training (was: Allroads ... showrooms) NAC

[Douglas Frank]

isham-research.freeserve.co.uk at pop.pol.net.uk wrote:
> 
> > In the last scene, the camera was in the Explorer.  The tire
> > "blew," the Explorer tracked straight, and both the driver's
> 
> But he didn't do something your mother would very likely have done -
> he didn't brake.

true

> How to handle high-speed blowouts is taught in Germany as part
> of the standard driver training.

While visiting a friend in the UK, I had opportunity to observe
the driving training program there.  It's a lot more
comprehensive than what I experienced in the states.  Here, every
state is sovereign in this regard, but they're all pretty much
the same:

o  pass a written test-- in preparation for which, it's usually
   sufficient to read a 50 page 'rules of the road' booklet twice
   through

o  prove you're not totally blind

o  be 16 years old

hooray!  you now have a "learner's permit"... now:

o  1-2 hrs behind the wheel under instruction of some retiree
   hired by the local school board

o  6 months under instruction of your parents, so you can learn
   their bad habits as well as invent your own

o  drive around a parking lot with a cop in the other seat,
without
   knocking over any orange cones

o  be 17 years old

hooray!  you're as good as Mario Andretti.  Go get 'em, tiger!


Listers-- do I exaggerate?

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