http://tomeblen.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/ideas-for-training-better-young-drivers/ Lexington Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen writes about news, people and issues in Kentucky. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:24:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://tomeblen.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/ideas-for-training-better-young-drivers/#comment-1239 Jamie G. Sun, 18 May 2008 21:36:42 +0000 http://tomeblen.wordpress.com/?p=246#comment-1239 This is SUCH a good idea. I graduated (school-sponsored) driver's ed at 16, like everybody else, but didn't get my license until a few days before I left for college. I didn't drive regularly until I was two years into college. I was a pretty responsible, with-it high schooler (as much as any are) and by all state standards, could've been driving. I guess the maturity came in knowing that I wasn't ready to be on the road after driver's ed, or even after practice hours. After that accident a few weeks ago, I'd like to know if I did the right thing by swerving to miss the big concrete slab in the expressway, or if there's something else I should've done. After YEARS of driving, I don't feel as well-informed as I should. I guess I came out of it just fine, so I can't ask for much more. Still, I wonder... This is SUCH a good idea. I graduated (school-sponsored) driver’s ed at 16, like everybody else, but didn’t get my license until a few days before I left for college. I didn’t drive regularly until I was two years into college. I was a pretty responsible, with-it high schooler (as much as any are) and by all state standards, could’ve been driving. I guess the maturity came in knowing that I wasn’t ready to be on the road after driver’s ed, or even after practice hours. After that accident a few weeks ago, I’d like to know if I did the right thing by swerving to miss the big concrete slab in the expressway, or if there’s something else I should’ve done. After YEARS of driving, I don’t feel as well-informed as I should. I guess I came out of it just fine, so I can’t ask for much more. Still, I wonder…

]]> http://tomeblen.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/ideas-for-training-better-young-drivers/#comment-1236 Todd Sat, 17 May 2008 13:44:34 +0000 http://tomeblen.wordpress.com/?p=246#comment-1236 Better training is always a good idea. It would seem that we also need training for drivers of all ages to teach many people what a turn signal is, or simply to teach people that they could drive more safely if they knew where they were going and how they were going to get there before they even got into a car. Banning cell phones for drivers would also be a really good idea. I drive a vehicle around Lexington and the surrounding counties for a living, and can personally attest that most dangerous driving would vanish if these few suggestions were followed. Better training is always a good idea. It would seem that we also need training for drivers of all ages to teach many people what a turn signal is, or simply to teach people that they could drive more safely if they knew where they were going and how they were going to get there before they even got into a car. Banning cell phones for drivers would also be a really good idea. I drive a vehicle around Lexington and the surrounding counties for a living, and can personally attest that most dangerous driving would vanish if these few suggestions were followed.

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