Vehicle Control Quotes

The SUV was the only car moving. Josh had his foot pressed flat to the floor, and the needle on the speedometer hovered close to eighty. He was becoming more comfortable with the controls—he hadn't hit anything for at least a minute.

I think I've lost that ability to slow things down - that ability drivers have to calculate what's coming by you at tremendous speed. I used to have it.

I like the word 'autopilot' more than I like the word 'self-driving.' 'Self-driving' sounds like it's going to do something you don't want it to do. 'Autopilot' is a good thing to have in planes, and we should have it in cars.

A good driver can make up for bad equipment way more than a good car could make up for a bad driver.

I don't know driving in another way which isn't risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other's.

You never learn anything in school. Think about how many car accidents happen every day. Driver’s ed? What’s up? I still haven’t been to driver’s ed because if everybody I know has been in an accident, I can’t see how driver’s ed is really helping them out.

In the car it is really good to have a killer instinct where you need to be aggressive.

I would prefer not to be in a car with someone who can't really drive that well!

Cornering is like bringing a woman to a climax. Both you and the car must work together. You start to enter the area of excitement at the corner, you set up a pace which is right for the car and after you've told it it is coming along with you, you guide it along at a rhythm which has by now become natural. Only after you've cleared the corner you can both take pleasure in knowing it's gone well.

I can parallel park pretty well - I'm a great driver.

I rate myself as a driver, but I think everybody does.

Whenever I jump into the car I always try to do my best.

I rolled the second car that I ever owned, a Toyota 4 Runner. This was winter in Colorado, two weeks before the 2002 Olympic trials. I was driving in the outside lane, and my rear tire caught some black ice, and we totally turned sideways to the point where we were heading right toward the median.

I'm not a big fan of self-driving cars where there's no steering wheel or brake pedal. Knowing what I know about computer vision and AI, I'd be pretty uncomfortable with that. But I am a fan of a combined system - one that can brake for you if you fall asleep at the wheel, for example.

I feel comfortable around every driver out there and each driver is in charge of their own car, but you feel very secure racing the competition out there.

When I get into a car - any car - I still find it amazing that I'm allowed to drive it away.

I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.

Learning how to drive was a scary thing.

The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.

Honestly, I feel nobody can drive a race car better than I can. Driving-wise, I feel like I can out-drive anybody.

The fact is I don't drive just to get from A to B. I enjoy feeling the car's reactions, becoming part of it.

The car drives really really good so far. No changes on the next pit stop. It's great, I can hold it down right along the bottom here in the corners I'm just ridin' around out here just waiting until later to make a move

I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake, you're dead.

In Malaysia where the front end pushes so much, extra engine braking is really going to help you.

There's a lot of debate on this subject - about what kind of car handles best. Some say a a front-engined car, some say a rear-engined car. I say a rented car. Nothing handles better than a rented car. You can go faster, turn corners sharper, and put the transmission into reverse while going forward at a higher rate of speed in a rented car than in any other kind.