hi , the last time i got a ticket for a U turn was when.................................
i drove some sheep thru town........................................ sorry, i just couldnt help myself..... mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "OZDAT Mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:31 PM Subject: driving manual > I got pulled over today by some police because I had no front plate since I > had it off for painting... and I forgot I was still on learners for manual > license... the cop let me off 2 tickets... one being technically > unlicensed. The only other time I got pulled over was for a U-turn at > lights with no U-turn permitted sign... I actually didnt know about that law > at the time.. .they let me off. I got nothing against police at all... if > you dont do anything stupid they normally let you off... > > I never actually read the road rules specific to driving manuals. Should I > read up or are there just some basic pointers I should keep in mind, because > I want to go get my manual license. Something about chaging gears too late, > or during a corner? It's not that easy in my Datto because if you try and > make a turn in 3rd you havent got enough power, and if you change back to > second before the turn you have to be doing about 30... so I guess I'll be > corning either really fast or really slow for the test. > > I am also told that when you are stopped at lights etc you should be in > first gear with the clutch in... I can do that. > > > From: Paul Stanley > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
