The four recognized test points of the German road test are: proficiency in basic driving skills, highway driving, side parking and the correct use of driving priority.
Many candidates are calm when driving in a 30 or 50 mph speed limit zone in the city, but become nervous once they get on the highway. On the one hand, because the speed of vehicles on the highway is generally very fast, a mistake in judgment can easily cause an accident. On the other hand, although the quality of German cars is excellent, some small cars are prone to drifting once the speed exceeds a certain point due to their own weight. If the driver is a novice and cannot control the steering wheel well, the car is prone to drifting or even overturning. danger. Therefore, experienced coaches usually ask novices to drive on short-distance straight roads first, and then drive on longer roads with more curves after they are familiar with them, so as to increase their comprehensive experience.
When Dong Qiangqiang was studying language at Beijing Foreign Studies University, he heard some "odd stories" from his classmates about German highways. For example, many highways in Germany were built during World War II and could directly take off and land fighter jets. Dong Qiangqiang specifically asked Karina when he was running on the highway. Karina said that she had heard this legend when she was a child, but she felt that this statement was probably the result of rumors and was intended to praise the quality of German highways. She personally believes that the quality of German highways is actually uneven, and it is actually quite risky for jet fighters to take off directly from the highway. This is mainly because the engine of a jet aircraft will suck in a large amount of air from the inlet when taking off. If small leaves, twigs or even birds near the road are sucked into the engine at this time, it is likely to damage the blades and even the engine. Scrap it immediately. But if the fighter just lands at high speed, the feasibility will be greatly improved.
Another widely circulated knowledge point is that there are no speed limits on German highways. This is actually a one-sided statement. To be precise, German highways with no speed limits are segmented. Some sections of road are open to traffic, and no one will care about you as long as you don't roll over. However, some road sections still have speed limits. As for the speed limit, different requirements will be set according to the specific road conditions, such as the size of the vehicle, the sharpness of the curve, the width of the highway, and whether there are large infrastructure such as railways and bridges in front of the highway. Tunnels, etc., will have an impact on the upper limit of the maximum speed of the car when driving. Drivers must pay close attention to the traffic signs on both sides of the road and in front, and make correct adjustments according to the prompts.
The entrances to many highways in Germany are relatively narrow and can easily be passed by without paying attention. Dong Qiangqiang did not dare to be careless, so he mustered up his energy and drove on the highway cautiously.
According to regulations, cars that have just entered the expressway from the service road cannot merge into the main lane immediately. They must first use 3rd gear on the acceleration lane to increase the speed to 80 km/h. However, this is the minimum speed requirement under normal weather, and now it is a rainy day.
However, Dong Qiangqiang did not hesitate at all. As soon as the car drove onto the accelerator belt, he immediately put on the gas (now in 3rd gear). When the speed reached 80 mph, the car just left the accelerator belt. He paid close attention to the vehicles on the left and rear, and at the same time shifted to 4th gear.
After driving about 2,000 meters, Dong Qiangqiang saw a huge road construction sign standing on the side of the road from a distance. Next to the construction sign stood a larger speed limit sign of 100.
Dong Qiangqiang immediately changed his foot from the accelerator to the brake. He didn't want Karina to step on the brake for him.
"What's your current speed?" Gut asked faintly.
"Around 94." Dong Qiangqiang had already begun to brake lightly before Gute asked. As he answered, he paid attention to other warning signs on both sides of the road that were rapidly retreating.
"What should be the safe distance between you and the car in front of you at this time?" Gute asked slowly, looking out the window at the other vehicles that kept passing Dong Qiangqiang.
"The safe distance should be 47 meters. I am now about 60 meters away from the car in front." According to German traffic regulations, the safe distance should be half of the speedometer number, so that it is possible to avoid rear-end collision when the car in front has an accident. However, considering that the road was slippery on rainy days, Dong Qiangqiang left an extra distance of about 10 meters as double insurance.
Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang was answering questions fluently, Gu Te stopped asking questions and looked at the rain marks on the car window in silence.
Dong Qiangqiang was speeding all the way. When he saw the speed limit sign of 80, he slowed down and shifted gears. When he saw the speed limit sign of 100, he stepped up the gears. He was busy all the time without making any mistakes.
After driving without incident for more than ten minutes, Gut suddenly commanded: "Exit the highway ahead."
This sentence meant that Dong Qiangqiang also passed the highway test, and the only thing left was to stop. Dong Qiangqiang couldn't help but feel elated.
He drove the car onto the deceleration road, dropped the speed from 80 to 40, looked at the exit, and got off the highway.
Not long after getting off the highway, there is a fork in the road. If you go left, you will go to the satellite city of Hannover. Dong Qiangqiang estimated that he should turn right and return to downtown Hannover. He squinted his ears and paid careful attention to Gut's order. Gut did as he expected: "Go to the real supermarket."
The real supermarket was on the way back to the city. The car immediately went straight to the supermarket after receiving the order.
Due to the rain, the parking lot outside the supermarket looked very empty. Only a few rows of cars were parked in the northwest corner. Just when Dong Qiangqiang was guessing that those cars might be supermarket employees, he heard Gut loudly ordering from the back row: "Drive on." Go over there and find a place to park on the side.”
Side parking in Germany is similar to side parking in Subject 2 in China. What is required is to park the car smoothly between two parked cars. Different from domestic traffic regulations, in Germany, if two cars happen to find a parking space at the same time, the car reversing into the parking space will have parking priority over the car entering the parking space along the way.
When Dong Qiangqiang was learning to drive in China, he took the B-level test to drive a large truck. Although it was a B-level course, the coach vehicle was not the Beijing 1041 that was mainstream in many driving schools at that time, but a Jiefang truck with air brakes.
Although the summer in Beijing in 1999 was not as difficult as today's sauna days, it was definitely a small stove. Dong Qiangqiang lost 10 pounds after learning how to drive.
However, his hard work was valuable because his road test was a one-time test, and the examiner commented that he had solid basic skills.
"Did you see those two cars?" Gut asked, pointing to the empty space between a Mercedes-Benz sports car and a Volvo V. "Park it and drive out."
Following the direction Gut pointed, Karina saw that the rear of the Mercedes-Benz was farther back, while the front of the Volvo was farther forward. Although both cars were parked in their own white parking strips, on such a rainy day , the ground is slippery and easy to touch if not careful. She couldn't help but worry about Dong Qiangqiang.
"Look carefully before turning the steering wheel." Karina said softly, "Slow down."
Dong Qiangqiang calmly drove the car about 60 centimeters away from the Mercedes-Benz, lowered his window, carefully estimated the distance while moving the rear window wiper back and forth, and then carefully turned the steering wheel while keeping the oil in gear. .
When PL calmly stopped between the two cars and drove out easily, Karina secretly raised her thumb to Dong Qiangqiang to show her approval.
Seeing that Dong Qiangqiang completed the request effortlessly, Gute reluctantly found another vertical parking space. Unexpectedly, Dong Qiangqiang finished faster than before, as if the rain had no effect on him.
Karina knew that the reason why Dong Qiangqiang was able to perform like this was not because of his talent and intelligence, but because he invested a lot of money, time and sweat in these test points.
No one can succeed casually. She sighed in her heart.
The moderate rain gradually turned into light rain. The dark clouds farther in the sky seemed to be slowly dispersing, and the sky was gradually getting brighter.
After the storm, there is a rainbow. Dong Qiangqiang endured his excitement and drove towards the starting point.
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