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

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Michael James
<cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com>wrote:

> the performance "bar" set by their peers/competitors.  I don't see anything
> wrong with this, but I have a big problem with people who are blindingly
> naive to these machines - do we really hand 16-year-olds the keys to
> brand-new, 600-HP Vipers as graduation presents?  Do we really toss the wife
> the keys to our Ferraris and hope they come back alive?  I don't think we
> can 'legislate' common-sense.  You either have it, or you're dead.
>
>
> M


Michael,

This is an excellent point....how can you give kids such powerful cars??

I've paid my dues with countersteering and oversteer control....not on a
rally driver or drift level, but definitely will take it to the average
driver in spades. :)

But if I'm caught completely off guard (wet patch of tarmac, full throttle
in a straight line), I'm prone to losing control too. Can't imagine most
kids being better off

Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh9cfPYkuYc

:-)

FG