I still remember my driving lessons as I taught it to my self.
I won’t advice anyone the same as it might not be a good idea unless you are the only person in the radius or 20 km or you are in some remote place in Australia.
Our First Car
My company pays a petrol allowance to those who own a car and it became a necessary for us to buy a four wheeler. So myself and one of my colleague got ourselves our first cars(2 Fiat) from our seniors. At that time I didn’t possess the knowledge of driving and so I requested him to be kind enough to drop me and my car to my house. The car stood before my house for a week and then myself and my other friend thought why not try to start it.
Curiosity killed the cat
We had the keys and both boarded one of the fiat and then we inserted the key in and turned it . That was the first time and probably the last time when the car started in a single try with no one else required to give it a push. Once started curiosity made us to make our next move to put it in motion(We have seen many people drive just press the clutch change the gear and there you are ready to go) . But things were not easy as we had seen it. On the release of the clutch together with the pressing of the accelerator set the car a jumping start as if where cat pouncing on a mice. We hit the pillar holding the garage gate and to our surprise nothing happened to the car but the pillar was broken(That’s the might of a Fiat).
Merry go round
After our previous gate thodo encounter we still had the nerve to pursue our learning in two days time we were able to drive in circles in a empty field nearby. And soon we were on the roads with our car with a red colored L symbol on its windscreen. The good thing about fiat is that people give way when they see a fiat in their opposite and with more reverence when it had a L symbol on it .
I has been three years since all things above have happened. Although you can never say that you are the best driver but there are few things that I would like to mention about safe driving:-
• A four wheeler can kill someone if not handled properly so understand your responsibility .
• Confidence is the Key. Even wrong things when done confidently gives good result.
• Dhyan hatti durgatna Ghatti. This is very true, never loose concentration
• Accident free driving does not mean slow driving but careful driving.