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Letters.(public opinion on driver education)
Driver education
Congratulations on producing one of your best issues ever. You put the responsibility for teen drivers on us, the parents. I couldn't believe how obvious the answer is after reading the articles. Cars are deadly machines, and impulsive teens should be trained at length to operate them. As a surgeon at a trauma hospital, I see many tragic cases of young lives cut short from motor vehicle collisions. It's time we all took more responsibility as you state.
John Sabra, Austin, Texas
Young drivers' sense of invulnerability will be difficult to modify with commercials, movies, TV and video games all showing high-speed driving and crashes with no consequences. Teens have been observing this for 16 years and now they will try to duplicate those observed skills when they get the opportunity, not when mom and dad are along, but when they get the car alone and/or with friends.
Jim Fairchild, Mesa, Ariz.
Our BMW club has held car-control clinics for almost 10 years. For the last three years we have been involved with Street Survival skills through the BMW Foundation. The student fee is nominal and instructors volunteer their time. Our biggest problem is getting parents involved. When I tell them about the school they react positively, but have all sorts of excuses as to why their teens can't attend. We need to reach the parents and get them involved.
George Bixby, Lyndeborough, N.H.
- Motor Mouth.(VW Scirocco)(Product/service evaluation)
- Magazine article from: Management Today December 1, 2008 700+ words
The VW Scirocco is back. Sathnam Sanghera makes a song and dance about the GT's chrome...angles. I'll wait for a version with a bigger engine. SPECIFICATION VW Scirocco GT TSI 200PS pounds 20,940 Engine 1,984cc Combined power 197 bhp...
- No VW Scirocco for the US.(News)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Europe April 30, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Diana T. Kurylko Volkswagen will not sell its Scirocco coupe in the US. "We don't want it," said Adrian Hallmark, executive vice president of Volkswagen of America. Hallmark is worried that selling the Scirocco in the US would hit sales of the Golf GTI hatchback. "The GTI is iconic - it's
- Portugal gets VW Scirocco.(Volkswagen)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Europe Oliveira, Paulo Soares de January 23, 2006 700+ words
Byline: Paulo Soares de Oliveira Volkswagen will build its new Scirocco coupe at its Portugal plant, supplier sources say. Last Friday, VW announced it would add a third model at its Autoeuropa plant in Setubal, near Lisbon, in 2008. VW did not name the model. Wolfgang Bernhard, VW brand chairman,
- Faurecia, Inalfa make new VW Scirocco nice inside.(Car Cutaway)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Europe June 9, 2008 700+ words
Byline: Steven Wingett Faurecia provides the Volkswagen Scirocco's instrument panel. The panel is made from thermoplastic materials and covered in a foam-filled PVC skin that gives a soft-to-the-touch finish. Laser cutting techniques improved aesthetics of the instrument panel by making the airbag
- Driver education renaissance? Why we need evidence based highway safety...
- Magazine article from: Injury Prevention Williams, A.F. Ferguson, S.A. February 1, 2004 700+ words
...Despite decades of research indicating driver education does not reduce crash involvement...to improve driver safety. Formal driver education programs enjoy widespread public acceptance...States found that 86% considered driver education courses "very important" in training...
- Driver education demand swells: More students are choosing formal courses.
- Newspaper article from: Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) September 21, 2006 700+ words
...costs and budget cuts have forced driver education out of some schools in Georgia and...choosing to participate in a formal driver education course, even though the state doesn...require it. Mike Collier, who teaches driver education at Cleveland High School, said he...
- Secretary Land Proposes Improvements to Michigan's Driver Education Program.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 27, 2006 700+ words
...today proposed changes to Michigan's driver education program intended to strengthen the...120,000 students per year. "Our driver education program prepares students well for...plan is based on recommendations of a Driver Education Advisory Committee she created last...
- Budget cuts may put brakes on district's driver education: Hamburg needs to...
- Newspaper article from: Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) January 14, 2007 700+ words
...Jan. 14--Hamburg High School's driver education course could be one of the district...cap. Hamburg eliminated funding for driver education in a proposed 2007-08 budget to...and could still restore funding for driver education. Eliminating driver education is...
- Group pushes for driver education in schools.
- Newspaper article from: Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) June 14, 2006 700+ words
...groups are working to establish a driver education program in the Hamilton County Schools...to present a proposal for a pilot driver education program to the school board in August...of fatality for teens, we think (driver education) needs to be back in schools...
- AAA Foundation Releases Guidelines for Evaluating Effectiveness of Driver...
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 10, 2006 700+ words
...these programs. Until now, most driver education evaluations have been rather limited...attempted to determine whether or not driver education "works" without shedding any light...programs can be improved. "Although driver education and training courses have long been...
Source: HighBeam Research, Letters.(public opinion on driver education)