An Actual Driving Lesson Learning to drive an （一个实际的驾驶课学习开车）.pdf

An Actual Driving Lesson Learning to drive an automatic car Where are the controls that I might have to use in my driving: Knowing where the controls are, and being able to locate and use them without looking away from the road is important. Remember in each vehicle these controls could be in different places: - Washer and wiper, front and back - Head lights, high and low beam - Hand brake - Demisters, front and back - Horn - Hazard lights - Indicators How to adjust the seat: When adjusting the seat, your right leg should be able to reach the accelerator and brake pedals comfortable and have a slight bend in it (about 15 degrees). The leg should not be fully extended. Push your shoulder into the back of the seat, and put your arms out in front of you at the top of the steering wheel, now adjust the back of the seat so your wrists are on top of the steering wheel rim (not your hand or arm but your wrist). Most cars now can adjust the height of the steering wheel. Move the steering wheel up or down so you can see the speedo clearly. How to adjust your mirrors: The mirrors should be adjusted so when you look into them, you are only moving your eyes not your head. The centre mirror: The top of your mirror should run along the top of your back window, you should be able to see the whole back window. The side mirrors: On a flat road, you should see road from the middle of the mirror to the bottom of the mirror, and from the middle of the mirror to the top of the mirror you should see houses, trees, sky etc. The bottom corner near the door of the mirror you should be ab le to see the back door handle Stage 1 BUILDING A SOLID FOUNDATION In this part of learning you do it until you get it right. You will do lots of driving and hopefully turn action into habits, fix your mistak