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ENTER THE DRIVING ZONE.(The Driving Zone: Essential Techniques for New Drivers)(Brief article)(Video recording review)

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Byline: Mac Morrison

Behind-the-wheel experience is the No. 1 way to improve your teen's driving, but there's no such thing as too much conceptual reinforcement. GM factory race car driver Andy Pilgrim's The Driving Zone: Essential Techniques for New Drivers DVD is concise and logical in presentation, laying out Pilgrim's "3-2-1-Go'' technique for clearing drivers' minds and focusing on the task at hand.

The Driving Zone isn't a racing video, so your young driver won't learn to heel/toe downshift, threshold brake or control oversteer. Instead, its main focus is the most important skill people need to possess whether on a racetrack or on a street: awareness and concentration. Pilgrim (and special guest Dale Earnhardt Jr.) uses ...

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