Drive a Car Easily

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Learning to drive a car is a process most of us go through at some stage. Some learners love every moment of it, whilst others dread every second of being behind the wheel.

Regardless of opinions, there’s two things that are for certain; learning to drive a car is expensive and time consuming. Utilising resources such as this tutorial on how to drive a car can reduce the overall time it takes to reach test standard, therefore reducing costs.

This tutorial covers the basics in terms of the legal and safety aspects and the process involved for driving a car with a manual transmission.

SETTING UP THE CAR

Before we begin covering how to drive a car, you’ll need to get the car set up for you. We are all different sizes and heights, so setting up the car in order to easily reach all the controls is important in terms of safety.

This procedure is called the cockpit drill and what we need to do can be remembered by DSSSM. That is:

D (doors) – Check that all the doors a shut

S (Seat) – Move the seat forwards or backwards to that you can press the clutch pedal to the floor but maintain a slight bend in your leg.

S (steering) – Adjust the steering or the back of the seat to that you can place both hands at the top of the steering wheel but maintain a slight bend in your arms. If you can comfortably grip the top of the steering wheel, you can easily reach every other control.

S (seat belt) – Secure your seat belt and ensure there are no twists. Ensure passengers are securely belted.

BEFORE YOU DRIVE

The following instructions are for how to drive a manual car and are for beginners with little or zero experience. If it is your first time behind the wheel:

Choose a quiet residential street. Avoid using a country road as these can in fact be dangerous, particularly for a novice driver.

A road that is ideally as straight and as flat (to avoid rolling) as possible

Start from a normal parked position on the left facing the flow of traffic.

HOW TO DRIVE A CAR

How to drive a car

Follow this guide and learn how to drive a car

1. Starting the Car

Start the car by turning the key clockwise till it stops for 1 to 2 seconds. Once you hear the engine fire up, release the ignition key.

2. Depress the Clutch

If you’re a little unsure of which floor pedals do what, think from right to left A, B and C; Accelerator, Brake and Clutch. Using your left foot, press the clutch down all the way to the floor and hold it there.

3. Select 1st Gear

From neutral, using your left hand push the gear lever all the way to the left and once it stops, push it straight up into 1st gear. Now place that hand onto the handbrake lever.

4. A Little Gas

Give the engine a little power by ‘setting the gas’. Gently and slowly press the accelerator pedal. You only need to press it a small amount, think roughly around 1 cm. Steady the pedal once the rev counter reaches approximately 1500 rpm.

5. Find the Bite Point

The clutch allows you to change gear, so think of the clutch as two plates that can join and separate. One plate is connected to the engine and the other is connected to the wheels. When you put the clutch down it separates the plates allowing you to change gear. You need to find the clutch bite point – the point in which the two plates begin to join and connect the engine, gears and wheels. As you lift the clutch, the plates will begin to come together and you will hear the engine change its tone and the car may creak a little. As soon as you hear this, hold the clutch right there as it’s the bite point.

6. Handbrake

You now need to release the handbrake. Slightly raise it and pull in the button on the end. Now release the lever all the way down and place your hand back onto the steering wheel. If your car has an electronic handbrake (parking brake), there will be a button that requires pressing.