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I remember the driver's ed cars at my school were a conventional car, but had an extra brake pedal on the passenger side so the teacher could put a stop to things before it was too late (hopefully).I wonder if both of those steering wheels were hooked up ?
Some driver's ed car had two steering wheels, late 50's early 60's.
I think they quit using them because they had several problems when the student was stronger than the teacher.
I remember the driver's ed cars at my school were a conventional car, but had an extra brake pedal on the passenger side so the teacher could put a stop to things before it was too late (hopefully).
It was a class in my high school (back then most high schools had "Driver's Ed" as an elective class). We were taught how to drive. In fact one car had a manual transmission and we had to learn how to get a car going on a steep hill.That is how Fahrschule (driving school) cars in Germany are. A place with real structured driving schools where people actually are required to learn to drive rather than just have their parents (who also never learned to drive) pass on their bad habits to them.
It was a class in my high school (back then most high schools had "Driver's Ed" as an elective class). We were taught how to drive. In fact one car had a manual transmission and we had to learn how to get a car going on a steep hill.
That is how Fahrschule (driving school) cars in Germany are. A place with real structured driving schools where people actually are required to learn to drive rather than just have their parents (who also never learned to drive) pass on their bad habits to them.
I did a defensive driving training program that included braking on skid pans with dry surface, thin water, water deep enough to hyrdoplane on, leaves, loose gravel, sand and a couple of other surfaces. Very illuminating.
Another part of the program included braking on a straight stretch of road when the drive instructor pressed the bell button. When the bell rang (once) a piece of chalk was ejected onto the ground. When you actually hit the brakes fired another chalk out and when the vehicle stopped fired the last so you got a true visual of your reaction distance and how far it takes to stop once you realise it is necessary. This was all long before ABS which is an aid, not a cure, for bad braking practices.
Interestingly - when I lived in Alberta the night time speed limit (40) was much slower than the day limit (50) which reflects the fact that your visual range is reduced at night. Do they still do that in Canada?
Parallel parking, my old nemesis.
Yeah, your schooling sounds a lot like what I went through, except I think we had weekly tests and then there was the big one at the end of the semester.They need to bring back structured drivers training because the drivers here are terrible. They don't understand the basic concepts except gas = go.
The drivers training I had to go through was two parts. The first was 2 months of theoretical classroom work (minimum14 classes, each 90 minutes long) followed by a 30 question written test. Interestingly, US soldiers and their families must pass an English version of this test to drive when stationed there, and it has a 45% first time failure rate when they take it despite it being basic driving theory and knowledge.
Then you have the practical drivers training that is structured so as to provide practical experience in various driving conditions including (among other things):
City Driving
Rural Driving
Autobahn Driving
Day Driving
Night Driving
Inclement Weather Driving
Parallel Parking
Defensive Driving Techniques
This is them followed by an extensive driving test where you must demonstrate actual competency. I think mine was almost an hour long from start to finish.
Plus you get to learn in some pretty cool cars. My training and test was in a brand new manual stick shift BMW 5 series.
Parallel parking, that thing I've been bad at for over fifty years.Parallel parking, my old nemesis.
Yeah, your schooling sounds a lot like what I went through, except I think we had weekly tests and then there was the big one at the end of the semester.
Out here, these days, since they raised the national speed limit to 60 mph, people think it gives them license to drive at least 60 everywhere. On the freeway, on a two-lane road, in a parking lot, down your driveway, everywhere!
It's insane. I've never been tail gated so many times, for driving the posted speed limit, just because the posted speed limit wasn't 60.
Brand new Beemer as your Driver's Ed vehicle. Must be nice. We got '75 and '76 Ford Granada's. The manual tranny car had a 2.3L Pinto engine and 3 on the tree.
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