Re: Idiots? BTDT

["Steinbrueck, GL" <steinbru@VNET.IBM.COM>]

Al Powell said:
>But as mature (pending Graydon's Rorsarch test...) folks, we have one
>BIG advantage over the "yonkers" when driving like idiots.  We have
>BTDT and now have some idea of the idiocy that OTHERS will perpetrate
and
>had enough exposure to driving conditions to LEARN (and I'm using
>actual learning constructivist learning theory here) what can happen
and
>I do agree that it would be great if driver training included skid
>pads and cornering...but a) that costs money, b) many instructors

Right on!  My 17yr old son recently totalled my '92 droccA.  I spent a year
with him on the permit, but with the pressure of work, did NOT take a few
weekends on the wet and snow to do skid work (as I did with all other
students).  I let him talk me out of the 5am Sunday morning treks to the
frozen parking lots too.  I am practically certain that doing that would have
preserved my car and his ego.  Due to seatbelts, airbag, and MOSTLY luck, he
was uninjured; and I am having to sort out insurance claims, my "new"
wrinkled 5ktq, and kicking myself for not MAKING the opportunity for better
emergency skills training last winter when the time was right.
--Gary
'86's: 5ks&5ktq (getting better all the time) by the Hudson.