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Driving Skills for Teens- Basics of driving for beginner teenagers!

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Driving Skills for Teens- Basics of driving for beginner teenagers!

Start with a tour of the vehicle

Before a teen is allowed to drive the car, take time to make sure your teen is knowledgeable about and comfortable with the vehicle and its controls. Before it hit the road, demonstrate how to adjust the seat and side and rearview mirrors to fit the teen's needs, and make any other accommodations that are necessary, such as tilting the steering wheel.

Review the controls and features of the car. Make sure your teen knows how each of these works:

Dashboard controls
Steering wheel and seat adjustment
Mirror adjustment
Turn signals
Headlights
Safety features like air bags and seat belts
Wipers
Emergency lights
Parking brake/release
Starting/turning off the engine
Gas, brakes (especially ABS)
Warning indicator lights on dashboard (such as low fuel, oil, temperature indicator)

Also, be sure to show your teen where the registration, insurance card, and car manual are located.

Get a feel for the vehicle

The first time your teen actually drives the car, start in a safe location like an empty parking lot. Have your teen practice applying gas and brakes, driving straight, turning, and backing up.

As you see your teen beginning to master each of these, take note and make the situation a little more complex next time. For example, instead of just stopping and starting, have your teen pull into and out of a parking spot.

It can take several outings to learn how to get from point A to point B, and to figure out how much pressure to apply to the brakes to stop or how far to move the steering wheel to turn.

This is also a good time to remind your teen driver to pay attention to the surroundings:

Look ahead and to the sides
Check mirrors
Scan continuously for hazards
Teach your teen to keep a clear "safety space" around the car so there's room to react to any hazards. The farther he or she hangs back from the vehicle in front, the better your teen will be able to see what's ahead. Seeing better and farther provides extra time to react to changing traffic conditions.

Take it for a spin in low-speed, low-traffic areas

Once your teen is comfortable with the basic operation of the car, take your lessons to quiet streets where your teen can practice staying on one side of the road, anticipate cars exiting driveways, and learn to pull up to a stop sign.

For the next several lessons, stick to roads that have slower speed limits (under 35 mph). Emphasize that the posted limit is only a guide for an acceptable speed in excellent conditions. Your teen should drive even slower in poor weather, heavy traffic, or areas where there are a lot of pedestrians.

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Vary the routes to practice the following:

Turns: speed and use of signals
Braking smoothly: gradually slowing to a stop
Accelerating smoothly: steadily increasing to a safe speed within the posted limit
Approaching intersections controlled by stop signs or lights
Determining right of way
Single-land and multi-lane roadways (low speeds)
Changing lanes
Maintaining appropriate speed
Scanning for and identifying hazards
Keeping a safe following distance
Sharing the road with cyclists, pedestrians, school buses
Driving in a school zone
Reacting to an approaching emergency vehicle
Using turning lanes

As your new driver starts to master these skills, pay attention to which ones he or she is confident with. As you both become more comfortable, continue to expose your teen to different times of day, levels of traffic, and weather conditions on familiar roads.

At this point, your teen has mastered the basics of operating the car and now needs lots of practice getting used to the road. For the next several hours of driving practice, stick to low-speed, low-traffic roads. Try to take a different route each time to be sure your teen is getting the variety needed to become a truly safe driver.

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