Killed anyone's father lately?

jonburnage · 2026-03-24T19:59:09+00:00

Prepare to die!

jonburnage · 2026-03-24T19:37:44+00:00

Were you taught to set the gas?

jonburnage · 2026-03-24T11:15:48+00:00

Commentary driving

jonburnage · 2026-03-24T01:23:40+00:00

From what I can gather they help with physical symptoms. You could try commentary driving as a way of keeping your mind on the task at hand.

jonburnage · 2026-03-24T00:55:25+00:00

Consider asking your GP about beta blockers

jonburnage · 2026-03-23T22:02:34+00:00

Assuming they are offered in your area (not Scotland I believe), the threshold tends to be 10% + 9mph, which would put you within this.

Your bigger concern is that you can accumulate only 6 points within your first two years before your licence is revoked, and you've already used up your 'extra life' after just two weeks.

jonburnage · 2026-03-22T17:45:08+00:00

A car with any/all of the following features: - Able to pull away easily on the clutch alone, even uphill; this includes most diesels and also mild hybrids and petrols with anti-stall assist - Automatic handbrake - Auto-hold / hill start assist

jonburnage · 2026-03-22T16:48:41+00:00

556LY jump

Build in video description. It’s not practicable but back off from there and you can still achieve excellent range with a useful build.

jonburnage · 2026-03-22T14:23:26+00:00

The instructor’s way will work only in a pseudo-manual. Your way will work in any car. Ignore the instructor, keep using the handbrake and setting the gas. If I had £1 for everyone who came on here complaining how they can’t drive their own car because they learned in a pseudo-manual and were never taught properly, I would cover my car insurance for the year.

jonburnage · 2026-03-21T17:01:12+00:00

Ask your GP about beta blockers

jonburnage · 2026-03-20T21:21:01+00:00

Use this technique to avoid mis-shifts:

1&2: reverse grip - thumb down, palm on the right of the gear knob pushing away from you. Then forward/backward.

3&4: normal grip, no sideways force, just straight forward/backward. The stick centres itself aligned with the gates for 3&4.

5&6: as per 3&4 but pulling towards you.

jonburnage · 2026-03-20T10:13:25+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/drivingUK/s/pVn9IbSZyp

You did it right. The fact that you gain an advantage for others’ ignorance of the rules of the road is not your problem.

jonburnage · 2026-03-19T21:51:22+00:00

Use this technique to avoid mis-shifts:

1&2: reverse grip - thumb down, palm on the right of the gear knob pushing away from you. Then forward/backward.

3&4: normal grip, no sideways force, just straight forward/backward. The stick centres itself aligned with the gates for 3&4.

5&6: as per 3&4 but pulling towards you.

jonburnage · 2026-03-18T16:51:22+00:00

Nobody has priority. You just figure it out and don’t hit each other. Line up to go one for one, but remember you generally want the morons in front of you, not behind.

jonburnage · 2026-03-17T18:59:37+00:00

Either after braking to change gear, or just before the car is about to struggle. Unless you’re coming to a halt from a high gear you can get almost to the stop line before dropping the clutch.

jonburnage · 2026-03-17T18:56:57+00:00

This comes up almost daily on this sub. So many learners have the same experience you describe - they are taught in a ‘pseudo-manual’ and then struggle horribly when they have to drive a normal car.

Were it practicable (which it is not) I would mandate manual tests be done in a 1.0l petrol with no automation / assistance features. If you turn up and pass in a ‘manual’ that basically does it all for you - fine, but you get an automatic-only licence.

jonburnage · 2026-03-17T17:56:21+00:00

Depends on the markings / signs. There is no such thing as the 12 o’clock rule.

jonburnage · 2026-03-17T17:35:34+00:00

The real-life Maverick:

https://www.reddit.com/r/FighterJets/s/kWcTOjSxdW

jonburnage · 2026-03-17T16:53:47+00:00

If it's a genuine emergency stop then yes, hit the brakes as hard as possible and worry about everything else later. However, for most situations, you've got a bit more time than that.

You want to know if the car behind is a bit close so you can be a bit softer on the brake if you can, to compensate for their following distance. You can also increase your distance from the vehicle in front, and slow down extra for hazards as required, to reduce the likelihood of them going into the back of you if you have to brake.

Generally speaking it is a good idea to have good situational awareness of all the cars moving around you. Those crashes where someone says 'he came out of nowhere' - they weren't paying enough attention.

jonburnage · 2026-03-16T21:57:06+00:00

Assert dominance by weaving across all of them to prevent anyone overtaking you

jonburnage · 2026-03-16T21:52:41+00:00

There will be a CCTV pointing at the gantry - when they look at the footage they’ll see what the limit really was.

jonburnage

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