How Long Did It take you to learn to Drive

Probably like a few weeks or less to get the hang of it, but much longer to actually be a "skilled" driver. You're probably going to think you are a professional once your learn, until you get t-boned going through a red light by a truck with all your friends in the car, because you were acting like a jackass...
 
For anyone saying its hard to get your licence, You're fucking high. They go through the book with you. They spoonfeed this shit to you so much, its not even funny. If you fail drivers ed or your driving test, you're either A.) Retarded, B.) A girl Or C) Both A and B.
 
I passed my G2 with a concussion (Probably stupid but I felt better that day) in the biggest snowstorm of the year, first try.
 
took like 2 months with all the classes. Grew up learning how to drive in assachusetts with everyone driving way over the speed limit and everyone fucking sucks at driving.
 
idk, i got taken to a huge parking lot with a course set up using road cones and was taught how to really drive....as in how to take corners, regain control in a slide, etc. i think EVERYONE should be required to do this so you don't fucking freak out when something accidentally happens on the road due to bad weather, another driver, etc.
 
Not anymore. I have been living in maine and berlin nh. Basically how I dove down there was I drove in the left lane where the big boy drivers drive and people who need to pay the fuck attention or you will end up crashing at 100 mph.
 
Handling a car: 10-20 hours

Safe driving can always be attempted, but difficult & dangerous situations can & will arise from nowhere, at any time.
 
I started dirt track racing cars when I was just under 12 so I'd say I was good to go full-on by 13ish? Most people don't even get to take cars off jumps, crash them and actually do PIT maneuvers and shit so that was pretty cool. I was way ahead of the curve when I took the driver's ed course haha

I rolled my first car when I was 13 taking it off a jump that was too big and losing a front wheel.

 
honestly driver ed didn't teach me anything except the behind the wheel portion. the classes were a complete waste of time.

I think instead of trying to scare you shitless the whole time the classes should focus on how cars actually work, how best to drive in traffic on high ways, how stop lights work, what to do when you get into an accident and other useful stuff like that.

 
My dad started teaching me to drive on backroads pretty much as soon as i was big enough. I think it helped a lot. My mom has panic attacks riding with me to this day.
 
I'm guessing "gasping for breath as if imminent death was upon you from normal traffic and liberal use of the arm seatbelt"??

Haha that sounds like my mom. I must have scarred her for life at one point, she never seems to have grown out of that.
 
I learned to drive one of these when I was 12,and after that it was easy.
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like 5 -10 min. was like 10 and my dad threw me the keys to our diesel and said hey , your learning to drive today boy. ( of course i had sat in his lap a few times but this one was all me ) i said i dont know how the shifter works ( it was a manual ), he said youll learn give yourself a few min, and i did, and by 10 min i was golden. far as driver ed in montana back in the day when i took it i got my permit when i was 14, and got a dope lil toyota tercel to get me going .. ha those were the days.
 
Yes. For the love of god, please learn how to drive a stick.

My advice for new drivers is to find a way to get on a dirtbike for awhile, so you are familiar with clutch and shifting. This will help a ton. If you are pretty decent on a dirtbike you will automatically know what to do if you skid in a car.

When my kids are learning to drive, I will find a big, empty parking lot somewhere, wait for a good snow, take them out and make them do donuts, ebrake 180's, power skid turns, etc. until they puke.

As far as my personal learning, I grew up riding dirt bikes so figuring out a clutch was just getting the feel right with my foot. Another thing that helped a lot was that my dad would let me drive on long road trips before I even had my permit. We moved from Florida to Colorado when I was 14 and my dad and I drove cross country in his 1967 Porsche 912. By the time we reached Kansas he was pretty cooked so he let me drive while he rested. It had a 5 speed and the only AC we had was our German Shepard drooling down the back of our necks. We drove past a cop in the median and my dad panicked and had me pull onto the next off ramp. We switched back, but I drove for probably 300 or so miles. I was pretty solid behind the wheel before I took driver's ed.

 
you dont know how to drive stick if you consider it any harder than automatic in any way except for first learning it. Driving stick isnt hard, i hate people try to make a big deal out of it, spend an hour in a parking lot practising getting it going and you will be good enough to drive on the street, and a month later you wont even be thinking about it

 
Probably about a month after I got my permit and I was pretty comfortable. I've been driving for 3.5 years and have a perfect record except for some university parking tickets. Just dont be one of those people that texts and drives. Those people dont get any sympathy from me when they crash and put themselves in the hospital.
 
no way it makes me feel superior to anyone. i just think that 60% of driving is shifting properly.

when someone sits in a car for the first time in a shift car, they will have problems with that and at least have to work on that. i saw a documentary about driving license exams in NY, where this one girl (which had never driven before) passed their practical exam. uganda be kidding me. and no, she wasnt a big talent. with stick you at least have to do it for a few hours until you look like someone that you want to encounter on the streets.

but i dont want to hate against the US driver system since my brother was in LA a while back and said in all their trips through the city, they never had any problems and the general vibe on the streets was way more relaxed than over here.

 
When I got my permit two long years ago, I drove every chance I got. I drove in every weather condition possible and living in Minnesota, the winter's can get pretty bad. Luckily having an AWD car helped a lot with the winter driving. I remember the night before I took my test it had snowed 6 inches and I was scared shitless that the roads would be really bad. I ended up passing with a 100%.

Four days later it was a school dance and I got pulled over at 2 am going 50 in a 30, ran a red light, too many people in the car, didn't have my lights on because I had just dropped someone off and didn't want to wake their parents and I couldn't find the papers saying that I had passed my test. I gave the officer my permit and he came back a few minutes later and said that it hadn't gone through the system yet and I remember word by word what he said next. "But tonight's your lucky night, I need to go to another call. You're free to go."

Most terrifying and life-changing event that changed the way I drive today. I learned fast that you don't fuck around behind the wheel. Driving is a serious thing and you fuck up your life if you do anything remotely stupid. I'm glad that happened to me because I shaped up in a hurry. It made me into a better driver because I don't want that to ever happen again. I believe I'm a better driver than most people in my town, but you learn new things everyday. If you're driving, don't trust anyone else on the road, because you never know what other people are going to do. Driving defensive is a good thing, especially when you're just starting out.
 
Took me about 3 times stealing cars from my family at 12 years old...then they just let me drive around my town after that. hick life
 
I think the hardest thing for me was remembering to check my blindspots and not rely only on my mirrors before changing lanes
 
I learnt when I was 10, driving our truck at my farm. I have yet to take any of the tests to get my license, too lazy.
 
After a couple days of practicing driving I was all set. The classroom driver's ed taught me nothing, but the road lessons were helpful. Got everything (permit test, written license test, road test, etc.) on the first try.
 
Got super stoned went to my drive class with police officers and they were super chill and thought I was a super safe driver. On the other hand there were a few chicks I drove with that were kind of sketchy.

On one of my drives I was driving on the highway and some guy completely ignores that two lanes are merging and I am the one with right of way (its one of those sketchy highway ramps) and swerved out of the way going 55 slamming on the brakes and was ran off the road and hit some fat metal chunk on the shoulder which lead to a flat tire. The instructor furious cursing the guy that cut us off and said I did nothing wrong. We had to replace the tire and it sucked.

First time I took the test the driving bitch failed me for "not looking" at any of the intersections. How I do I not look at an intersection where there are cars and wait for them, it obviously means that I am looking. Next week I took the test and got 98% and did absolutely nothing to prepare from the last test.
 
Massachusetts creates the greatest divide in skill that you'll ever encounter.

You'll either be good. Damn good. Still an asshole, but terrific overall. Fast, aggressive. And if you can drive around Boston without a map or a GPS, your navigation skills are second to none. That city honestly makes no sense whatsoever.

or you'll be absolutely terrible and blame it on "being a masshole" Going 90 in the right lane while texting and eating, etc all while getting pissed off at someone going the other way.
 
numbers are easy!

Boston has streets that begin with 1 name, become a 2nd name midway through, then a 3rd name, and then end with the original name. 3 names for 1 stretch of road. (it'll also become a 1 way...in opposite directions...at each name change)

take for example "washington street" in Boston. There must be at least 5 of them, which aren't even connected or close to each other.

and keep in mind this is after the city spent $14 billion on tunnels, bridges etc
 
I first drove on the highway when I was 10. We were road tripping to visit my aunt and uncle. He pulled over and asked if I wanted to drive. I don't think I drove any faster than 60km/h, but it's still one of my favourite memories.

It took about half an hour to get comfortable driving a manual. No good stories.
 
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