The number one thing is watch out for a**holes, potholes, dirtholes, anything with the word hole, bird ****, animals and such to keep your car looking nice and so you dont need to go to the body shop and pay alot of money and you wont have to worry about getting sued by the owner of the pet and getting a face full of PETA.
Dont eat and drive and keep both hands on the wheel as well. Those are just basics that you learn in Drivers ED.
Get a good pair of driving gloves to give you a good feel on the wheel and a good grip. I have a red with white and black pair, look nice as well. Gives you a better response on the wheel, and a better feel on what the car is doing.
In an emergency there are alot of good techniques to use when you need to get out of a sticky situation or have a driver with road rage.
If there is a car blocking the road and its an emergency (say you are heading to the hospital and a car is broken down in the middle of the road and no room to pass) you will need to push it out of the way. Say the car is facing long ways accross the road and it is pointing to the right. His right side of the car is facing you. Line up your left side wheel with his front wheel. This will push the blocking car out of the way with little damage to either car. Just do the opposite depending on which direction the blocking car is facing and the direction your going...
In the event you need to spin someone (ex. someone who is out of control and has road rage) just use the Pit manuver but better known as the Fishtail manuver. If they are in front of you just get one corner of your car behind a corner of his (get close first if you can) and turn into their car and hit the gas. This will make them spin out and away from you and most of the time there is no damage to either car.
In the event that there is a street gang that is attacking cars and the driver in the car in front of you is killed you can push his car to help you get away. If you are in the car and you are the passenger and the driver is killed (assuming you live where the driver is on the left) put your left foot on the gas and steer from the passenger side.
In the event you need to do a reverse 180* spin:
While in reverse (duh) hit the gas a full throttle. Once pretty fast hit the front brakes (usually good if you can lock them) and spin the wheel (left or right depending on which side of the road your on) simultaniously. While spinning around (halfway though usually) shift back into drive, turn in the way your spinning and hit the gas, this finishes the spin and you can drive off. Use countersteering at the end of it to prevent you from spinning too much.
In the event you need to do a 180* spin while going foward you of course use the Emergency brake (E-brake). Usually a good idea to hit the normal brakes first then release them and use the E-brake to spin the rear around. When a little more than halfway around hit the gas and drive off (use countersteering to help prevent you from spinning more than you need to).
In the event your tire blows on the highway/interstate and you have a car on the side of you:
Dont panic and let you foot off the gas and keep the car steady. Gently slow down and pull off the road. Dont worry about your rims, your life is more important (duh).
In the event your car is running down a steep hill (like you went off the road with you in it of course) dont keep your foot smashed on the brake. Even with ABS you wheels can still lock and you dont want that to happen. Pump the brakes and look ahead of the car and turn to avoid obsticles before they get to you. Dont let the wheels lock, you wont be able to steer as much if at all.
BTW, dont drink and drive.....you might spill it on the dashboard
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