How to Practice Driving Test Part 3 for People with Poor Sense of Direction

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DeFernando
07/29/25 11:16pm
Here are specific tips for people with poor sense of direction to practice Driving Test Part 3: 1. Look far ahead and use peripheral references. Keep your gaze as far ahead as possible to better sense any deviation in direction and make adjustments early. Find suitable reference points, using the left side of the car hood as a peripheral reference to gauge its relative position to the road's white lines. Make slight adjustments when the position changes significantly. 2. Keep steering smooth and consistent. During normal driving and lane changes, make small, slow, and gentle steering adjustments, as if gradually aligning the direction. For turns or U-turns, follow two consistencies: 'steer as much as you return, and steer as fast as you return.' 3. Principles for steering. (1) Centering principle: return the steering wheel by the same amount and speed as you turned it, using the car emblem as a reference to check if it's centered; (2) Safety principle: at higher speeds, react quickly to turns with small adjustments, like a finger or half-finger's width; (3) Curve principle: steer proportionally to the curve—quickly for sharp turns (e.g., right-angle turns) and slowly for gentle curves (e.g., S-curves); (4) Remedial principle: if you steer too early, adjust less and slower; if too late, adjust more and faster. Minor oversteering requires small corrections, while understeering requires quick compensation.
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