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Learning To Drive Research Paper

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For as long as I can remember my parents have allowed me to drive. When I was younger, just around town, and then later I was allowed to drive to the Satley transfer station and now that I have my permit I am allowed to drive wherever unless there is a high population of other cars in the area. When I first got my truck I had plenty of experience driving an automatic but none on a manual. So with the help of my parents I was able to learn how to drive a manual.
The very first time I drove a manual I had a lot of struggles. My parents explained to me over and over how to put the car in gear and slowly release the clutch and press on the gas at the same time to get the car rolling, but no matter how many times they said it, it just wouldn’t stick in my head and I just ended up killing the engine over and over. It took some time but after about an hour of having to constantly restart my car, I was not having as big of a headache from the car bucking like crazy, and I didn't have to worry as much about killing the engine or running over a child when I confuse the clutch with the brake. …show more content…

It was like magic, suddenly all the things that my parents told me to do seemed to sink in and I was able to drive without killing the engine every few seconds. I drove around town for about an hour and a half getting used to the odd feeling of having to push in the clutch. I was able to practice everything I needed to drive on the main roads. Probably the hardest part was getting the car going on a hill. That was extra tricky because I had to get the timing perfect, I had to let go of the brake and get the car moving before gravity rolls the car backwards into the car behind

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