quattro digest, Vol 1 #616 - 14 msgs

[Thomas, Tom]

You under-exaggerate.  In Wisconsin, you need to be 15.5 to get a permit,
and 16 to get a full blown license.  There is no *real* training - such as
how to drive, or how a car handles, or anything.  A poorly trained monkey
can (and apparently do) pass the US driving test.  Most people here don't
even understand how a four way stop works.  It's really pathetic.  

	Douglas Frank said:
*	pass a written test-in preparation for which, it's usually
				sufficient to read a 50 page 'rules of the
road' booklet twice
				through
*	prove you're not totally blind
*	be 16 years old
	hooray!  you now have a "learner's permit"... now:
*	1-2 hrs behind the wheel under instruction of some retiree
			hired by the local school board
*	6 months under instruction of your parents, so you can learn
			their bad habits as well as invent your own
*	drive around a parking lot with a cop in the other seat,
		without
			knocking over any orange cones
*	be 17 years old
	hooray!  you're as good as Mario Andretti.  Go get 'em, tiger!
	Listers-do I exaggerate?

Tom E Thomas
Data Network Engineer | Project Manager
BadgerNet | BNS | DTM | DOA | State of Wisconsin
tom.thomas at doa.state.wi.us

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