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i made a fool of myself today driving home from school. it was a long day and my 10am-12pm ENGLISH 1A ended at about 12:15 so i was ready to leave. i was approaching a stop sign before pulling out of the parking lot, so i just slowly crept up to it. there was another car coming toward me on the other side but their road ends and are forced to make a left turn into the parking lot. so as i was inching forward i glanced out my driver window and saw a classmate of mine. i wasnt paying attention and started to press on the accelerator. well i looked back to the front and i noticed that the oncoming car was just in the middle of his turn when he is already supposed to be finished turning. so we both jam on our brakes and look at each other. he takes off with a mug on his face and i just stare back. as soon as he was out of my way i floored it to get out of there ASAP cause i knew that most of it was my fault. i drive with my right hand on the shifter (AT) and somehow when i jammed on the brakes my hand along with me lunged forward and shifted the car into neutral. as i said earlier i floored it as i wanted to leave, but instead i sat there with the car revving. what makes it worse is that you can clearly hear the rev limiter cutting me off like 3-4 times. i was soooo at the time that it took me that long to figure out why i wasnt moving. so i dropped it back into D and peeled out in the loose dirt/sandy road and turned the corner onto the main street and never looked back.

loss of my cool points:
1. almost caused an accident
2. looked like an idiot in front of my classmates
3. sat there revving accidentally; made me look as if i didnt know how to drive
4. accidentally NEUTRAL DROPPED MY CAR while trying to flee!!

all in all...: _doh:

 
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I just got home after a very longggggg day! I needed that! [IMG]i/expressions/demon.gif[/IMG]

 
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Try to salvage your pride! (Read that in a Garfield comic once)

 
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"i drive with my right hand on the shifter (AT)"...... So sad.....

 
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you already lost your cool points when you pretend to be driving a manual with your hand on an automatic

 
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Sucks to be you

 
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I did something once
While I was at school it was snowing very heavily and the wind was just rocking my lil civic
Anyways I put my key in the ignition but I was wayy too cold to think so I just sat there shifted into D without turning the ignition and I stomped on the gas a couple times and I was like WTF then I realized the car is not even on
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Well Mine wasn't as bad as yours but it made me feel like a dumbass

 
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You live in Atlanta? No? Could've fooled me. At least I got company elsewhere in the world.

 
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what's so bad with ur right hand on the shifter in and automatic??? where else are you supposed to have hand?

 
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LOL Dam.n that hurt...LOL
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sometimes i shift into d3 for better acceleration. but its not like i drop it in neutral and stuff when coming to a stop. just becuase u drive a auto doesn't mean u have to drive like a granny.

 
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Put it on the steering wheel maybe? [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]

 
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yes i agree...not sad though, pathetic actually...

you are supposed to have BOTH HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL, i do that and i have a standard car. i take my right hand off the wheel for a slight moment to shift.

too many people drive laid back trying to look "ghetto fast" with their left hands on the top of the wheel (12 o'clock) and their right hand on the shifter. this is incorrect, did you do this when you took your road test? no i doubt it, you would have been failed on takeoff.

your hands are supposed to sit on 10 and 2 o'clock on the wheel...many accidents would be avoided if morons drove the correct way. 2 hands control a steering wheel much better than one hand.

 
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different people have different preferences of handling the steering wheel...you like using both hands good for you...some people aren't use to it and drive even worst with both hands...i got used to using only my left hand to drive cuz i use to drive a manaul but now i own a automatic and still just can't change my way of driving which is using both hands...

 
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Any racing school will tell you to drive with both hands on the wheel, at 10 and 2o clock. Watch any racing Vid, and you'll see two hands at those locations. Someone people drive better with one hand? Bullsh|t. Is it coincidence ALL professional racing drivers drive with two hands on the wheel and only shift when the moment arrives? No.

 
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Oh man, I did nearly the same thing today too but not quite as bad...

I was leaving the parking lot and somehow I ended up in neutral. I pushed on the accelerator and nothing happened. I had my stereo up kinda loud so I couldn't hear the engine reving, but I looked down and saw I was in N, so stupid me, I popped it into D...tiny neutral drop.

Oh and earlier some stupid soccer mom btch in her Suburban almost hit me. We were both pulling onto the street, which is sort of narrow, she was turning right i was turning left (so we were going in the same direction). We stop, I go, clearly before her, but then she starts pulling out (I think she was talking her cell phone...), I was already most of the way into the lane forcing me into the oncoming lane, where a car was (slowly) approaching. So I stepped on the gas, went around her and got back in my lane...grrrr

Oh yeah, and I too keep my hand on the AT shifter. I just feels right. I only do it about a quarter of the time though.

 
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Sometimes it is just comfortable to rest your hand there, it isn't "pretending to shift" pfft...

Anyways, it is being found that driving in the 10-2 oclock position isn't safe, rather having your hands in a 8-4 oclock? something like that is better because of airbags..

 
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acutally, I believe that it is 9 and 3 now but, who cares.

 
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sad, sad, sad post

 
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i made a fool out of myself the first the of school... ..as i was driving in front of the school where everybody hangs out and smokes......... i hit a big ol speed bump..in front of my school and. my car bounced up in the air like it was a basketball.. and slammed into the ground... man... everybody just stared at me like an idiot and i was so embarassed ..!! my car is too damn low...

by the way my car is slammed.. the front is four inches off the ground .. !!

 
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i drive with my hand on the shifter because its comfortable to me. i dont act like i shift or anything. i accidentally put it in N wen i jammed on tha brakes and lunged forward.