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Send us Fan Mail Link to Drive Hart https://linktr.ee/drivehart This podcast explores the introductory lesson on Controls. The key points from this lesson impact all other subsequent lessons, as it is the first introduction to the main controls the Learner is going to use under instruction by a supervising driver or instructor. Keeping the control lesson simple and clear is key. The controls covered in the early lesson would be - accellerator (gas), brake and clu...
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