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

[E M (pokiebaron]

We have similar signs here in Canada when you get out of the city a bit,
"Keep right to allow passing".  Mind you, it's hard to see the signs when
you're sitting in the passing lane. lol

Ed
911SC

2009/2/13 Doug and Terri Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net>

> When in Germany in 1979 - I saw signs on the Autobahn "Fahren Sie rechts."
> Drive Right.  Hmmmm, later it was explained to us - Drive Correctly - Drive
> on the right side of the highway.  Always liked that double meaning.
> DOUG
> (My German may not be correct - so I am open correction - heh heh)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Jenkins" <stevej [at] cheatcodes.com>
> To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
> Cc: "Ferrarilist" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 10:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Require Driving School? Yes or No?
>
>
> > Someone said this years ago on this list when we were having a
> > discussion like this:
> >
> > "In Germany, they consider driving instruction a right, and driving a
> > privilege.
> >
> > In the US, they consider driving a right, and driving instruction a
> > privilege. :)"
> >
> > Except in Idaho... they just hand you keys as soon as your legs are long
> > enough to reach the tractor pedals.
> >
> > SJ
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Fleischer [mailto:themightytoe [at] gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 7:32 AM
> > To: Steve Jenkins
> > Cc: Ferrarilist
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Require Driving School? Yes or No?
> >
> > 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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