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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Nov 30, 2017 9:33:14 GMT
So I was supposed to have a driving lesson, and it has been snowing here in Scarborough.
Does anybody on here know what happens if there's been snow? Does your driving instructor contact you to cancel the lesson, or are you supposed to contact him?
Even if it clears, I really don't think it would be a good idea me going ahead with it because if it starts again whilst I'm out with my autism I'd probably become extremely agitated and that would make me a danger to other drivers.
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Post by omega on Nov 30, 2017 9:43:58 GMT
If in doubt, contact him. If you aren't confident in driving in these conditions, don't drive in them.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Nov 30, 2017 12:14:09 GMT
If in doubt, contact him. If you aren't confident in driving in these conditions, don't drive in them. Thanks for the advice. Roads look alright at the moment where I live, but he just cancelled it because the roads are unsafe elsewhere in Scarborough. There have been a few accidents by the sound of it. I'm kind of relieved because I wouldn't have been able to concentrate on my driving anyway. I had spent the last few hours looking out the window anxiously each time it started snowing to see if the roads looked fine. |
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Post by acousticwolf on Dec 1, 2017 14:46:03 GMT
First time I drove in snow I nearly shat myself. My instructor just said "it'll soon pass, get on with it". Nice to see some things have changed for the better where instructors are concerned.
Cheers
Tony
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Dec 1, 2017 19:26:49 GMT
First time I drove in snow I nearly shat myself. My instructor just said "it'll soon pass, get on with it". Nice to see some things have changed for the better where instructors are concerned. Cheers Tony I read some stuff online that said about some driving instructors still giving lessons in the snow. On the one hand, I can see the 'It gives you more experience' point. On the other it seems unnecessarily dangerous, especially when a practical driving test would be cancelled if there was snow. I don't think there's any need for an instructor to talk like that though. That would put me off immediately - the environment would be off-putting enough as it is! |
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Post by acousticwolf on Dec 1, 2017 20:22:07 GMT
I don't think there's any need for an instructor to talk like that though. That would put me off immediately - the environment would be off-putting enough as it is! True, but it was 30-odd years ago  . Cheers Tony |
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Dec 8, 2017 20:26:28 GMT
Snowing pretty good here in south eastern Louisiana, which is very much a rarity. I drove in snowy conditions pretty regularly while living in Chicago. Its the other people around me who have not driven in conditions like this that scare me. Be careful DB and it concerns you, take a lesson on a better day.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Dec 8, 2017 20:35:24 GMT
Being Canadian and having received my license in a snow storm the idea of a driving lesson being cancelled for snow is beyond me. Around here a cancellation would only happen if the police were telling people to stay off the roads. Otherwise the lesson would be kept unless the student felt uncomfortable trying to drive in snow conditions.
Personally I would say that unless it is snowing heavily, keeping the lesson would be a good thing. It is better to learn how to handle driving in snow when you have someone in the car who can advise you how to react.
Here I Canada I really feel it should be required that all drivers pass a summer and winter road test before they are granted their license. Winter tires should also be mandatory.
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Post by ulyssessarcher on Dec 9, 2017 16:28:30 GMT
So I was supposed to have a driving lesson, and it has been snowing here in Scarborough. Does anybody on here know what happens if there's been snow? Does your driving instructor contact you to cancel the lesson, or are you supposed to contact him? Even if it clears, I really don't think it would be a good idea me going ahead with it because if it starts again whilst I'm out with my autism I'd probably become extremely agitated and that would make me a danger to other drivers. db, you know I drive for a livin, and can't help with your question, but I am going to give you some advise on driving...put your cell phone away, if you need it, pull over somewhere safe and out of the ...give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination, if you needed to be there yesterday, you should have left earlier...use your mirrors, know what's coming from behind you and beside you...drive as far ahead of you as you can see, if you notice a slow moving impediment, prepare for it...if you can read the bumper stickers on cars, you are following too close...and trucks take off slow, and take a long time to stop, do not cut them off, and never jump in front of one just to stop or turn off, you'll wake up dead...good luck and be careful. |
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Post by Ela on Dec 11, 2017 5:42:09 GMT
I will say that learning how to drive in the snow is a good skill to have. But better to get experience when it's not snowing first. Personally, I hate driving in snow. Snow is pretty to look at, not fun to drive in.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Dec 11, 2017 9:28:17 GMT
I will say that learning how to drive in the snow is a good skill to have. But better to get experience when it's not snowing first. Personally, I hate driving in snow. Snow is pretty to look at, not fun to drive in. Funny, I enjoy driving in the snow (unless it is during a crazy storm or windy white out conditions). I’d much rather drive in snow than in heavy rain - the visibility is better and the road is in better shape. |
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Post by Ela on Dec 12, 2017 21:18:17 GMT
I will say that learning how to drive in the snow is a good skill to have. But better to get experience when it's not snowing first. Personally, I hate driving in snow. Snow is pretty to look at, not fun to drive in. Funny, I enjoy driving in the snow (unless it is during a crazy storm or windy white out conditions). I’d much rather drive in snow than in heavy rain - the visibility is better and the road is in better shape. Depends on the snow. If it's actively and heavily snowing you're still going to have poor visibility. Once the snow has stopped and the road crews do whatever they do to make it safer to drive (plow, put down salt, or whatever they're doing these days), driving in snow is not so bad. Unless it melts, refreezes, and then it snows on top of that - makes for difficult traction even with snow tires. I've been in a few situations like that. One time, we had to give up our attempt to visit my cousin, cause the wheels were just spinning on the ice. And when we exited the highway to turn around, we got stuck behind a police car that was also stuck in the snow plus ice!  When I was a kid, my dad used to put chains on the tires in the winter. I imagine that works better than snow tires. Does anyone still use chains? Also, last time I lived up north, I lived in a town on the banks of a river. There was a steep hill going down to the bridge over the river, and cars would invariably either get stuck or slide right down to the bridge with no traction at all. But you're right about visibility in heavy rain. The heavy tropical rains we get here sometimes are really scary to drive in. Very bad visibility. |
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Post by coffeeaddict on Dec 12, 2017 21:42:03 GMT
Funny, I enjoy driving in the snow (unless it is during a crazy storm or windy white out conditions). I’d much rather drive in snow than in heavy rain - the visibility is better and the road is in better shape. Depends on the snow. If it's actively and heavily snowing you're still going to have poor visibility. Once the snow has stopped and the road crews do whatever they do to make it safer to drive (plow, put down salt, or whatever they're doing these days), driving in snow is not so bad. Unless it melts, refreezes, and then it snows on top of that - makes for difficult traction even with snow tires. I've been in a few situations like that. One time, we had to give up our attempt to visit my cousin, cause the wheels were just spinning on the ice. And when we exited the highway to turn around, we got stuck behind a police car that was also stuck in the snow plus ice! When I was a kid, my dad used to put chains on the tires in the winter. I imagine that works better than snow tires. Does anyone still use chains? Also, last time I lived up north, I lived in a town on the banks of a river. There was a steep hill going down to the bridge over the river, and cars would invariably either get stuck or slide right down to the bridge with no traction at all. But you're right about visibility in heavy rain. The heavy tropical rains we get here sometimes are really scary to drive in. Very bad visibility. I will always pick driving in snow over rain. Even poor visibility in the snow is preferable - don’t forget I got my license in a snow storm. Even got docked points for driving too slow. |
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Post by Ela on Dec 12, 2017 21:56:23 GMT
I learned to drive in Florida. And I flunked parallel parking, but they didn't care cause there wasn't any parallel parking to speak of in my community at the time. |
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Post by Digi on Dec 13, 2017 1:37:30 GMT
Being Canadian and having received my license in a snow storm the idea of a driving lesson being cancelled for snow is beyond me. Around here a cancellation would only happen if the police were telling people to stay off the roads. Otherwise the lesson would be kept unless the student felt uncomfortable trying to drive in snow conditions. Personally I would say that unless it is snowing heavily, keeping the lesson would be a good thing. It is better to learn how to handle driving in snow when you have someone in the car who can advise you how to react. Here I Canada I really feel it should be required that all drivers pass a summer and winter road test before they are granted their license. Winter tires should also be mandatory. Right? I'm always baffled when I hear US coworkers (or the news) talking about places in the south shutting down because of 20 minutes of flurries. That doesn't even merit salting the roads! |
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Post by ulyssessarcher on Dec 13, 2017 2:00:13 GMT
Son, people freak out when they mention snow in the south....they think it's doomsday....and if you don't get to the store fast, the milk and bread is gone....I'm not kidding here folks.
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Post by SG. on Dec 13, 2017 3:43:29 GMT
I drove in it while doing mine, but only because I felt confident enough to do so, the instructor would have been fine if I wasn’t.
Although I haven’t been behind the wheel since I passed my test 3.5 years ago, so make of that what you will...
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Post by Ela on Dec 15, 2017 4:12:08 GMT
Being Canadian and having received my license in a snow storm the idea of a driving lesson being cancelled for snow is beyond me. Around here a cancellation would only happen if the police were telling people to stay off the roads. Otherwise the lesson would be kept unless the student felt uncomfortable trying to drive in snow conditions. Personally I would say that unless it is snowing heavily, keeping the lesson would be a good thing. It is better to learn how to handle driving in snow when you have someone in the car who can advise you how to react. Here I Canada I really feel it should be required that all drivers pass a summer and winter road test before they are granted their license. Winter tires should also be mandatory. Right? I'm always baffled when I hear US coworkers (or the news) talking about places in the south shutting down because of 20 minutes of flurries. That doesn't even merit salting the roads! The American south does not deal well with snow. It is known.  |
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Dec 15, 2017 12:04:08 GMT
Right? I'm always baffled when I hear US coworkers (or the news) talking about places in the south shutting down because of 20 minutes of flurries. That doesn't even merit salting the roads! The American south does not deal well with snow. It is known. Lol yeah when i stayed in Georgia. Some where surprised when i suggested getting the gritters out for the roads lol, but that may have been where i was lol |
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When I was a kid, my dad used to put chains on the tires in the winter. I imagine that works better than snow tires. Does anyone still use chains?
