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How To Drive An Automatic Car-FULL Tutorial For Beginners
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hey everybody I'm here today to show you
how to drive an automatic car in this
video I'm going to be going over some of
the basics of driving an automatic car
let's get right to it so the first thing
that you want to do is you want to turn
the car on make sure that your handbrake
is engaged make sure that the car is in
park with the shift lever over here put
your foot on the brake press the brake
down and start the car now with this car
I started with a key but you might have
to start a car using a button depending
on the car okay now before we start if
it's raining just like it's raining
right now if it's raining you should
turn on the windshield wipers so I'm
just gonna turn on the windshield wipers
just like that if it's not raining you
won't have to turn them on
it's literally simple look for the
windshield wiper lever or dial and with
the case of this cards to the right of
the steering wheel okay so let's go over
some of the basics regarding getting the
car going and you know to start moving
the car I apologize about the the rain
noise I you know it's raining and I
wanted to do the video now this is the
best that I could do okay so in order to
get the car moving you're gonna have to
take the gear selector put it in drive
which is the deal okay
you're gonna have to release the
handbrake release the emergency brake
under and your foot should still be on
the brake this entire time then when you
want to start moving you're gonna
release the brake and when you release
the brake you'll notice that the car
will start inching up now that's because
the drivetrain allows the car to move
you got a lightly press on the gas pedal
and hold it into a decent position
you're not gonna floor it you're gonna
hold it into decent position and the car
will be moving now I'm basically welding
the gas pedal in the same position
and the cars moving and the gears are
continually shifting when they need to
ship because it has an automatic
transmission so you're gonna steer the
car throughout the road or wherever it
is that you are and you'll notice that
when you turn the steering wheel
slightly the car moves greatly so you
don't want to turn the steering wheel a
lot that is one of the most basic errors
that new drivers make they turn the
steering wheel a lot you just want to
turn the steering wheel slightly to
guide the car on the rope
literally accessible turn the steering
wheel slightly now with regards to your
hands positions you're gonna want to
keep your hands out of both the ten in
two o'clock position so this hand is at
the ten o'clock position and this hand
is at the two o'clock position
right here very simple and just you just
steer slightly now when you want to
bring the car to a stop you're gonna
take your foot off of the gas and you're
gonna put it on the brake pedal I'm
gonna stop right over here take my foot
off of the gas put it on the brake pedal
and just lightly press the brake pedal
to slowly bring the car to a stop you
don't want to floor the brake pedal like
that because that's gonna cause the car
to jerk forward so once again we're just
gonna start release the foot from the
brake push down lightly on the gas pedal
and steer the car and when you want to
bring it to a stop
you're gonna release the gas pedal
slightly press the brake and you'll
nicely and smoothly bring the car to a
stop just like that it's one of the keys
to stopping smoothly and starting
smoothly making sure that you don't
floor the gas pedal or the brake pedal
you want to lightly press on the gas and
lightly press on the brake and that is
how you start and stop a car smoothly
okay now we are going to go over
reversing so when you want to reverse
the car you want to put the gear
selector in reverse which is the arm
okay so put it in reverse and when you
put it in reverse obviously my foot is
on the brake right now because that's
preventing the car from moving when you
put it in reverse you're gonna want to
check your mirrors and you're gonna want
to turn your head around to look behind
the car
and when you release the brake the car
will start moving backwards okay now I
am reversing backwards and looking in my
mirrors and I'm turning my head
backwards and that is allowing me to
look behind the car that is how to
reverse now when you are reversing you
don't want to release the brake pedal
completely because then you'll pick up a
lot of speed what will happen is you
will pick up more and more speed like
this and it's not really a safe thing to
do so you don't want to release the
brake pedal completely or press the gas
pedal in Reverse you just want to
lightly release the brake pedal and you
still want to have a little bit of
pressure on the brake pedal okay
so that is the basics of going forward
and going backward in an automatic car
now we're gonna go over some of the
other basics so I'm gonna put it into
drive again the car is now and drive my
foot is on the brake pressing the brake
down and that is you know preventing the
car from moving forward we're gonna go
over some other basics so I'm gonna
start going forward once again lightly
pressing on the gas pedal to bring the
car in to motion forward and when you
want to turn okay you're gonna put your
signal on and then you're gonna steer
around the turn with the steering wheel
so I'm actually gonna turn on to this
feet I'm gonna put my right signal on
I'm gonna lightly press the brake I'm
checking my mirrors and my blind spot
and I am turning with hand-over-hand
steering so when I turn I am using
hand-over-hand
steering so I'm just gonna pull over to
the side just for a quick second hand
over hand steering is this when you move
hand over hand just like that okay you
don't want to turn the steering wheel
like this that's not safe it's not a
safe method you want to use hand over
hand just like that so once again I'm
just gonna go ahead and I will pull into
a driveway over here so I am going I am
moving forward with the car I want to
turn into this driveway I'm gonna put my
signal on hover over the brake pedal I'm
gonna look check my blind spot my
mirrors and I'm gonna pull into the
driveway
just like that I'm gonna straighten out
and we are going to actually turn back
around on this road so I'm putting it
into reverse putting my right signal on
looking behind the car and checking my
mirrors all
around the car okay and then I'm gonna
put my left signal on and I put the car
into drive so now I can actually move
forward alright so that is the basics of
making a turn and using a signal now on
this car the signal lever is on to the
left of the steering wheel and that's
the case with most cars but there's no
guarantee that the you know there
there's no guarantee that that's where
the signal lever is going to be on your
car but most cars have it to the left of
the steering column I'm just gonna make
the surge so I'm putting my left signal
on and I'm starting to move the car as I
make this turn right over here
straightening out the steering wheel as
you complete the turn very very simple
all right now another quick note
headlights if it is dark and you want to
turn on your headlights you can look for
the lever or the dial that controls the
headlights so it's raining right now and
I don't really need to turn on the
headlights but I want to turn them on
just for safety so I'm gonna flick this
dial to the left of the steering column
it is on the same lever that controls
the deck controls the turn signal so I'm
gonna turn on the headlights just like
that I just turned the dial and the
headlights turned on but it might be
different on the car that you are
driving that's basically it that is the
basics of driving an automatic car I'm
just gonna pull over right here
put my right signal on check my blind
spot check my mirror and pull to the
side of the road just like that there's
one other thing that I just want to tell
you and that is I want to tell you about
neutral on an automatic car neutral
right here is the end if you put the
gear selector in neutral just like that
when it basically disengages the engine
from the the wheels okay I'm not gonna
go into the specific mechanics of it but
it removes the engine from controlling
the wheels so if I press the gas pedal
right now the car revs the engine revs
but the car isn't going anywhere because
it's in neutral but be careful because
this can allow your car to roll forward
or backward if you are on a hill but
that's basically it when you have
finished driving and you want to stop
the car you're gonna simply take the
gear selector put it
park pulled the emergency brake or
engage the emergency brake my foot is
still on the brake just in case
the parking brake or the emergency brake
fail I like to keep my foot on the brake
pedal just in case and then it turn the
engine off just like that
it is literally that simple and that is
basically it in this video I have shown
you how to drive an automatic car I have
gone over all of the basics regarding
driving the car with an automatic
transmission I have covered making the
car move forward making the car move
backward putting the car into park
controlling the turn signal indicators
controlling the windshield wipers and
making a turn and also putting the car
in neutral it's literally that simple
and I hope that you have enjoyed this
driving tutorial and that's all I have
for you today thanks for watching
