FallbrookFarmer
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I thought "training millions of people to react" was called
drivers ed. At least that what they called it when I was in High school.
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I thought "training millions of people to react" was called
drivers ed. At least that what they called it when I was in High school.
dcyrilc
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To quote a move which I can't remember the title to anymore, "What are they teaching kids these days?".
Bird
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Just another of those things that is changing. I took drivers ed in high school at no cost to my parents; just another class. I know the local Ford dealer provided a new car in the Fall and got it back when school was out the next summer. But for my daughters, I had to pay $110 for the older one, then 3 years later, I think it was $135 for the younger one and drivers ed in their high school was a joke (41 and 44 years ago). I still had to teach them to drive. But then the schools in this area quit offering drivers ed. My grandson's school didn't have it (6 years ago), and I just noticed in the newspaper recently that this is the last year that the Denton, TX, school will have drivers ed available.
dave1949
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Since we moved to Maine in '94 at least, Driver's Ed has been done by private companies after school and weekends.
Dave.
Bird
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Oh, yeah, we've got lots of private companies in the business and it isn't cheap, although I'm not sure sure I'd do it for what they charge.
BobRip
Elite Member
They never taught what we have discussed here when I took driver's ed (40 years ago). No emergency maneuvering, snow driving, engine runaway, anything like that.
dave1949
Super Star Member
Cyril, You are asking the wrong question, it should be - 'What are kids learning these days?'
What one intends to teach and what is actually learned can be two very different things.
Dave.
wedge40
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Took drivers ed in Michigan 35 years ago through the high school. We were the lucky ones because it was February and Huron Bay was frozen. Our teacher tooks us out and let us put the car into a spin and then learn how to straighten the car back out. We also got use to the feeling of a car going into a skid so we didn't freak out when it happened in real life. For years I would find an empty parking lot after the first good snow and drive around doing "doughnuts". Yes it looks like play time, but it brings back what you need to do when something happens. Got out of the habit since front wheel drive. Car handles much different.
Wedge
1967-68 I think. The gentleman was a retired GA Highway Patrolman who had attended the "Long Course" and when he retired from the GA Highway Patrol he was hired by North Western. A good person for the job, he fit very well.
Redneck in training
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The problem is that USA and similarly developed countries are in general disciplined. People behave more or less predictably, roads are good so emergencies don't happen offten. Then take countries with vague trafic rules or where only trafic rule is that there are no rules. Driving there is a chain of emergencies. I have driven in such countries and did few stupid things like driving on wrong side of the road (they had left hand trafic) and nobody hit me or even got excited about that. What I am saying is that all Americans should go and drive in India, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or at least southern Italy or Czech Republic. In a week there will be no emergency they couldn't handle.
