good drivin

describe the techniques and behavior that makes a good driver

since i dont drive im gonna get an article that supports this topic.

SKILL.

 It is important to be able to use all of the controls smoothly and efficiently.  Don’t be happy with the fact that you can change gear.  This should be done without jerking your passengers about in the car.

Likewise when braking, accelerating and cornering you don’t want to see them swaying about all over the place. This isn’t SKILLFUL driving. This is probably how you will drive when you start learning and it will continue that way for a considerable time; but with practice it should improve.

Try and think of the last time you were in a car, and when the driver stopped you didn’t even feel it come to rest.  To do that consistently takes SKILL and CONCENTRATION.  The next time you are out with your partner, suggest pulling up at a convenient place on the left, so that neither of you can feel the car stop, then swap over and you try to do it.

Take this a step further using the rest of the controls including steering, and watch your passengers to see if they are jerking about in their seats. If they are, do something about it, master your controls.  Drive smoothly.

The positioning of the car on the road when cornering as well as being in the correct gear and at the right speed are all very important not only from the passenger's comfort point of view, but for the balance of the vehicle.  This manoeuvre does not necessarily have to be carried out at slow speeds, but it should always be safe.  The general rule is slow in and quick out of bends, but this is when your SKILLS have been developed to a considerable standard. It is so easy to get it wrong and finish up in the hedge bottom.  No doubt many of us have seen cars that have come to grief along the roadside and very rarely is it the fault of the vehicle.  In the majority of cases it is driver error, due to lack of SKILL, CONCENTRATION and not ANTICIPATING the situation.

You cannot become a SKILLFUL driver in a short space of time; it takes a lot of practice behind the wheel of a car to develop the above qualities and some people may never acquire them.