Name: Driving in English: Car & Road Vocabulary
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Hi, welcome to www.engvid.com . I'm Adam.

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Today, I'm going to talk to you about how to drive.

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We're going to look at two aspects of driving.

First, we're going to learn how to operate your vehicle, it means what do you actually

do with your car, and then we're going to look at road etiquette, how to behave and

how to actually drive on the street, okay?

So, we're going to start with the actual vehicle, we're going to look at some words that you

need to know in your car, and what you need to do.

So, the first thing you want to do when you get into your car is strap on your seatbelt.

So, the seatbelt goes from your shoulder to your hip and then across your waist from hip

That belt, that string, whatever, the thick one, we call this a strap, we call it a seatbelt,

but we also call it the strap, and then you have the buckle that you snap into place,

so you can strap on your seatbelt, you put the strap across, or you can just put on your

Don't drive without putting on your seatbelt or strapping it on.

Then, your car's ready, you've turned it on, turn on the key, the ignition, I guess I should

put that, you've turned on the ignition, you've turned the car on, it's running nicely, you're

So, the first thing you want to do is shift into gear.

So, you have your gear shifter, usually it's on the side if you're in an automatic car

or in a manual transmission, in automatic all you do is put it into the gear you want,

In a manual car, you have to press your clutch, put it into gear, and then you go, a little

So, you're shifting into gear, you put it into the gear you want.

The gear that you have are park, P, reverse, R, neutral, N, and drive, D. When you're in

the car wash, you put it in neutral, otherwise you don't need to put it in neutral.

Again, manual transmission, you're at a red light, put it in neutral, relax a little bit.

Some of you will have like a 3 or a 2, or D3 or D2, or H or L, high gear or low gear.

If you're stuck in a snowbank, you might need to use that, but mostly you don't.

Manual transmission, you have the clutch, so you have three pedals for your feet, you're

So, before you - so you put it into reverse, let's say, because you want to get out of

your parking spot, before you move, and again, some people use this, some people don't, but

if you - if you put - engaged your emergency brake, so usually it's on the side, lift it

If you're on a hill, you want to use that so your car doesn't roll down.

Maybe you forgot and you left it in neutral.

So, the emergency brake at least keeps you in place, the car doesn't roll away.

So, you want to disengage, you want to release the hand brake, we call it a hand brake because

In some cars, it's foot brake, because that's where it is, you disengage the emergency brake,

and then you back out of your parking spot.

Now, if you parallel parked, then you just back up and go forward out, right?

So, parallel park is when you, like - you have a parking spot, you pull in, back out.

Parallel park, you have two cars and you pull in between the cars, okay?

Some people avoid parallel parking because they're not good at it, some people have no

Either way, back out of your parking spot and put it into drive, shift into drive, and

Press the gas or you can just say accelerate, accelerate means press the gas pedal, and

that's what these things are called, the things at your feet, right - gas, left - brake, very

left - clutch for the manual transmissions.

It's very simple, driving is a very easy thing to do, everybody should do it at some point

But more important than knowing how to operate the car is knowing what to do as you're moving,

as you're moving your car along the streets, okay?

Okay, so now we know how to operate our vehicle, very good, we're on the road, we're on the

highway, we need to know how to act, how to maneuver, how to move around, right?

So, let's say you're cruising along on the highway.

Cruising means just driving straight, not really worried about too many things, you're

looking around, everything's nice, people walking, all this stuff.

If you want, you can turn on your cruise control, it means you don't have to press the gas,

you don't have to accelerate or anything like that, you just keep at a steady pace, at a

This is recommended more for the highway, not so much for the city, but you can do that.

So, you're cruising along, make sure you stay within the posted speed limit.

Now, in most cities, there will be signs all over the place telling you what the speed

If the speed limit is 60 kilometers per hour, don't do 70.

I mean, you can, but just be very careful.

If you do 80, and there's a police officer somewhere nearby, you're going to get pulled

over, you're going to get a ticket and it's a big fine and your insurance will go up,

Now, if you need to change lanes, so you're in a two-lane street, and you want to get

out of this lane and into the left lane, or vice versa.

It's not just a matter of turning the wheel, okay?

It's not that simple, you have to do a few things first.

First, you want to check your rear view mirror, so that's the mirror up here, that goes right

at the back window, and then you have your two side view mirrors that you should look

But just because you saw your mirrors doesn't mean that you've seen everything.

So, there's a certain angle from the mirrors that doesn't cover the person or the area

right next to your car on your left, alright?

Or, on your right, if you're driving in England or somewhere like that.

So, make sure that you check your mirrors, but then check your blind spot.

We call this a blind spot because the mirrors don't show you what's there.

You are blind to this little area and it's very easy to get into an accident.

So, you've checked your mirrors, you've checked your side mirrors, you've checked your blind

spot, make sure that you signal to go left, signal up to go right, etc., make sure that

the person behind you, if someone is there, knows you're coming into their lane, knows

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