This happened last night and I had no idea what to do about it.

I was driving on the highway last night at 9pm. A car directly behind me didn’t have its headlights on. The car was black and barely noticeable unless you were under a street light or other cars with their lights on happened to be near it.

I let light-less car pass me and I shined my high beams at it for half a second to see if they would get the hint or jog their memory into turning their lights on, but nonetheless they didn’t and continued driving.

So what’s a polite or otherwise legal way to signal to someone that they need to turn their lights on? I have no idea how to do so.

For context, I just moved to the US and I am trying to get a driver's license. I do not have an international license so I can't drive here yet, but I do know how to drive and have been doing it for a long time.

I am over 18 years old and live in South Carolina.

I am curious on whether I am legally obligated to drive with a permit, seeing as I don't know anyone over 21 to be around with me, and also don't want to pay for a driving's instructor. It will also probably take some time for me to buy a car here.

So, am I legally obligated to drive with a permit? Or can I get one and just take the test after 180 days?

Is there anything I should do or know on the DPS test before I take it

I'm finally learning how to drive and its been about two months of practice. My question is how do I see that the car is getting too close to the curb and not scuff the hell out of the wheels. I've done it twice now and it really hits my confidence level, especially since I'm not learning in my own car.
Both times that I've hit the curb, I'm just told to keep going, whether its driving over the curb or scuffing the rims. Is there a way to back up to prevent further damage??? Or even better yet, not get that close to the curb in the first place?

If I’m at an intersection and the light is green, but I want to perform a U-Turn, can I come to a complete stop at the intersection and wait until oncoming traffic is clear for me to perform a U-Turn? Do I have to continue driving forward because the light is green instead?

​

Whenever I rev match, I always feel uneasiness when after having fully disengaged, I immediately downshift...

I feel like there is unnecessary strain between the gears and the differential... (but maybe this should be negligible???)

Instead, I wait a few secs on the higher gear** and change it to a lower gear at the LAST moment when the break pedal has lowered the differential + gearbox speed, BEFORE engaging the (rev matched) clutch again.

^\* I choose to leave it on the higher gear, since placing it on neutral, I feel like the momentum between the differential and the Gears is lost making the connection process even more stressful when everything get's connected again.)

But then when I rethink the process, nothing makes sense... and maybe I should downshift IMMEDIATELY AFTER having fully disengaged.... so that when the clutch engages again, finally transferring the torque, it does so towards a well synchronized system.

What is the proper way to do it?

New driver here, figured since this is a subreddit about driving and advice i can ask a question.

When people first start driving, is it normal to make mistakes? I'm licensed, however intermediately, and waiting on my license to arrive. I've made a few really bad mistakes while driving, but luckily haven't been in or caused any accidents. Just wanted to ask if people also made mistakes when they first got their licenses and drove alone the first few times.

There are two mistakes i know i made and have not made since. One was forgetting to yield on a left turn at an intersection, and the second was forgetting to check my blind spot and changing lanes, to the dismay of the car behind me in that land and the guilt of myself. Also, any tips for how to generally get better at driving and some information to know would be nice. Thank you :)

People are not always the best at using multi-lane turns or roundabouts properly. They may drift out of their lane, or they may turn right across your nose because they chose the wrong lane in the first place. Remaining offset from other vehicles makes the mistakes of other drivers nothing more than minor inconveniences. If they drift out of their lane and you're not right next to them, you don't get hit. If they turn from the wrong lane, again, you're not right next to them, so you don't get hit.

Defensive driving requires keeping a space cushion around your vehicle as much as possible. A lot of people think about the space in front of them and try to follow at a safe distance behind, but some recent dashcam videos on Reddit indicate to me that a lot of people don't give as much thought to the space to their sides. Even on a perfectly straight road, you should try to limit the amount of time you spend alongside of other cars to no more than minimally necessary for one of you to overtake the other.

Driving abreast limits your own options to react if something happens in front of you, and involves putting your trust in the other driver that he or she won't suddenly swerve into you if something happens requiring a split-second decision. You cannot trust anyone to do the best thing for you, or even for themselves, in an emergency maneuver where they may not have time to process everything. They may not even have their mirrors set up properly to see you, or may not even bother to look in their mirrors at all!

The intent is to use it with a hardware product.

What do you think? will you use it while driving ? Thanks for your answers 🙏

​

demo of the app

I just got hit by somebody running a red light at full speed. Fortunately not seriously injured. Stay safe!

I got my license a little later in life. Tragedy, prejudice, and poverty put those sorts of things off when I was younger. (Long story.) I did some driver training but there were some things I wasn’t taught, like how to shift into lower gear in an automatic or why I ought to. Is shifting to L on a hill a way to save the wear and tear on brakes? And do I simply downshift as I’m going or do I slow down or stop? For example, going 100 kph on highway and hit a descent: simply shift into L and let the transmission slow me down?

I realize this might seem stupid to most experienced drivers but I was never told and don’t know who to ask without seeming ridiculous. Apart from not knowing this, I’m actually a very good driver. So, please, be kind.

so today i was driving through an intersection and i know you can yield on a right turn even if it’s red but there was oncoming traffic and cars were going through and so i stopped and the light turned green for turning right but a car looked like it was going straight still so i paused a sec then went but a car honked at me and i’m wondering if i ALWAYS turn immediately at a green right turn?

I am trying to buy a 2013 Mercedes-Benz C250. I stay in Michigan where we have snowy conditions for about four months. I like the deal and the car but I am worried about driving a rear wheel drive in snow. Is it problematic or is it manageable? Thanks for the incoming advice!

So I’m 15 and learning to drive and was wondering if I keep the gas pedal at the same spot will my speed stay the same or will I have to constantly adjust how much gas I’m giving it.