How to operate A Car
First Driving Lesson-Automatic Car
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hey everybody I'm here today with your
first driving lesson if you are looking
for a beginner video for driving an
automatic car you've come to the right
place this will be the perfect driving
lesson for an absolute beginner let's
get right to it I'm gonna turn the
camera around and give you a point of
view sort of video a video frame of the
driver's seat let's turn it around right
here I'm in the driver's seat this is
what you would see in the driver's seat
of the car
you have your steering wheel over here
you have your dashboard right here your
your your gauges over here you have all
the controls that you'll need as a
driver right here these are all of the
comfort controls as I like to call them
you have your shift lever right here you
have your emergency brake right here and
then down here you have your brake pedal
which I'm pressing right now and your
gas pedal which is over here to the
right the brake is on the left and it's
wider the gas is on the right and it's
taller okay so let's get right to it
this right here is the key that you will
use to start the car now on this ski you
have to push this little button in but
on your key might already be out like
that so what you want to do is you want
to take the key and you want to insert
it into the key slot which is right here
to the right of the steering wheel put
the key in there now what you want to do
next is you want to turn it and hold it
to hear the engine crank and when the
engine starts you're gonna release it so
I'm just gonna give you a better view
let's go ahead and start the engine and
release it as you can see the engine has
started all of the accessories are
starting up and now let's go over some
of the basics for driving before we
actually drive the car okay
so let's get right to it once again
here's the steering wheel I'll be
showing you how to hold the steering
wheel in just a few moments when I have
both of my hands free now if you take a
look over here on the dashboard this
right here is the tachometer it has
these numbers they'll be numbered one
through usually six seven or eight it
should end at okay
so right here this is how fast your
engine is turning this is the RPM of
your engine over here okay if you look
over here on the other side this is the
speedometer you can see the numbers are
much bigger 20 40 60 80 blah blah blah
all the way up to 260 okay you also
have an indicator here letting you know
that you are in park and what gear you
out you will be in okay reverse neutral
Drive we'll go over that in just a few
moments and then you have a little a
little indicator here showing you how
much gas you have and the trip meter and
the kilometers on the engine and so
forth and all of this stuff may vary
from car to car but it's all gonna be
there somewhere on the dash to the left
here you have your turn signal lever you
push it up to go and activate your right
turn signal bring it back to the middle
to stop down to activate your left turn
signal and you can see the left turn
signal right there flashing up for right
stop down for left stop to the right
here you have your windshield wiper
lever so this lever right here controls
the windshield wipers you can turn them
on by simply if it's raining you know
pressing it down or up and you can spray
windshield wiper fluid by pulling it
towards you that will be the case in
most cars okay let's look at the main
thing right here this right here is the
shift lever and all this is for the air
the air conditioning the heating and and
the radio but weird we don't really need
to worry about that because we're not
concerned about the radio because we're
a beginner drivers remember the only
thing that you should be concerned about
is this right here which is the defrost
setting okay it looks like that and this
is that's for the front windshield this
is for the rear windshield turn it on
like that turn it off and for this one
you have to turn it to that setting and
make sure that the air is on so this is
the shifter right over here now park if
your car is in park if it's in park then
you don't have to worry about anything
because the car is not gonna go anywhere
you can push the gas pedal it's gonna
rev the engine but the car is not gonna
move okay reverse is how you send the
car backwards how you move backwards in
the car neutral okay will not keep the
car in place but it will also not move
the car forward if I put the car in
neutral
it would just rev the engine but the
wheels would be able to move if I were
to physically push the car and drive is
what you will mainly use it to drive
forward okay so let's get started what
we're gonna start off by doing because
we're on a flat surface we are going to
pull down the emergency brake and
disengage it just like that
right now the emergency brake the
parking brake the handbrake whatever you
want to call it is not engaged we can
now start to move the cart so what I'm
gonna do now is I'm gonna put my foot on
the brake pedal right over here foot on
the brake pedal okay I'm going to put
the car in drive so I shift it into
drive it's in Drive right there and if
you take a look up here it says D for
Drive now my foot is still on the brake
pedal which means that the car is still
going to be staying in the same spot
okay now in just a moment I'm gonna
release the brake pedal and what that
will do is that will allow the car to
move forward now we don't want to press
the gas pedal we're just gonna release
the brake pedal for just a second and
push the brake pedal again and you'll
see the car will move forward I'll turn
this to the side I'm gonna release the
brake pedal right now completely release
it press it again okay and that will
allow you to get the feel for moving the
car so you want to practice doing that a
few times to get a feel for the car
moving forward I'll do it one more time
release the brake pedal press it again
okay and you want to get into the habit
of doing it smoothly you don't want to
be releasing and hammering it you want
to get into the habit of a flow out and
in on the brake pedal that will allow
you to brake smoothly now for the gas
pedal well you need to do is you need to
be prepared to move okay because if you
push the gas pedal the car is gonna move
forward at a decent speed so we need to
have both hands on the steering wheel
and for that guess what I'm gonna do I'm
gonna take this camera mount it over
here and right now you're gonna get the
perfect view of myself with my hands on
the steering wheel take one end imagine
that the Sira will is a clock take one
end put it at the nine o'clock position
or the 10 o'clock position and the other
end put it at the 2 o'clock position or
the 3 o'clock position on your steering
wheel you'll see this little it looks
like a t in the middle of the steering
wheel almost just put your hands above
that T basically okay now what I'm gonna
do is I'm gonna release the brake pedal
I'm gonna start to turn and as I get
into a straight line we're have more
space I'm gonna just slightly push the
gas so I'm releasing the brake pal I'm
moving turning the steering wheel okay
turning the steering wheel now I'm
turning the steering wheel back and I'm
going straight here I'm gonna just
slightly press the
I'm just barely pressing and I'm moving
right now at a very slow speed about ten
kilometers an hour I'm gonna turn here
we're gonna actually exit the parking
lot okay so barely pressing the gas but
I'm literally holding the gas pedal
probably at one to two percent of the
the range of motion that you can press
the gas pedal at right now I'm going
about 20 kilometers an hour now I have
to come to a stop release the gas pedal
press the brakes slowly slowly and I'm
just slowly pressing it inwards and and
more inwards compressing it more and
more to bring the car to a complete stop
I want to turn right so I put my right
turn signal on check my mirrors check my
blind spot and then turn your steering
wheel hand over hand
as you can see barely pressing the gas
pedal right now I'm just barely pressing
the gas pedal and you're cruising
cruising down the street barely pressing
the gas pedal okay
now let's say you want to come to a stop
I would recommend doing this on a side
street that has no traffic like this
right here okay I'm gonna just put my
right turn signal on pull my car towards
the curb and just slightly press the
brake
I'm just increasing more and more and
more and more and more and when I'm
almost fully stopped
I just put pressure on the brake fully
when you're almost set to stop you sort
of just give it all of the pressure now
we're gonna move forward again but my
left turn signal on to indicate that I'm
leaving this pulled over position check
my mirror my blind spot slowly press the
gas now we're gonna speed up just a
little bit so pressing the gas a little
bit more now well you will find is that
you need to find that sweet spot on the
gas pedal to hold to hold the gas pedal
ad that's in that spot at that in that
zone right there if I just continually
press the gas pedal more more I'm gonna
speed up like this which I don't want to
do okay so just find that perfect
acceleration level and hold it there you
want to hold it there now to take a turn
smoothly I'm gonna show you right now
okay to take your turn smoothly let's
say I want to put on my left turn signal
you need to sort of practice to get to
the point where you can turn the
steering wheel pretty much hold it in
that position look I'm holding it in
this position turn
and their release and I've made the turn
nice and smoothly and that comes with
practice so as your first driving lesson
my advice is practice stopping going
turning those are the three most crucial
things that people really get wrong in
terms of when they're taking their
driving tests and their driving lessons
they don't practice enough stopping
going and turning ok so right now I'm
going to turn on this onto this little
street right here it's a court so it's
not gonna have any traffic it's pretty
much a dead end put my right turn still
on signal on Mir blind spot turn the
steering wheel hold it here
release okay let's pull over again right
turn signal its brake just barely little
bit more little bit more all the way so
you want to just basically press the
brake a little bit more a little bit
more all the way what I'm gonna do is I
will actually take the camera off to
give you just a quick view of my actual
breaking process under the steering
wheel so right now I have my foot on the
brake okay
just like that let's try and get you get
some light in their ear ago I have my
foot on the brake what I want to do is I
want to release it okay so I'm going to
start moving forward just very slowly
there's no one here no one's around no
cars no pedestrians releasing the brake
and then this how I would come to stop a
little bit a little bit more little bit
more little bit more a little bit more
all the weight and I just came to a stop
right now this is how I would start with
the gas okay
to actually pick up a little bit of
speed release the brake put my foot on
the gas I'm right now I'm moving I'm
barely pressing it at all okay that's
all that you need to press it then when
I want to come to a stop transfer to the
brake push a little bit a little bit
more a little bit more a little bit more
and all the weight just like that so
right now I'm pressing and I'm at a
complete stop there's a lot more
pressure that I can put but I'm at a
complete stop I'm pressing all the way
to the point where it's enough pressure
to stop the car I don't mean all the way
is a right to the floor you don't have
to do that unless you're you want to
sort of come to a very very aggressive
stop but you don't need to do that when
you're learning how to drive because
you're not driving that fast okay that's
basically it
okay so for your first driving lesson
what I can recommend to you okay too
practice the takeaway points what you
should do when you're done watching this
video
practice starting practice stopping
practice turning start off in a parking
lot you know at a time where there's no
one there so you don't have to worry
about any cars or any obstructions and
then when you feel comfortable enough
move to a very very low traffic side
street and then you can want to main
roads and stuff but you got to start
small and keep progressing harder and
harder
AHA you know - harder and harder
difficulties and that's basically it
in this video I just wanted to go over
your first driving lesson with me as a
driving instructor I wanted to go over
some of the basics of driving an
automatic car and I wanted to tell you
the three most important things to
practice if you want to be a good driver
pass your driving test and get your
license practice starting stopping and
turning and that's all I have for you
today thanks for watching
