{"id":5272,"date":"2016-08-23T09:34:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T08:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/?p=5466"},"modified":"2016-08-26T09:48:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T08:48:03","slug":"8-lies-hollywood-told-you-about-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/8-lies-hollywood-told-you-about-driving","title":{"rendered":"8 lies Hollywood told you about driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol class=\"numbered-large\">\r\n\t<li>\r\n\t\t<h2>Driving without looking out the windscreen is totally doable<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row row-fluid\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t<p>In every single Hollywood movie, at some point someone drives fast with their eyes fixed constantly on anything but the road. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>This has been a phenomenon since movies began: actors have a superhuman instinct for driving blind.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/08\/Amelie.gif\" alt=\"Amelie\" width=\"500\" height=\"213\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<p>But you're not a Hollywood actor. If you try to do a turn around the West Byfleet roundabout while simultaneously lighting a cigarette and telling a sultry woman you love her, it won't end well.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\r\n\t<li><h2>You are at least 20% sexier with a car<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-fluid\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t<p>Average-looking dude gets a car. Instantly has 10,000 friends and more girls than he can fit in his backseat. Takes on the highschool bully and wins the babe who's ignored him for the previous 5 years.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hey, this may work in real life - if your car is a 1960 Aston DB4 GT Zagato. Your mum's old Skoda Fabia isn't going to have quite the same effect. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Especially if you don't get that Tinkerbell sticker off the back window.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/08\/Drive-Thru-2.gif\" alt=\"Drive-Thru 2\" width=\"400\" height=\"303\">\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\r\n\t<li><h2>Cinemas will let you drive right in and park<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-fluid\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t<p>You will be arrested. Do not attempt.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/08\/Drive-Thru2.gif\" alt=\"Drive-Thru\" width=\"400\" height=\"303\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\r\n\t<li><h2>Cars are indestructible<\/h2>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row row-fluid\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t<p>In film land, you can crash a car into a lorry, roll over 10 times and walk away with just a dashingly handsome cut to the head. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>If a dinosaur finds your Jeep in its path, it may crush it slightly. But you will survive.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Public service announcement: if a dinosaur steps on your Fiat Punto, you better hope you're not in it. And good luck with your insurance claim.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/08\/Dinosaur-crash.gif\" alt=\"Dinosaur crash\" width=\"414\" height=\"279\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t<li><h2>Seatbelts don't exist<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-fluid\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t<p class=\"pad-right-10\">They're not even there. Do not exist. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>And yet people survive those 10 rolls down a rocky hillside into a tree.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<p>In the real world, seatbelts DO exist and for very good reason: if you don't wear one, you will very likely die in the event of a crash. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Always remember that you don't have a stunt man.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/08\/Driving-with-no-seatbelt.gif\" alt=\"Driving with no seatbelt\" width=\"414\" height=\"279\">\r\n\t\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<li><h2>Insurers welcome flying cars<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-fluid\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t\t<p>And time-travelling cars. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>And cars that turn into submarines. <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>And cars that think for themselves.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>And cars that shoot fire out of their exhausts.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Seriously, who's insuring these things? <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/08\/Grease.gif\" alt=\"Grease\" width=\"414\" height=\"279\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\r\n\t<li><h2>In the event of a zombie apocalypse, everyone will leave their keys in the ignition<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-fluid\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t<p>And plenty of petrol in the tank, of course. You will probably also find a gun in the glovebox, just in the nick of time.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Desperately in need of some antibiotics \/ surgical equipment \/ prosthetic limbs? <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"pad-right-10\">Fancy a drop of whisky or reckon your against-the-odds newborn baby could use a teddy bear?<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>Check the trunk. You bet it's in there.<\/p>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/08\/Merle.gif\" alt=\"Merle from Walking Dead\" width=\"414\" height=\"279\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\r\n\t<li><h2>Cars are both large enough and comfortable enough for romance<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row row-fluid\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t<p>Ever tried making out in the backseat of a Toyota Yaris? <\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<p>It may have a surprisingly spacious boot for a small car but that does rather eat into your available canoodling space.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<p class=\"pad-right-10\">Plus, you'll get arrested with one foot out the window and your pants caught on the handbrake if you try.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-1-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/08\/Denied2.gif\" alt=\"Denied\" width=\"414\" height=\"279\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container-border text-center margin-top-20 margin-bottom-20\"><h4>Think you can take more lies?<br\/> Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ingenie.com\/young-drivers-guide\/7-driving-myths-you-probably-believed\">driving myths you totally believed<\/a>.<\/h4><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving without looking out the windscreen is totally doable In every single Hollywood movie, at some point someone drives fast with their eyes fixed constantly on anything but the road. 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