training (was: Allroads ... showrooms) NAC

[Peter Berrevoets]

You forgot the two boxtops from the breakfast cereal of choice!

;-)

Here in Canada fluency in English doesn't seem to be a requirement -
something about ethnic/racial/cultural/economic discrimination.

Ah well, makes for exciting drives to and fro...

Peter Berrevoets
1990 200TQ
Toronto, Canada

> >> 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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> >