Hi there smart drivers. Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you tonight about
lane merging onto freeways and changing lanes. A lot of the techniques are the
same for both that's what we're going to talk about tonight in the presentation
so lots of people getting their license this week if you haven't seen the map of
success already kori I'll put that up for you and we can talk about that and
celebrate all the people who have been passing their license and been
successful on doing that so that's really great
and Corey is here tonight bricks for wheels and Corey is the moderator here
and we're gonna talk about that so lots of good stuff going on here and lots of
great information for new drivers who are working towards a license and those
types of things so really exciting and yeah we're not going to spend too much
time chatting about sorry I got distracted by YouTube so zero people
watching which is unusual when there's so many people on the channel I'm
surprised there's anybody but here but anyway
carrying on soldiering forward and doing what we need to do in terms of live
stream Jenny's here hi Jenny how are you and where are you tonight Jenny that
you're getting your license so yes people will filter in here so I'm just
gonna talk a little bit one of the couple of things I've had this week I've
had a lot of stuff about Lane merging and what to do when you get on the
acceleration lane and if people won't let you over and you're not being
successful in moving over first of all you have to accelerate up to highway
speed and you have to find your gap on the freeway or highway or interstate or
motorway or wherever you're merging onto and you have to aim for that gap and you
need to adjust your speed as you're coming out on acceleration lane or
sometimes you can get a start accelerating when you're still on the
on-ramp but then out onto the acceleration Lane
and get yourself going and you have to adjust your speed so you can get out
there as well it's kind of a team effort because the people on the freeway the
highway they also need to be moving over they need to be adjusting their speed
because if they're in that inside lane on the right-hand lane for those of you
driving on the right if you're on the left-hand Lane if you're in the left
on the highway or freeway or motorway then you need to start looking where the
cars are coming on and they're merging because you know you can be right or you
can be dead right you know because I've had lots of people say to me oh well it
was my fault and I had the right-of-way well yeah if you get into a crash
there's gonna be significant consequences about that crash so for you
know just letting off the throttle or moving over to the other Lane is really
gonna help people out and keep people safe and keep them from being involved
in a crash so Carson is here Carson passed his road
test that's really great Carson where did you where were you
successful in passing your road test there Sylvan awesome so sorry you hear
about your unsuccessful attempt there Sylvan but with a little more practice
we're confident that you're gonna get it the next time so that's really great all
right so we're just gonna head over to the presentation here real quick
PowerPoint presentation and we'll go over that information here just shortly
so just bear with me while I move over to the PowerPoint presentation there we
go get rid of that get rid of that here we go okay so merging on the highways or
freeways and talking about that and some of the things that you should do because
this is a fairly daunting thing for new drivers it's kind of like doing a hockey
stop when you start ice skating it's one of those things that you just sort of
got to do but we're gonna break it down and give you the techniques and skills
that you need to do now one other thing is is that a can answer comments while
I'm doing the presentation because I need another screen here and we're
working on that other screen and once I get that I can answer comments while
we're doing the presentation but right now I can't do that so down to the next
slide here for those of you who are new to smart drive test I'm Rick August I
was a truck driver through most of the 1990s running over the road and I
delivered for the most part LTL Freight what they call LTL it's less than load
so essentially it's five or six drops on a truck in and out of New York City and
New Jersey and other places and whatnot in an attempt to come off the road I
became a licensed driving instructor in 1997 with a specialty in air brakes and
I'm just about up with the air brake manual for those of you working towards
a CDL license and I'm hoping to have that up for the beginning of August it's
at the graphic designer and it's going to the proofreader next week so we're
really close on getting that completed and I'm excited about that in 2000 I
went back to university finished my undergraduate degree and got accepted
into a doctorate program at the University of Melbourne in Australia and
completed a doctorate in policing and traffic and specifically policing as it
relates to traffic and that's what my PhD is in and during that time when I
went to university in Australia I also drove buses for Greyhound and beeline
which is the regional bus line there in Australia so a bit of experience driving
coaches as well as trucks so this week on Wednesday our Thursday rather I got
the video up on Tiger failure it's basically video about tires and how to
buy tires for your car and the crucial role that tires play in the handling of
your vehicle and keeping you safe and I talked to Gary Kruger here in Vernon
British Columbia at tyre land and Gary gave us some really great information
about tires and what kind of tires you should buy and some of the things that
you should consider in some of the safety factors and specifically about
tires that are more than eight year old eight years old in your vehicle can
present a danger to you so get those off your vehicle if they're more than eight
year old eight years old so you haven't seen that video definitely have a look
at that and Corey can get the link up for you there and really great
information there in that video all right so parts of the freeway when
you're accelerating on to the freeway there's the on-ramp the acceleration
lane continuity lines and then on the freeway you have slow lanes driving
lanes and fast lanes if there's more than two lanes and essentially the
on-ramp is the part of the road that transit transitions you from the highway
out on to the acceleration lane and then you get to the acceleration lane and
that's the straight part along the side of the freeway that allows you to
accelerate as well as acceleration lanes you're also going to have deceleration
lanes when you're getting off the highway or freeway and you know that
you're on the acceleration lane because for those of us that drive on the right
side of the road on the left side of your vehicle they're going
be continuity lines and you can see the continuity lines here in the image a
little bit continuity lines are half as long and twice as wide as a regular road
marking so you know that their continuity lines and if the continuity
line is on the left side of your vehicle it means that the lane that you're in is
either going to exit or it's going to end so if you're in an acceleration lane
you know that it's going to end so eventually you have to get up to speed
as you're coming out onto the on-ramp and acceleration lane you need to be
looking out on the freeway and you need to be looking for your spot and you need
to be picking your spot and you need to be aiming for that spot so that means
that you need to be adjusting the speed of your vehicle to match the flow of
traffic and to either accelerate in front of the vehicles that are already
on the freeway or you need to be slowing down a little bit
so you need a slower speed than the the traffic speed so that you can merge in
behind the vehicles out on the road whether that's what you need to be doing
and then on once you get onto the freeway if there's two lanes there's a
slow lane and there's a passing lane and you should drive in the slow lane unless
you're passing if you are in the slow lane the thing that you need to keep in
mind when you're on the freeway motorway or interstate is that you're going to be
you're going to be sharing space with merging and accelerating or decelerating
no vehicles that are getting on the freeway and vehicles that are getting
off the freeway so you need to take note of where on ramps and off ramps are
going are located as you're driving along these limited access highways if
there's more than three lanes ideally you want to drive in the center lane
that way you're not going to be impeded by this merging and this traffic that's
getting on the freeway in traffic that's getting off the freeway and then finally
if there's third lane that's gonna be your fast lane in your passing lane and
that's where you want to drive now if you're in a big truck you can't drive in
that third Lane we called it the big dollar Lane when I was driving big
trucks and all that so that the first two lanes are going to be the lanes for
trucks if you didn't know that already now driving as we know and as I said
before is a social activity and you have to give a little bit to get along and
most of us should be professional driver you're on my channel and you've heard me
talk I talk about this all there all the time you can be right or you can be dead
right and I've had a conversation with a driver a truck driver this week who was
adamant that if he was on the freeway he didn't have to move over and eventually
you know I realized that arguing with him was a little bit like wrestling I'm
a pig in mud that after a while you realized that the pig in mud just likes
to be able to wrestle with you so I just deleted his comment and left him off the
channel because there was no way he was gonna believe that he should have let
off the throttle and slowed down in order for this other vehicle to merge
onto the roadway the bottom line is is that you know you can be right and you
can really push that and yes maybe you're gonna win in a court of law but
at the bottom line is that you are risking other people's lives the
definition of a professional driver is somebody that knows that other people
are going to make mistakes on the freeway or highway and compensates for
those makes and mistakes and when they happen they back off that gives them
some space and they simply say all of that happened and they carry on with
your day and nothing really happened that is the definition of a professional
driver and all of us want to be professional drivers so I've already
talked to about this about getting onto the freeway accelerate to speed look for
your spot aim for your spot and adjust your speed as needed as you get closer
and closer to moving out on to the highway and I've had lots of smart
drivers ask me the question what happens if I get to the end of the acceleration
lane and there's no room there if you get to the end of the acceleration lane
and there's no room there you've misjudged the gap you haven't aimed for
the gap on the freeway or highway and there's lots of spaces you can see here
in this image coming down on the on-ramp and acceleration Lane you should be
looking out onto the freeway and finding your space that you're gonna aim for and
adjusting your speed the whole time that you're in the acceleration lane as
you're gaining speed to get out onto the hybrid freeway now other vehicles that
are on the highways and freeways if you're in that inside right lane you
know that you're going to be sharing space with vehicles that are coming out
onto the highway or freeway and you're going to be sharing space with vehicles
that are getting off the highway in the freeway and if you can you need to move
over into the other lane so to allow merging vehicles to get out onto the
roadway if you can't get over into the other lane as often happens
because there's other vehicles besides you then you need to simply either let
off your speed or you need to accelerate to accommodate these vehicles that are
trying to merge out onto the freeway because sometimes they're not gonna be
looking and you is the professional driver or going to make space and allow
them and help them out and oftentimes you only need to slow down three or five
miles an hour you don't really need to slow down a lot oftentimes it's just a
matter of lifting your foot off the throttle for a few moments
you're gonna slow down enough and the person's going to be accelerating so
you're gonna be slowing down and they're gonna be accelerating so there's gonna
be no conflict of space and all and this is really what defines a professional
driver going up and down highways freeways interstates and motorways
consequences of having a crash and this is really what I come down to and I had
another smart driver a couple of weeks ago asked me about that saying that most
crashes are the fault of one person and yes in the legal definition of the law
one person is at fault but if you are involved in a crash there's all kinds of
property damage oftentimes your vehicle is going to be written off this vehicle
here in this picture would definitely be written off and they're simply gonna buy
the vehicle from you and give you some money and that money may or may not
replace your vehicle that's if you're lucky enough that you're not injured or
somebody wasn't killed in the crash and as well you've got the time and energy
of being without a vehicle you've got the time and energy of getting your
vehicle fixed and how much running around and dealing with bureaucracy is
all of that gonna take so think seriously about the next time
that you think oh I've got the right-of-way and I've got to go what are
the consequences of risking other people's lives on the roadway what are
the consequences of being involved in a crash even if it's a minor fender bender
how much work are you gonna do to get your vehicle fixed and repaired even if
the other person was wrong and you get it all paid for in the end is it gonna
be worth it probably not so think seriously about that when you're merging
and Lane changing and those types of things and then eventually what you want
to do is you want to try and have freeway harmony and some of the things
that you can do to have more harmony while you're driving up and down the
freeway take a break every couple hours get out and walk around those types of
things if you're traveling with children whatnot get off the freeway get into a
playground where the kids can get out and run around you know have activities
for the children in the car and those and those types of things and whatnot
and then finally one of the safest things you can do on the freeway is
Drive in the spaces between the clusters of vehicles and you can see that here in
this image here up here is a cluster of vehicles and these vehicles back here
being safe because they're driving in between the clusters of vehicles and the
other thing about this is you want to be driving in this center lane with three
lanes of traffic that's the safest place for for passenger vehicles to be driving
obviously if you're in a big truck you can't be driving in that center lane
you're gonna be driving in the right-hand Lane but take note of where
the on ramps and off ramps are that way you're going to be able to adjust your
speed and watch out for people that are merging and who may not be merging
correctly and may conflict with your space on the roadway and you can adjust
your speed accordingly to help them out and help them get it onto the roadway
and everybody can stay safe so good luck on your road test if you got one coming
up and if you're learning how to merge good luck with that as well so we'll
just switch back over here and I didn't change the transition yeah and Corey's
probably yelling at me telling me that I didn't put the presentation up ah there
we go yeah Corey put the video up there we go yeah you can't see the
presentation I see that yep okay Tommy I love driving on the 407 in that area
usually there is not a whole lot of traffic but it's pretty expensive yeah
it is is one of those toll roads and
what it wasn't gonna say Ontarians Canadians for the most part are not used
to toll roads whereas on the eastern seaboard of the United States all people
are used to driving on the roadways hi Laura she's from New York City Jose okay
Jose so you're taking sorry um what did you say there any tips and to take my
written test yes Jose so what you want to do is you want to go online and you
want to do the online practice test when you're getting about 80 90 %
consistently on the online practice driving test that's what you want to do
is you want to then you prepared to go and do that don't read
the driver's manual cover to cover because the drivers manual is boring
because it's been written by bureaucrats so what you want to do is you want to go
and take the practice driving task questions you want to identify the gaps
in your knowledge go and look up those bits in the driving manual and then come
back and do the practice driving touch to Gwen again until you like I said
you're getting 80 or 90 percent consistently all right the will of
gaming have been trying to catch one of your live streams and three years old
and still don't have a license I'm terrified of driving and trying to work
on getting a permit to try and conquer my fears I want to thank you for your
videos and you've helped motivate me to start trying to drive that's awesome
really glad we could help out and if you have any questions or anything
what's whatnot we're certainly you know helping you get motivating those types
things and as well gaming there have a look at the fear and anxiety video that
goes into some good information about anxiety about driving and overcoming
that and you know just getting familiar with the vehicle and becoming more
comfortable with exposing yourself to being able to drive the vehicle and
those types of things
Carson do you know anything about getting a motorcycle permit with a
juniors driver's license in Pennsylvania I'm 16 soon to be 17
so Carson basically getting a motorcycle permit I believe that Pennsylvania has a
GLP program for the motorcycles and it's very similar to getting your car license
you got to go and write a permit once you raise your permit then there's
conditions that are in place for driving a motorcycle
I don't know exactly what those conditions would be for you to work
towards getting a full license but just have a look in the manual or go down to
the Department of Motor Vehicles and ask them what they are it's it's usually in
the driver's manual about the criteria that you have to fulfill in order to go
for a full motorcycles license so have a look at that as well alright okay
Oshawa tommy's in Oshawa there we go so Carson passed his road test in
Harrisburg in Pennsylvania the test went smooth as long as you pay attention
you'll be fine of course when you follow the rules yes and know that being able
to drive is very different from passing a road test passing a road test requires
a different skill set than just being able to drive a vehicle unfortunately I
had a vehicle I had a smart driver a couple weeks ago he said that she was
driving every day back and forth to work and whatnot but was unsuccessful on the
test and unfortunately she didn't take a practice driving test and didn't realize
that there were different requirements for the road test and for those of you
going for a road test there's four components for a road test speed
management observation communication and space management so speed management you
have to do the posted speed limit the flow of traffic whichever is less space
management don't get near anything don't get near other fixed objects you have to
stop in traffic so you can see the tires of the vehicle in front of you make them
clear contact with the pavement you have to stop at the correct position at stop
sign intersections before the stop line before the crosswalk line before the
sidewalk or at the edge of where the two roads meet are the places that you have
to stop in terms of space management and you have to follow other traffic at the
correct following distance which is two to three seconds under ideal conditions
and the reason that we use time is because it's relative and the faster you
go the bigger the space is between you and the other vehicles that's the reason
we use time communication you need to communicate with other vehicles and
other road users by horns lights hand gestures appropriate and gestures don't
tell other road users you're number one on a road test you won't be successful
and eye contact and the position of your vehicle on the roadway or ways they
communicate with other road users and then finally you have to be able to scan
effectively as well when you're doing your road test and when I say scan
effectively before you reverse you need to do a 360-degree scan make sure
there's you're on your vehicle you need to
shoulder check effectively 90 degrees out to the side either left or right
whichever way you're moving the vehicle you need to be able to do lane changes
you need to be able to scan effectively and have a scanning pattern in place
while you're driving and keep that scanning pattern going the whole time
that you're driving so these are some of the things that you need to do to be
successful on a road test all right Ryan how are you Ryan good evening and Laura
thank you so much for that I'm happy to hear that you're watching the videos and
learning how to drive and stay safe and Tommy I was 19 when I got my g1 I was 25
when we got g2 and I got full G at 29 it's never too late yeah that's for sure
Tommy you're absolutely right you will become more comfortable with driving as
you keep doing it best of luck yes thank you for that encouragement Tommy that's
really great really great for gaming there and you know it's the same thing
Tommy it's never too late to get your license I moved to Australia I was 35
when I went back and started going back to University when I was 35 so it's
never too late right you're gonna get your license at some time there so
that's really great okay Laura any tips on driving to New York City from South
Carolina I'm still a new driver I live in South Carolina but I'm from New York
yeah Laura one of the things that I would suggest to you is just if you're
not familiar with driving around New York City and it's it's a bit daunting
for you make sure you do your navigation and
your route planning before you head into New York City that way you know we were
you're going to be going and that's going to relieve a lot of your anxiety
because you know it's there's nothing worse than driving a new new place and
not knowing where you're going and those types of things it's a lot different
when you're taking transit or you know whatnot or walking because when you're
driving you kind of got to make split-second decisions about whether
you're going to turn left or right those types of things and for you driving into
New York City you're gonna be on the New Jersey Turnpike you're going to be on
toll roads the bridges and those sorts of things you're gonna have to pay tolls
and whatnot so have a look at that and plan out your route before you go there
and Koryo get the video for you on planning and navigation and that will
help you out when you're driving into New York Renee no you cannot use
navigator during your road test because the examiner is going to tell you
whether to go left or right and where to go and those types of things
Alan is a US driver's license valid to drive through Canada to Alaska yes it is
Alan you can use your American license to drive in Canada just about anywhere
in Canada there's lots of people who drive through Canada particularly those
coming from Detroit going to upstate New York oftentimes they'll drive across the
border into Canada and they'll drive along the 407 and then they'll go into
upstate New York it's a bit of a shortcut for them and Americans will do
the same thing you're most welcome Laura my pleasure
so yeah it's quiet tonight I didn't think the Canadian holiday would have
that much of an impact on the live stream here tonight so the live stream
is looking a little dark so just bear with me here just one second I'm just
gonna kick it off a little bit here so
there we go okay thanks for that so gaming
it did not take me too long to become comfortable in the city about a year
took me a bit longer to get used to the limited access highway
yes Tommy the limited access access highways can be a bit interesting naina
thank you so much you are awesome speaking to me that I'm awesome I really
enjoy your comments and thank you for the compliment that's really great yes
okay so Willa gaming one of the things that I suggest you in Coryell get the
video up here for you is the learning exercises in the learn to drive video
which is basically going out and get some of those 36 inch one meter tall
pylons from a rental shop and going into the parking lot and driving around a
parking lot and doing you know acceleration working with the brake
working with the steering wheel and that will make you much more comfortable when
you get out onto the roadway because if you can understand those fundamentals
once you understand those fundamentals it's going to be a lot easier to drive
when you're on the roadway because you've got some mastery of the primary
controls in the vehicle and that's really what you need to be comfortable
with is how much brake do you need to apply it
how much throttle do you need to apply how much do I need to turn the steering
wheel because some smart drivers who are working towards their license they're
asking me when they're turning how much do I turn the steering well if
you're asking me how much you how much you're turning the steering wheel I
can't give you an answer to that because different corners are going to have
different configurations and for some of them you're going to have to turn the
steering wheel more and for others you're gonna have to turn it less and
that's only something that you're going to be able to figure out when you go
into the parking lot and you start working with the vehicle in the parking
lot and that is really the key to learning how to drive because once you
have mastery of the primary controls that's really going to help you learn
how to drive so do that first and foremost and and and have a look at that
and so Corey's put the videos up there that's really great on route planning
and road trips so have a look at that Ryan doing well driver in high traffic
areas hoping you have a tip or two about judging gaps while driving
yeah Ryan there is a judging gap video here and it was something that I really
struggled with when I did do that video because judging gap is something that is
experiential and it's really something that if you can work with another driver
is going to be easier to learn because another driver will be able to mentor
you and say you know that gaps not big enough for yes that gap is big enough
one of the things that I found in time in trying to verbalize that and trying
to portray that in a video was how far is two seconds away when a vehicle is
traveling at 60 kilometres an hour or how far away is a vehicle when it three
seconds when it's drive traveling at 100 kilometers an hour and that's difficult
to convey to drivers when you're not actually there in the vehicle with them
because that's as I said an experiential thing and it's something that you should
work with another driver if you're having difficulty judging gap and you're
feeling that you don't have enough gap when you're trying to turn left or
you're trying to merge onto roadways and things like that I strongly suggest that
you'd find somebody who's got some experience with driving and just work
with them maybe you know a couple of hours go for a drive and do some turns
and do some lane merging and those types of things and that I would say would
probably be the fastest way for you to learn how to judge gap effectively when
you're driving alright Eric should you slow down on potholes during a road test
excuse me just one moment here I wouldn't aim for the potholes Eric if
and I do know that in some places they do the potholes and what they basically
say is is that you know they don't they don't fix the pothole unless a chicken
will fit in and I have heard that before I think that was in Montreal which was
pretty funny so try and drive around the potholes if you can there's a fair bit
of room in the lane but again don't go out of your lane to avoid a pothole and
as well yes if it is a fairly significant pothole I would suggest that
you slow down but again check your center mirror to make sure that the
traffic behind you is going to be coming to a stop before you actually slow down
for the purposes of you know for a pothole all those types of things
because it's going to be a nun pretty unpredictable action
because the the traffic behind you or the driver behind you is not going to
know why you're slowing down so know that for the purposes of your road test
and whatnot okay you're most welcome gaming my pleasure
so I already mentioned to you that yes I'm working on the air brakes explained
simply for those of you going for a CDL license and it's at the graphic designer
we're just finishing that part up and then it's going to go to the proofreader
and air brakes explained simply is going to be an electronic it's going to be an
e-book and it's going to be available on Amazon and iBooks so my hoping for that
book is is that people will be able to use it on their iPads read it on their
iPads and go through it because it has step-by-step instructions on how to do
pre-trip inspections it also has step-by-step instructions and exactly
the words that you need to say for the purposes of a pre-trip inspection on
both a bus or a truck on our V unit or tractor-trailer unit as well it has a
hundred multiple-choice questions in it so it's exact information that you need
to be successful and pass your CDL air brakes for the purposes of getting a
commercial license and that's as I said again I'm really hoping to get that up
by the beginning of August for you is there a video for the procedures of
getting pulled over by a police officer Carson yes Carson we have a video on
that specific topic as well I did a live feed on that so you can get a bit more
information for that as well in terms of getting pulled over by police and and
just on that note what I'll say to you about getting pulled over by police if
you're on a bridge or some other place that's not safe Carson just drive to
someplace that's safe like a you know parking lot or a gas station or
something like that as long as you're not driving too far you know not you
know less than a mile the police will follow you and it's
going to be a lot safer and the other thing and one of the tips that I got
from a retired police officer that I was talking to one morning in Vancouver do
not deny what you did I mean don't admit what you did either
but don't deny what you did if the officer says you were speeding okay I
was speeding don't say oh I know I wasn't speeding
because they probably have you on a radar and know that in fact you were
speeding and of course be polite because if you start mouthing off to a cop
police officers are much more inclined to write you a ticket if you
were being belligerent instead of being nice if you're being nice and you know
yes sir no sir yes ma'am no ma'am it's you might even get off for the warning
as opposed to getting a ticket so that's something that I always tell people when
they get pulled over by police if you start if you start mouthing off they're
gonna get their ticket booked out and they're gonna start writing your ticket
so always be nice to police and always try and move over to someplace safe so
that you don't get rear-ended by other traffic and you're out of the way of
traffic and the police really appreciate that as well and whatnot
so there we go yes so Cory got a bunch of videos up for you gaming there and
that really should help you up and get you going there so that's a few tips and
lessons on driving run al thanks a lot even though I know are you're both
driving but still your videos are great as a reminder that's awesome glad you're
working on that and working on being a professional driver and improving your
skills and abilities as you continue to drive because like I said I got my I
drove truck through most of the 1990s it became a commercial driving instructor
in 1997 and I'm still learning I'm still looking stuff up in the Highway Traffic
Act I'm still looking stuff up in the driving manuals I reread them especially
you know now the fact that I'm an international driving instructor there's
a great deal of information that I don't know and one of the questions last week
that one of the smart drivers in Alberta asked me was could he turn left on a red
light going from a two-lane road onto a one-way road and yes you can in the
province of Alberta and in British Columbia and actually it was interesting
cuz I was in Victoria with my friend on the weekend we actually did that is a
little bit strange but you can turn left on a red onto a one-way street as long
as you're going into that inside left lane and not impeding other traffic as
you're turning so that was something that I learned and actually I got in
touch with Tim over it drive smart BC who's a really excellent
resource for information about driving in those types of things so that's
another good resource for those of you as
I promote Tim stuff over there @tsmart draw our drive smart BC he's got some
really great information idiot from Pakistan that's awesome good
morning to you my friend how are you this morning that's really great awesome
Ryan um I have someone I can get to work with me on that and it will come the
more I Drive yeah absolute Ryan and like I said there is the video there on judge
and gap but as I said it's an experiential thing and the more
experienced you can get in it and you know when I I realized after I shot the
video that when I was teaching drivers that when I was teaching them how to
judge gap I was teaching them by being in the vehicle with them and I would say
okay now it's safe to go or if they were going and there wasn't enough space I
would say no no you can't go you have to wait right so then drivers would sort of
learn that because I'm showing them and they were getting a sense as they were
driving in the vehicle with me so that's the easiest way to learn to teach that
to other drivers Jim how are you my friend you recently passed your license
congratulations Jim thanks to you and your channel I recently passed my
license and Jim you're in Toronto right am I correct on that I believe you're in
trial I'm coming up that way here in a few weeks going back home so looking
forward to that so congratulations on passing and have you gone for any road
trips yet Jim there we go excellent that's awesome so and for those of you
watching on the replay here if you're watching on the replay give it a thumbs
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those you don't know smart drive test helps new drivers get a license veteran
drivers to remain crash free in CDL drivers to start a career as a truck or
bus driver so we do lots with driving here and we try and keep you safe try
and keep it crash free and you know and make driving fun too because driving
should be fun and just on the note of fun when I was in Victoria on the
weekend I had to go down to do some work on my rental property we went into the
Maserati car dealership and I saw the car that I
the the Maserati GT which is the cruising car in our the grand touring
car it's it's a beautiful car there's no doubt about it it's very nice so yeah if
you get a chance have a look at it so Jim yes from Toronto not yet I'm
working on getting a car on the road as soon as possible there we go so are you
fixing a car Jim or are you looking for something that's inexpensive or saving
up money and those types of things because that's often what's happening in
terms of trying to get a car so okay we'll of gaming had a question about
getting a driver's permanent currently unemployed I having a lot of trouble
finding true proofs of residency is it the same in Canada you need two proofs
of residency yes will a gaming yes you need to two pieces of ID one of them has
to be a major ID what I term a major ID which is basically a picture ID so it
has to be a passport or some other piece of ID I'm not even sure what it is they
will have a list of whichever Authority you're going to be going to for your
license if you go on their website they will have a list of acceptable
identification that you can use to go and apply for your license so have a
look at their website and that will give you a list of acceptable pieces of ID in
order to pass a road test all right so yeah so not too many not too many
questions tonight now lots of people are in summer mode with summer holidays and
away they go and all those types of things Anita how are you
so lots of people as my friend Tim says lurking there watching but not typing
questions yeah I don't use that word lurking because you're not lurking
you're actually you're watching and learning and I think that's really great
in terms of all the people there so so Allen you need a social security card in
the States so that's good information and Allen would you have any idea what
another piece of identification would be an acceptable piece of identification to
get your driver's license there Carson what's a good small but spacious first
car for me and my family of four from time to time Carson one of the things
that I would suggest is I have a Honda CRV and you can still
pick those Honda C or DS up the older ones and they're reliable
they run well and they're inexpensive so you know they're not the sexiest cars
I'll tell you that for sure is I Drive one not call mine the buggy but it's
been a great vehicle I got two children so people four people and it is really
comfortable it's good for vehicle it's not that big it's fun to bomb around
town and whatnot so it's not you know not the greatest vehicle on the highway
because it's a bit underpowered but for the most part it's a really good vehicle
other smart drivers might have some suggestions for you too in terms of
vehicles that you can drive and get for a family of four so yeah so will a
gaming will a state ID and one other proof of residency be enough yeah I said
yeah that'll definitely be enough gaming there for you and as Alan said a social
security number is what you need so that's some of the stuff that you need
for the purposes of getting your license test and of course you're gonna need
some money because it costs money to get your learner's permit and to do your
road test so that's a couple other things as well so just trying to think I
was ever gonna talk to you about something else that had come up during
the week that was relevant but for sure if anybody has questions let me know and
if you like what you see on the channel and whatnot and you have any reviews or
queries or concerns leave me a comment by all means as I do my best to get to
them and help people out so Tommy says a Ford Fusion
I drove a Ford Escape for a weekend and found that it was easy to drive but also
had a lot of room so there you go so Ford Fusion and Ford Escape those are
both good cars and whatnot so Eric if you have mail from the bank with your
name on it and address it works for proof of residency there you go so
that's really great information as well rush girl hi Rick are there any laws in
the u.s. driving with pets I see dogs with their heads of the
windows I cringe rush girl you know I see lots of people driving and they have
their pets on their laps and those types things and as you said with their head
stuck over the window and yes I have I find that problematic too you know we
have a huge public awareness campaign about distracted driving and then you
see people with pets on their laps and those types things and I think to myself
that's about the pinnacle of distracted driving so yeah I find that problematic
one of the things if you do have a dog and one of the one of the things that
I've really advocate for anybody who gets a dog get your dog crate trained
especially if it's a smaller dog because when you travel with it in the vehicle
or even if you have a bigger dog and you can put it in the back of a pickup truck
or the back of an SUV and it's in a crate it's much easier to transport and
it's much safer for the animal and for you and other people in the vehicle so
that's one of the things that I advocate for people is to crate train your
vehicle or crate trunk yeah crate chain your vehicle create a
in your animal because it just makes traveling with them so much easier and
so much safer and will reduce distracted driving but unfortunately there's just
people that we're not going to be able to change their mind right they're gonna
believe that their dog running around in the cars is okay but unfortunately
that's quite the contrary is true all right Tommy there we go yep good things
bricks for wheels Corey of heard good things about Honda's the older civics
and see RVs in particular yes both of those are really good I can I'll vouch
for those for sure Carson should you confront a texter no Carson I wouldn't
recommend that you confront somebody who's texting while they're driving just
simply maintain your space stay away from them you know keep your distance
and those types of things because unfortunately like the problem car sir
Carson is much much bigger than than anybody is letting on that authorities
are letting on they did a study five or six years ago the triple-a in the United
States and in the last the previous month four to six weeks 66% of
Americans admitted talking on their cell phones while driving 33% so one-third of
the American population we're talking a hundred thousand hundred one third of
the American population is a hundred million people a hundred million drivers
so it wouldn't be a hundred million it'd probably be 70 million drivers 70
million drivers in the United States admitted to texting and driving so the
problem is epidemic it's an epidemic it's it's a huge problem and
unfortunately I don't know I don't have the answer to texting and driving and
how we're going to eliminate that form of distracted driving the only way that
I'd think that people can that we could stop people from texting and driving is
if we actually had some sort of device that as soon as the vehicle started and
I mean we do start we do now have the these apps coming on onboard that it
just disables your phone while you're driving so you can't talk on unless it's
on a hands-free device but then again that's it's a whole different thing and
I mean we've got the text eliezer that's also coming in in the United States and
there has been rumblings of the state of New York implementing the text eliezer
which will give police powers to be able to tap into your phone and see if you
were actually on the phone if you're involved in a car crash but that has all
kinds of constitutional issues that are being fought out in the courts and in
legislation as to whether the we are going to be able to increase police
powers and bring in the text eliezer which is this device that allows you
know increases police powers and I have a video about that too as well that I
did a couple of years ago I probably should revisit that because it's
information or interesting information about you know something that's coming
down the pike in future years about how we're going to curb distracted driving
I need a texting and driving is all over right here in the Caribbean
yes yeah so yeah Emma needed it is a huge problem not just in the United
States but also in other parts of the world Tommy you also don't know the
mindset of that texture personal yeah exactly and that's right and so you know
it's something about somebody texting and driving
if they're going to be able to do that then
it could also erupted into a road rage incident and then you're into you then
it becomes incredibly dangerous at that point because people get upset you know
and in terms of anger management in terms of what they talk about that is
you know 27 lizards and a four-year-old take over driving the vehicle and now
it's a completely dangerous situation alright so I think we're gonna wrap it
up there for tonight congratulations to everybody who passed the road test in
the last week good luck to all of you coming up in the next week passing a
road test and studying and practicing and what not and if you like what you
see here definitely give it a thumbs up hit that thumbs up button for all of you
watching on the replay give it a thumbs up and leave a comment and if you have
any questions at all more than happy to help you out so thanks very much for
showing up thanks very much for your questions and have a great night and
we'll talk to you soon and remember pick the best answer not necessarily the
right answer have a great night bye now
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