January 29, 2010 at 5:20 am
#24269
eon
Participant
I would say you want to do as much parking lot practice as you can. You want the controls to be 2nd nature to you before you have to start worrying about traffic. Practice all your slow speed maneuvers, starts, stops etc. It’s a lot safer to get the mistakes out of the way in a parking lot than when there is a car on your ass. Then, light traffic as much as you can while you start learning how to read traffic, best lane position etc. In the first few weeks it can be a bit overwhelming but you learn quickly.
Good luck and be safe.