will park themselves, something I’d have a hard time trusting LOL. Eddie | ||
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Post# 1040364 , Reply# 47 8/2/2019 at 02:30 (1,722 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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We learned 4 special proceedings during driving lessons. Parallel parking was one, the others were parking backwards into a garage, driving backwards around a corner and turning in a narrow street. Only one of those proceedings were done at the exam, I forgot which one I got.
I can do parallel parking, but I noticed something odd though. Parking a smaller car isn't necessarily easier. I guess it depends on a lot of factors like the power steering and how much you have to turn the wheel but also the wheelbase of the car. Although both cars are small in American eyes, my Volkswagen Polo was easier to park than my Smart. | ||
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Post# 1040365 , Reply# 48 8/2/2019 at 02:39 (1,722 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Post# 1040378 , Reply# 49 8/2/2019 at 07:23 (1,722 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Oh boy I feeling rather ancient too 
It was 1978 I started to learn in a 1976 Ford Escort 1100 cc it was January as the driving instructor was a busy man and he had a queue of people wanting to learn. First lesson was awful as it was still snowing and there was slush everywhere, The car was steamed up as NO ac nor power anything. it was of course a manual as Automatics were for the Hoy palloy as were always more expensive and in those days rather rare. I also was taken out with Mum and Dad and each had their own way of yelling at you and each having a totally different car. Dad had a Grey Minivan with only 2 front seats it was noisy to say the least with a gear stick that came out the front of the car near the pedals it was known as " Pudding stirrer " due to it being very loose and sloppy, Mum had the family car which back then was a bright red Austin Allegro of course that was the one I ran into the gate post with ... Not a popular person. It was great getting extra experience though as having 3 different cars to learn in it made it easier to pass my test on the hottest day in August 1978 I do recall having a lady examiner and she was notorious for being strict, As we headed to the worst road in town where I always stalled the car on the hill she asked me to pull over under the shade of a big Oak tree, Shit I thought she is going to make me drive up this horrible hill however she said that was not so bad Mr Crump and I am happy to tell you that you have passed. We had to do all the manoeuvres Louis mentioned the backing around a corner parralel park turn in the road called the a 3 point turn an emergency stop. So glad it was over and have done HGV since that was scary too lol
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Post# 1040381 , Reply# 50 8/2/2019 at 09:08 (1,722 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia) |
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reverse around a corner funny thing is that manoevre is a compulsory part of the UK driving test but is an illegal move here in AUS. | ||
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Post# 1040386 , Reply# 51 8/2/2019 at 09:33 (1,722 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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Reverse around a corner...seriously??
I learned to drive in 1970 in Ohio. This certainly wasn't part of our training or test. What's the purpose? I've been driving for what feels like a thousand years and I don't think I've ever had a reason to do this. And now, with all the back up and 360 view cameras I can't imagine I'd need this skill. | ||
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Post# 1040387 , Reply# 52 8/2/2019 at 10:07 (1,722 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1040402 , Reply# 53 8/2/2019 at 12:43 (1,722 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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Reverse around a corner... | ||
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Post# 1040403 , Reply# 54 8/2/2019 at 13:14 (1,722 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1040406 , Reply# 55 8/2/2019 at 14:16 (1,722 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Seems like a good idea to me for the Drivers License test to include backing around a corner as a skill the applicant is able to perform. It demonstrates the ability to backup under what for many may be
unusual conditions, but the ability to be able to do so could be a life saver in some emergency conditions. And I’ll bet most new drivers would be hard pressed to perform this maneuver. With self driving cars a reality now, once they become prevalent, driving skills will eventually go right down the toilet. Eddie | ||
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Post# 1040461 , Reply# 56 8/3/2019 at 01:17 (1,721 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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I didn't even have to parallel park for my DL test. I hate to parallel park. It's not as bad now with backup cameras and park sensors like on my Lincoln or doing it in my Beetle that doesn't have a rear end. Tony has always driven big cars like Cadillacs or Lincoln Town Cars so he can park them in the tightest spaces. My mother can't really parallel park well either and she taught me how to drive. But we didn't have parallel spaces down home so I didn't really get to practice. That's why I like small cars for city driving. | ||
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Post# 1040463 , Reply# 57 8/3/2019 at 04:48 (1,721 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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History
In the Netherlands a driving license became mandatory in 1907. In the beginning there were no exams, you just had to apply for one and then you got one. When my grandfather applied for one in 1924 he was asked which licenses he wanted. He said for a car and a motor, so he got those. In 1927 driving tests were introduced. According to my father he didn't have to do much more than drive forward and backward in 1949. Ofcourse he had lots of experience by then, he started driving at 14. lol
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Post# 1040468 , Reply# 58 8/3/2019 at 05:12 (1,721 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Traffic in Amsterdam
is always madness. It's not just madness to drive a car in city centre but you also have to compete with all the cyclists. Pictures from the past and the present.
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Post# 1040471 , Reply# 59 8/3/2019 at 06:53 (1,721 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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#Louis your pic 9
Shows a Renault between a Mini estate and a Citroen van its the same Renault as I had oh the miles I did in that...
In reply to the reverse around a corner I think its still mandatory here you have to be able to prove you control the car in reverse gear and get it around a tight corner without drifting into the middle of the road or hitting the kerb. Its not as hard as it sounds with practice... Austin | ||
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Post# 1040484 , Reply# 60 8/3/2019 at 09:15 (1,721 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 1040499 , Reply# 62 8/3/2019 at 10:52 (1,721 days old) by Ultralux88 (Denver) | ||
Well, I never did driver’s ed, and my mom was an absolute terror to try and drive with my permit and her in the car, I did virtually no driving before I got my license because of this. I ended up just waiting til I was 18 and didn’t have to bother with all the practice driving logs and such, to everyone’s surprise but my own, I took the test and passed the first try and that’s how I got my license. It irritated my sister, who is 2 years younger, because she, that same week, took her test (I’m 18 and she’s 16) 3 times before she passed. She actually studied too. What no one realized was that I’d had 18 years of actually paying attention to what was going on as mom and dad drove the car!!
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Post# 1040973 , Reply# 64 8/7/2019 at 17:56 (1,717 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Post# 1041043 , Reply# 67 8/8/2019 at 12:44 (1,716 days old) by lakewebsterkid (Dayton, Ohio) |
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Lol Had a first gen Pontiac Vibe. That car had a very sensitive throttle pedal in comparison to the Grand Prix I was used to driving. It had over 200K miles and ran great. It was beat up but wasn’t bad to drive. | ||
| Post# 1041048 , Reply# 68 8/8/2019 at 13:39 (1,716 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Pontiac Vibe was the same car mechanically as the Toyota Matrix. Both Corolla based, assembled in Fremont, California, now a Tesla plant. | ||
| Post# 1041073 , Reply# 70 8/8/2019 at 15:44 (1,716 days old) by touchtronic (Omaha, NE) | ||
1995 Chevrolet Lumina
Mine was a 1995 Chevrolet Lumina, which looking back and knowing a friend who drove one for years was not a bad car. And now I feel so old :(
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Post# 1041173 , Reply# 71 8/9/2019 at 07:27 (1,715 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Simca 1100
My grandfather had one exactly like the one in this picture.
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Post# 1041176 , Reply# 72 8/9/2019 at 07:36 (1,715 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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@Louis
Your spot on and yes I had a 15TS Automatic my first auto of many I can still recall the registration plate it was UUY 373R the letter R is the year it was made which was 1977 I bought it in 1985 I had it for years and sold it to my then sister in law who had it for a while and then she needed a bigger car and at the time I had a Citroen GS club estate so we swapped and I got my beloved 15 back I then held onto it till late 88 it then went to the scrap yard as the Renault Rust had it around the mounting points and thus was un fixable..... A very sad day indeed.
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Post# 1041183 , Reply# 73 8/9/2019 at 10:17 (1,715 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia) |
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Thanks Louis That is the one. Mine was a Special so it had driving lights in the grille, otherwise the same. Mine was white too. I wish I still had it. | ||
| Post# 1041569 , Reply# 74 8/12/2019 at 20:29 (1,711 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA) | ||
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Post# 1041591 , Reply# 75 8/13/2019 at 06:01 (1,711 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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That makes me think of something that was forwarded to me several years ago when I first started driving in Nashville...it was Nashville driving rules for new residents....something like: 1. When a traffic light turns green, count to 5 before proceeding through the light to allow the remaining drivers in the red direction time to quit driving through. 2. There are two Old Hickory Blvds to deal with. 3. There is ALWAYS construction somewhere in Nashville. This year it's I-440...the entire thing! 4. If it's raining, leave an hour early. 5. If it's snowing, leave two hours early. 6. If it's sunny, leave early anyway because there's bound to be a wreck somewhere. 7. Nashville drivers can't drive in the dark so after the fall back, leave early. 8. If you need to get across town during rush hour, you're better off going straight through the middle of downtown because everyone else will be stuck on the interstates. (True!) 9. Apparently cars sold in Nashville aren't required to have turn signals. 10.Merging onto the interstate doing 25mph when other cars are doing 70+ makes perfect sense. 11.Truck drivers think the HOV lanes mean "heavy over-sized vehicle" and they belong to them. 12.During rush hour, the only way to change lanes is to buy the car next to you. 13.Nashville Idiot Driver Day is always on days of the week that end in "Y". 14.There will be more cops and troopers sitting and watching the interstates on Sunday mornings when there is no traffic than any other time when it's all backed up. 15.Signs that say, "left lane closed 3 miles ahead" really mean you can stay in that lane until you get to the orange cones and then expect to be able to move over. After all, they didn't give you enough advance notice that your lane is closed. 16.Some days traffic is backed up so bad that you can change a tire without ever losing your spot in line. 17.Tennessee's hands-free law only applies to people who give a crap. 18.Even the cops drive like it's the Indy 500. 19.The morning rush hour is from 5:00 to 10:00. 20.If someone uses their turn signal, they're probably not from here.
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