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

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Something about kids keeping track of their logs, guns, ducks, and  
moldy texans???

Scottie

On Feb 13, 2009, at 10:44 AM, philville dejazzd.com wrote:

>  I am sorry, I missed your point?
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
>  Date: Friday, February 13, 2009 10:39 am
>  Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Require Driving School? Yes or No?
>  To: Phil Tegtmeier <philville [at] dejazzd.com>
>  Cc: Ferrarilist <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > OK
> >
> > I have been reading this thread for a bit and as an HPDE
> > instructor, I
> > will put it out there to my Ferrari list pals who I think are a
> > great
> > and entertaining group...  Would I want to share track time
> > with you
> > guys on a road course?   Hell no, I value my life too much.
> >
> > Bunch of back seat drivers if I ever saw them...  I would
> > be genuinely
> > surprised to see more than 10% of this list be able to execute a
> > heel
> > and toe down shift consistently or to run a single lap in any
> > car, let
> > alone their prized Ferrari at 10/10ths.  Seriously your a
> > bunch of
> > waxers when it comes to real driving, the PCA and BMW CCA guys
> > would eat
> > your lunches no question.   No question the rides look
> > and sound better,
> > but don't fool yourselves into thinking the 370Z auto rev
> > matching was
> > not built specifically for you just like those F1 paddles in 80%
> > of new
> > Ferrari's.
> >
> > As for the ZR1, yeah its a monster of a car, and not for the
> > inexperienced, but in the hands of a bad driver, a Jetta is
> > dangerous.
> > The problem is not the horsepower though, that's like saying the
> > problem
> > with guns is all the bullets... (hope this stays on topic after
> > that)...  I am a firm believer that in the US of A, driver
> > training is
> > abysmal, no one should learn anything more than the rules for
> > dodge ball
> > and the proper form of a sit up from their gym teacher...
> > We Americans
> > start out with terrible training and then spend the rest of our
> > lives
> > adding bad habits to that poor training.  I know many
> > adults who could
> > not manage to parallel park to save their lives.  Take the
> > bad training
> > and habits and throw in a total lack of regard for your fellow
> > man and
> > you have a bit of a dangerous situation.   Before you
> > point fingers at
> > all those kids who are getting bad training... What did you do
> > to
> > improve the same bad training you received?  I learned to
> > drive in the
> > UK and even that was not sufficient training in my
> > opinion...  I pro
> > actively went out and attended many driving schools and car
> > control
> > clinics right after I got out of college.
> >
> > I think that driver training is changing, here in IL (state of
> > corruption that it is) driver training is probably the most
> > strict in
> > the country, they just bumped new driver seat time requirements
> > from 50
> > to 100 hours of logged driving with a licensed driver (parent)
> > or
> > instructor before a license is granted.  Kids here need to
> > keep a log
> > book (like a pilot in training).  I think that is a step in
> > the right
> > direction.  Next step is mandatory in car testing for the
> > first few
> > years of driving, and retesting at regular intervals (like every
> > 5
> > years).  (Hey that would create jobs too...)  No
> > demonstration of safe
> > skills, no license.  Plain and simple.
> >
> > No matter how much training you give, there will still be
> > someone who's
> > skills are exceeded by their egos and our insurance rates will
> > go up...
> > I don't blame them anymore than I blame people in Texas for
> > letting
> > black mold grow in their duct works for raising my insurance
> > rates...
> > Rick go check your ducts man!
> >
> > :)
> >
> >
> > Larry B wrote:
> > > You mean if I hand my wife the keys to my Ferrari she might
> > not come back alive? Hmmm.  For as long as I've owned it
> > she hasn't planted her rear in the driver's seat, but this gives
> > me reason to rethink that position.
> > > Okay, just kidding.  Probably.
> > >
> > > LarryDate: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:14:12 -0800From:
> > cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com> . . . . Do we really toss the wife
> > the keys to our Ferraris and hope they come back alive?
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