Driving Tips Needed

I'm now learning how to drive an automatic car, and it's so challenging for me. I'm also on the shorter side for a female. Under 5 feet. I really would appreciate some driving tips if you would be so kind. I'm having difficulty knowing whether or not I'm keeping the car straight. I realized that I'm either too much on one side of the road, or the other, almost like I'm swerving.

Thanks

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iamBen · M

Start driving is an open space, like an empty parking lot. Use the parking space lines and practice parking. Align the car in the space. Try to find a parking lot open after store hours so that it's empty. You'll get a sense of the size and orientation of the car.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@iamBen [quote]Start driving is an open space, like an empty parking lot. Use the parking space lines and practice parking. Align the car in the space. Try to find a parking lot open after store hours so that it's empty. You'll get a sense of the size and orientation of the car.[/quote]

Years ago I saw a girl doing that and she ran into a light pole in the middle of the parking lot.

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iamBen · M

@Diotrephes then it was not an open space, right?

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@iamBen [quote]then it was not an open space, right?
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You wrote = [quote]Start driving is an open space, like an empty parking lot. Use the parking space lines and practice parking. Align the car in the space. Try to find a parking lot open after store hours so that it's empty. You'll get a sense of the size and orientation of the car.[/quote]

Therefore, since parking lots have light poles in them, where would you find an empty one?

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