Rockford35 said:
It's a fact that more adults die every year from falling asleep at the wheel than teens die from speed related deaths.
Never heard of that one, but then there are far more non-teens driving than teens, so it would be hard to believe that it could be otherwise. There are probably more people aged 20 and over who work nights and evenings, or on rotating shifts, than there are driving teens. And these shiftworkers are the people most likely to fall asleep at the wheel.
The reason the drinking age in the US was raised to 21 was due to the association between traffic deaths and driving while under the influence among teens.
Rockford35 said:
What I think would be just as effective, both economically and for a sense of knowing your kids better would be to ACTUALLY DRIVE WITH THEM.
Dude, that's just insulting to any parent with a new driver. What Bravo is talking about is add-on experience.
Rockford35 said:
I know in my first year of driving, i'd be damned if I would drive drunk or speed.
You wuss.
FWIW, Bravo, it sounds like a great idea. The last snowstorm we had, I took my daughter out to a local parting lot in my Jeep, and made her slip and slide all over the place to learn how to recover from a skid. (she is a whiz at doing donuts, now, 'natch.) It was worth the experience, but I would have to think that a course using a standardized protocol would have been at least as effective.
Now, I have been thinking of taking one of those racing classes with Porsche. Anybody ever done that? It looks like a blast.