Re: There would be less drivers if
[Re: 340SIX]
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02/27/21 01:49 AM
02/27/21 01:49 AM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 16,828 Between Houston & Galveston TX
SattyNoCar
Smarter than no class Flappergass by a mile
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Smarter than no class Flappergass by a mile
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 16,828
Between Houston & Galveston TX
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100% I was thinking about this just the other day while I was parked out on the freeway.......on the earliest cars, the driver had to adjust the timing on the fly to get the car to start and run. It wasn't an exact preset every time, you had to get a feel for it depending on other factors. Now people just push a button and go. I took my road-test in my bosses clapped out '74 Chevy PU. It was an auto, but it had manual steering and brakes. The beauty of it though was that the officer took mercy on me and let the parallel parking slide because he knew there was no way I could do it with the heavy steering.
John
The dream is dead, long live the dream.......😥
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Re: There would be less drivers if
[Re: mopars4ever]
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02/27/21 10:51 AM
02/27/21 10:51 AM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 18,157 Mass
DAYCLONA
I Live Here
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I Live Here
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Posts: 18,157
Mass
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There'd be less drivers if they raised the minimum scores to pass both the written and road tests....my scores many decades ago were 99 on the written and 98 on the road test, I argued for 100 on the roadtest, but the State Trooper said no one gets 100, he deducted 2 points for "speeding", I was in a Driver's education car that the speedo didn't work, plus I was making my case that I was maintaining speed with traffic rather than impede it, although I was over the speed limit, It was allowed by State driving laws....many years later my CDL test/roadtest scores were a perfect 100/100....... my wife flunked the road test 3 times as a teenager, she got a 70 (minimum required) only because she bawled her eyes out and the same instructor felt sorry for her....I tried to teach her how to drive over the years, but it just wasn't in her..... some people are just not capable of handling mobile equipment.... don't get me started with geezers on the road!
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Re: There would be less drivers if
[Re: topside]
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02/27/21 12:44 PM
02/27/21 12:44 PM
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Posts: 4,776 Star Idaho
67vertman
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Star Idaho
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I took my drivers test in a 67 Ford F150, 3 on the tree, with a camper shell on it. The tester looked at the truck, then opened the passenger door and saw the three speed and shook his head. The only thing he marked me down for was going to slow through a uncontrolled intersection. Remember, you also had to parallel park back then.
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Re: There would be less drivers if
[Re: 67vertman]
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02/27/21 01:07 PM
02/27/21 01:07 PM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 7,541 Albany, NY
67SATisfaction
The member whose name is actually Art
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The member whose name is actually Art
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 7,541
Albany, NY
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I agree with the premise of the OP... Today's cars are built more like mobile infotainment lounges on four wheels than vehicles in which you actually have to be alert.
There should be no wonder we encounter many more "drivers" these days who just sit in the left lane and pass the time.. Sound insulation, Adaptive cruise control, and Lane holding is all it takes to completely shut out and ignore the outside world for hours at a time...
My boys are getting the same treatment Jim_Lusk is giving his.. We hire driving instructors for the important formal basics, plus NY requires 40 hours driving time logged with a parent or other adult. They drive me/us everywhere from local errands, to countryside trips, to long-distance highway travels. We are already past that with 6 months to go before road exam.
My goal is for my boys to be very much aware of everything around them .. - Art
65 Satellite hardtop 361/4bbl console 727 2.76 67 Satellite convert 383/2bbl column 727 3.23 67 Lancia Fulvia Sport 1.3 Zagato. Alloy body, 1.3L V4 DOHC 4-spd 67 Lancia Fulvia Rallye 1.3. Alloy panel, 1.3L V4 DOHC 4-spd 71 Alfa Romeo GT Junior 1300 Zagato, 1.3L 4cyl DOHC hemi 5-spd 82 Alfa Romeo GTV6 2.5L SOHC hemi V6 5-spd transaxle 75 Maserati Bora US spec 4.9L DOHC hemi V8 5-spd ZF 77 Maserati Khamsin Euro spec 4.9L DOHC hemi V8 5-spd ZF 07 Aston Martin DB9 6.0L DOHC V12 6spd transaxle
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Re: There would be less drivers if
[Re: theraif]
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02/27/21 03:08 PM
02/27/21 03:08 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 22,696 Bitopia
jcc
If you can't dazzle em with diamonds..
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If you can't dazzle em with diamonds..
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Posts: 22,696
Bitopia
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A "driving test" was never really about driving. It was just bureaucratic smoke and mirrors to justify another government department. Their only real accomplishment was establishing one's identity, so they knew whose licensse to suspend or fine, which they did rather well. Not sure how many people died or were injured in daily parallel parking, it didn't help anyone on the interstate. I thought once you determined a drivers adequate eyesight, and basic reflexes, a personality test would be a more useful discovery, like how "explosive" one was with road rage tendencies, using the horn, tailgating, hogging the left lane when not passing, "teaching another driver a lesson", a rolling stop, one finger waves, texting while driving,, not using their blinker to signal a turn for other nearby drivers, littering, ignoring zipper merge, etc., all traits I suspect on the psychopath spectrum.
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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