[Pred the Penguin]

And I have... never been at the wheel of a car. =/

Damn Taiwanese laws!

[Dilmah G]

And I have... never been at the wheel of a car. =/

Damn Taiwanese laws!

Try drinking too much redbull and behind the wheel of your parents car (underage) at 2:30 in the morning.

[Pred the Penguin]

I'd probably kill myself at an intersection. But hey, what teenager doesn't here?

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I still prefer public transport, but I don't deny that having a car is nice. The only problem is that I don't have the stomach for it...

...nor do the expressways in Singapore, for that matter.

[Dilmah G]

I'd probably kill myself at an intersection. But hey, what teenager doesn't here?

 

Thank God my friends played Need for Speed

[ssmit132]

I thought I did pretty well with the Grand Turismo 4 display at Game On, but then I had selected an automatic transmission, the Isuzu Piazza, and it's not the same as trying the real thing.

[Dilmah G]

I thought I did pretty well with the Grand Turismo 4 display at Game On, but then I had selected an automatic transmission, the Isuzu Piazza, and it's not the same as trying the real thing.

In my experience its close enough to have taught a few mates how to turn around the car (after taking it for a spin) and park it back in the driveway and cart me off as if nothing happened 

[S-99]

Geezus, you guys are like 90% of my friends. Definitely old enough to get a license but not willing to have that kind of independence. I can't imagine actually wanting to have to have parents and other people cart me around. x.x

No, see i am truly independent. I don't have those strings called auto insurance, car company payments or brand loyalty gasoline.

The thing in alaska is that you don't want youth on the road in winter. Many don't know how to correct the steering when slipping on ice. A youth driving on a slippery road is most likely to crash because of panic because they didn't try straightening out with differential steering techniques.

Most other stuff in alaska on icy roads is not avoidable though, like on a high speed lane and the person in front of you just stops and you have to put the brake pedal to the floor super fast so you spin out and everyone else in back of you has to do that too. Situations like this are unavoidable for obvious reasons.

Alaskans also run many red lights in winter. Mainly because it is icy out and the light just turned red. You can either pull on your breaks and end up in the passing lane, or just go right on through.

[iamzack]

So... teach youth to effing drive? C'mon, it's not like older people just know how to do things.

[S-99]

It's my opinion that in alaska parents teach their kids to drive well including day and night driving, but no teaching in icy conditions.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

It's my opinion that in alaska parents teach their kids to drive well including day and night driving, but no teaching in icy conditions.

Ask Nuke. Maybe he knows.

[S-99]

Nuke doesn't live in the harsh interior.

[iamzack]

My mum taught me to drive when I was 10. "Oh it's snowing/raining/hurricaning? Now's a good time for you to learn things!"

[Mobius]

I learned to drive at the age of 18, I wasn't interested on driving until then. When I was little I tried, a couple of times, to play the role of the driver...and ended up with kind of worrying accidents...

[Grizzly]

I want a Finnish driving license. They teach a lot more there then just how to drive the car... They practically teach you how to drive the Finnish rally and live (It was on Top Gear).

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Well, that would make every driver with a Finnish driving license be qualified for rally racing then.

[Dilmah G]

I want a Finnish driving license. They teach a lot more there then just how to drive the car... They practically teach you how to drive the Finnish rally and live (It was on Top Gear).

Well, that would make every driver with a Finnish driving license be qualified for rally racing then.

That would be insanely, awesomely cool.

[Jeff Vader]

I want a Finnish driving license. They teach a lot more there then just how to drive the car... They practically teach you how to drive the Finnish rally and live (It was on Top Gear).

Yeah, and if you run over at least 20 grannies during your driving test, they'll throw in a truck license for free.

It really isn't that special. We get the theory lessons, some driving lessons and such. There are only two "special" cases that we can and must also perform: driving in the dark and driving in winter conditions. The first one takes place in the autumn, on some secluded little road where it really is ****ing dark. No biggie, just learn how to use those headlights. The second is probably what you meant. Takes place in a closed training area. People learn how to handle slippery conditions by driving on sheet metal covered with oil. That was sorta cool. You drive around at 40km/h, then you must hit the breaks and when you do, you slide like 20km before the car stops.

[redsniper]

automatic transmissions

[S-99]

I don't have much experience with manual vehicles. But i can drive a manual tractor and a manual atv, i never tried a manual car before.