Re: Teenage Driver Training

[Alexei M Voloshin <Alexei.M.Voloshin-1@tc.umn.edu>]

 Yep, 
great school indeed.

A friend of mine knows Ron and he says many great things about him. As 
was mentioned earlier the school won't teach her how to slide through 
cloverleafs at 60 MPH on an Escort, but what it will do is teach some 
real world street and highway driving skill, one thing that many drivers 
in the country lack.

You really don't want to send her to racing school. Track and 
cross country racing is a lot diffrent than street driving.

Alex 

On Tue, 8 Oct 1996 brv@chrysler.com wrote:

> 
>      Doug Haley wrote:
> 
>      >Has anyone any direct personal experience with a great school that
>      >would work for a non-racer sweet young thing?  Looking for
>      >raves/pans/anecdotes and a warm feeling that I'm not wasting my
>      >money.  Cost is trivial compared to her life.  What's the best
>      >choice?
> 
> 
>      Doug,
> 
>      I can reccomend a terrific non racing school that specializes in
>      teaching teenage driving (one of my favorite soapbox subjects). Its
>      called MASTERDRIVE and is located in Colorado Springs, CO.
> 
>      the school was founded by a guy named Ron Langford whose 16 yr old
>      daughter was killed by a drunk teenage driver while on a date.  Ron is
>      a past SCCA national champion racing GT-2 Porsches and a true driving
>      enthusiast.  He sold a very successful real estate development company
>      to found a non-profit organisation called the Driver's Skills
>      Institute to do research and effect changes in legislation to increase
>      the rediculously low skill level needed to obtain a driver's liscence
>      today. He is totally dedicated to his message.
> 
>      the school is a two day deal that teaches driving skills as well as
>      attutude and includes participation of the parents.  He is a believer
>      in visualisation techniques (like racing does) and will not teach them
>      to dive fast but rather confidently. The results are simply amazing:
> 
>      They run a competition every year as a fundraiser where they invite
>      police officers from around the state to compete in an autocross
>      against a few of his 16 yr old students.  He gives a select few
>      students another weekend of training and every year, the cops get
>      clobbered by the kids!!  Imagine being out driven by a teenage girl
>      with 6 weeks of driving under her belt!!
> 
>      I have visited the school and have spent time with Ron. I can assure
>      you that it would be a great move for your sanity and your daughter's
>      life.
> 
>      I have no affiliation with them.  I have worked at a racing school
>      before and I know the difference between racing and street driving for
>      a teenager.  This would be better in your case.
> 
> 
>      If you need more details, like a phone #, E-mail me and I'll be glad
>      to find it for you.
> 
>      Cheers!
> 
> 
>      Brian Vinson
>      BRV@Chrysler.com
>      86 5KCSTQ
>