Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Require Driving School? Yes or No?

[philville dejazzd.com (philville]

   Not only should they ( Ferrari ) require driving school, but now that
   you have brought it to their attention I am sure that they will find a
   way to really squeeze more money out of their customers....however, I
   am not sure I want Italian driving lessons which consist of waving
   your arms and hurling invective at every one within hearing
   range......

   What I would really like to see is staged driving licenses
   1) Driving only during day light hours with another licensed driver (
   which we will call an adult ) liable for any and all traffic offenses
   including suspension.
   2) After 2 years of the above, eligible to solo, and night time
   privlidges, but no limited access highways and any moving violations
   are dealt with by suspension of privlidges
   3)After 2 years of the above without any violations now eligible for
   advanced schooling ( defensive) and limited access driving. But
   subject to all of the above penalties
   4)After 2 years and the advanced drivers eduction, eligibility for
   high speed driving and evasive action courses with all of the above
   penalties.
   5)After completion of all of the above with no violations or
   chargeable accidents you now own an unlimited license that allows you
   the rule of the road, including unlimited speed....how ever, if you
   are stopped for any act deemed unsafe for condition ie: passing,
   driving too fast in an urban area, failure to comply with traffic
   signals or god forbid DUI you immediately lose your license for 1 year
   and if caught driving during that year 6 months in the pokey.

   With these credentials and the discipline required to maintain them,
   IF you are stopped by a highway patrol when they see your license they
   say have a good day sir ....respect, thats all I want, just a little
   respect, but I am willing to earn it.
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Steve Cook <stevec [at] cheatcodes.com>
   Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009 3:52 pm
   Subject: [Ferrari] Require Driving School?  Yes or No?
   To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
   Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
   > Here's a rhetorical question I thought of after my first
   > _unintentional_power oversteer in the 355.
   >
   >
   >
   > Yesterday afternoon, midway through a left hand turn, I put on a
   > bit too
   > much power and the backend broke loose. I caught it easily and
   > correctedwithout a problem (even with a grin on my face). But
   > that's because I've
   > gone through numerous Driving Schools, auto-crossed for many
   > years and
   > did a couple SCCA open-wheel races.
   >
   >
   >
   > I thought, gee, I hope that doesn't happen to my wife if she's
   midway
   > through a corner, she would have lost it and spun.  It
   > doesn't take much
   > to get the back end loose without traction control.
   >
   >
   >
   > That's where my question came from - what about all the
   inexperienced
   > drivers buying super/high-performance vehicles with little or no
   > experience driving them - (like pro-footballers in the UK
   > ;).  Cars are
   > getting more and more powerful, and there's only so much a
   > computer can
   > do to control your traction at 100+mph.
   >
   >
   >
   > So now, the question: Should Ferrari _REQUIRE_ new buyers to
   > take high
   > performance driving lessons before selling them a supercar?
   >
   >
   >
   > I think yes, unless the buyer can show necessary skills, they should
   > require buyers to take performance driving lessons. Although
   > they would
   > legally need to say it's not responsible for giving them
   > over-confidence...
   >
   >
   >
   > Discuss...
   >
   > -steve
   >
   >
   >
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