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Old 06-22-2009, 03:22 PM   #14 (permalink)
KJSatz
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Civics Lesson - '08 Honda Civic LX
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I remember back in driver's ed when we talked about manual transmissions, downshifting to slow down came up. The teacher and book suggested tapping the brakes for 1-3 seconds at the beginning of your slowdown to alert a driver behind you of the change, but then just go without the brakes.
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