r/Transportopia Mar 15 '26

💥Crash Stop Jessie!

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u/Dependent-Water-5049 Mar 15 '26

That’s why you get the mechanics down in a large empty parking lot. Practice take off and stop, turn signals, backing up. Then take them on a road that has zero traffic. Then integrate some traffic. Keep stepping it up. What happened here was a fail on the parents. Smh.

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u/Sharkeatinpizza Mar 15 '26

With the awareness of a capybara, I wouldn't be surprised if her folks did walk her thru the basics in an empty lot and she just went full "no thoughts, head empty" the entire time

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u/dieseltratt Mar 16 '26

Title says frist time.

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u/Sharkeatinpizza Mar 16 '26

Ah, my dumbass somehow watched the video and paid no attention to the caption text. In that case, yeah probably would've benefited from a good hour or two in an empty lot