Summer Driving.....

PHYSICS HAS BEGUN AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow. Amazing how fast time flies. But, despite the fact that I was hoping to relax this summer, to little suprise of mine but to the dismay of my friends who also wanted to relax during summer, I saw Physics everywhere! One place where I saw Physics like crazy was here: driving..... Yes, I just got my permit this summer, took drivers ed, and have begun to drive. It has been a very interesting experience. First of all, I discovered that the "accelerator" really is an "accelerator;" I have had to constantly adjust the pressure on my foot because if i hold it in one place, thereby applying constant force, my speed keeps increasing, thereby surpassing the speed limit. Not good. I also have been having problems finding the correct amount of normal force to apply to the steering wheel while trying to let it spin back to strait after a turn so that it doesn't turn to quickly. Unfortunately, my hands tend to sweat whenever I even think about grabbing anything, so the coefficient of kinetic friction between my hands and the steering wheel is often changing. And then there's trying to figure out how much brake to apply while going downhill, and how much gas to apply to continue of a hill at a constant speed, where objects that I see in the mirrors really are, when do I turn to get into a parking space, AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! scary...... :-) Oh well, I'm beginning to get the hang of it. :-) Lots of Physics in driving, I've discovered. Now, if only driving could help me learn everything else firsthand, that would be cool, but I think I'm just about maxed out on multitasking while driving. I can learn everything else elsewhere. Go Physics!!!!!!! :-)