ATWEDITOR@aol.com wrote: Back in the 60s when U.S. schools still offered
"drivers education" before
the insurance nazis forced them to stop, there was a handful of
blood-on-the-hiway movies shown to instill the fear of something worse than
god. The
all-time classic was "Broken Glass."
Not only did those films of all that carnage make me slow up a little bit,
it lessened my sense of shock when I went to Viet Nam a few years later and
saw the same kind of thing, but not from a car accident.
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They still offer it, Jay, and still show the same movie I saw in the '70's. Of
course, gym teachers teach it... But the main teacher in my son's HS is pretty
god. He is certified as a driver's ed instructor (not just classroom but
car-based). I think you're referring to the schools having a couple of cars for
on-road training. That is certainly gone.
In NJ, you cannot get a learner's permit without going through a certified
driving school. Of course, the US drvier's tests are a joke, compared to the
training you get in other parts of the world. The toughest part of the driving
test here continues to be parallel parking.
Dan D
Central NJ USA
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'65 MGB Tourer Project - Yep, still is....
'04 Audi A4 1.8T q MT-6 - quattro, baby!
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