How to Control Your Steering and Speed When Driving

Jacqueline provides expert tips on how to control your steering and speed effectively, ensuring smooth and safe driving in various conditions.

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In this video, we'll guide you through the fundamental skills of steering and speed control when driving. Whether you're a new driver or looking to brush up on your skills, these driving tips will set you on the path to becoming a more skilled and responsible driver.

Here's what you'll learn in this video:

👐 Steering Technique: Nine and Three for Precision
Discover the safest and most effective way to steer. Learn why placing your hands at nine and three, thumbs pointed up, provides the ultimate control. We'll delve into the benefits of using the bottom of the wheel for smooth and secure maneuvering, as endorsed by seasoned race car drivers and experts.

🦶 Proper Foot Position on the Pedals: Your foot positioning on the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals is crucial for a safe and efficient driving experience. We'll explain the basic techniques for optimizing pedal control and preventing common mistakes.

🚦 Speed Calibration: Staying within Safe Limits
Calibrating your speed to match the limit is key. Understand the nuances of using the ball of your foot and big toe for precise acceleration. Learn how to apply just the right pressure to the gas and brake pedals, ensuring a safe and controlled driving experience.

🔄 Navigating Turns with Finesse
Explore the art of making turns with finesse. From 90-degree angles to subtler adjustments, master the techniques that keep your driving smooth and controlled. Understand how to position your hands and execute turns with confidence, even in narrow or challenging spaces.

🅿️ Perfecting Parking Lot Maneuvers
Fine-tune your skills in a controlled environment. Practice controlled steering and speed management in a parking lot setting. Gain confidence in tight spaces and prepare for real-world driving scenarios.

🛑 Safety First: Pedestrian Awareness
Learn the importance of pedestrian safety and how your controlled speed and steering play a vital role. Discover techniques to anticipate and respond to potential hazards, ensuring a secure driving experience for all.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:54 How to Steer Properly
03:13 Speed Control
03:54 The Best Foot Position For Driving
05:58 Parking Lot Driving
07:40 Steering & Speed Control Tips
10:25 Summary

Correction:
03:57 Here we mistakenly highlight the heel and not the ball of the foot (which is the padded portion of the sole between the toes and the arch). Sorry for the confusion!

This video is meant to help learner drivers in the United States by receiving help from seasoned driving instructors and drivers education professionals. Remember that legislation and driving laws can vary from state to state. It is your responsibility to verify that the information presented in this video is in accordance with the laws specified in your state’s driver's handbook. The creators of the video cannot be held liable for any consequences caused by any information that is in any way inaccurate, misleading, or deemed to be lacking in any way. The creators of this video cannot be held liable for any person failing their behind-the-wheel test or written test. It is the responsibility of each person driving a vehicle to make sure that they are driving in a safe manner within the limits of the law.

[Zutobi_US]

Quickly gain the confidence to pass your road test and drive safely. Used by top driving schools for better student outcomes.

[selmaracha]

So calming and professional driver, I am learning a lot from you !

[MyroslavaKuts]

Your videos showing feet on pedals have been so beneficial. It's one thing to hear about it, another to see it done right.

[kevinblair]

I glad you teach using the bottom of the steering wheel. That is what my (new) instructor teaches. I feel like I have more control of the steering that way. With the hand over hand method, I had a tendency to cross my arms by mistake.

[stseinyt]

Wow, Jacqueline, you wore the correct shoes to explain how the ball of the foot, and the big toe helps control speed, thanks

[dalmadalms]

I like how you talk😊 so calm 😌. My husband was screaming 🙀 when I practiced driving it makes me nervous 😬. Jesus 😅🥰

[OnyenobieJulius-ug]

You are one of the best teachers I have seen online thanks a lot

[nGia]

Thank you so much for all fo your videos! After I failed my test the first time, I started watching your videos and passed the second time today!

[Monka]

Thank you Jacqueline, next Wednesday Oct 16 I'll start my class lesson of driving. I'm 40 and I didn't drive. I hope everything will be good for me even if I'm a little bit nervous.☺

[isabellam]

I am so glad I found your instructional videos. I would love for my son to have you as his driving instructor, you are so calm and professional.

[timmusumba]

You have explained very well people usually think that they have to put their whole foot over the break and use all of their pressure to press down on the break, but that's incorrect. Your method makes it easier to pivot between the two pedals which is correct otherwise it will become messy as your foot keeps on jumping from pedal to pedal and hence in an emergency you cannot react in a split second!

[reaelyse]

Really great tips!! I watched this video a few days before my driving test, and I passed! Your advice was incredibly helpful and highly recommend this to anyone preparing for their test! You got this!! 💓

[carpediem]

What a great instructor! Calmed, knowledgeable, always sharing easy to understand tips, and instructions. So glad I found your channel. Thank you for the time you take to prepare these amazing instructional videos for us.

[ainaarbeit]

I would like just to thank you Jacqueline, I passed my driving test Yesterday. Your vidéos are so helpful and eqpecially you' re such a patient teacher 😘

[ZoolalearnsEnglish]

This lady is the greatest driving instructor I know so far. With her I understand and achieve successfully every single detail.
Thank you so much miss ❤

[liloboy]

I wish you were my driving teacher. You make things so calm and super helpful. Thank you for sharing this

[sholotahloya]

Really useful!! I was also taught hand over hand way, and now it’s more easy to steer using your method

[Beatsystems]

The way you explain driving techniques in this video is amazing.. so easy to understand! Great job!🙌

[ismailfaaris]

Thank you very much, Jackie. I passed my road test last month and your videos helped me very well.

[luzvimindamacintosh]

Thank you so much Jackie for teaching a new driver like me a new technique and easy for me or for those new drivers out there ❤ your awesome teacher I learned so much watching your videos ❤ hope more drivers learning to watch 🎉 thanks Jackie 💞 your awesome and cool 😎