Friday, Jun 13, 2014 at 20:37
Gotta agree with olcoolone - the only thing that really has an impact with
young drivers is a death amongst them.
You can show them this stuff - bawl at them endlessly - but they're
young and invincible - and dying only happens to old people.
I can remember about 25 years ago, a woman a little older than me with a teenage daughter, telling me how one of her daughters male friends in her group killed himself with some juvenile stupidity behind the wheel.
She said the daughter and her friends were devastated beyond belief - because only old people died.
It was a hard lesson to all of them.
There are some companies around with
driver training schemes that are truly excellent. Schlumberger (shlum-berj-shay) is one.
These companies started up their own driver-training schemes because they were sick of losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in vehicle accidents - losing otherwise-good employees - and all because they were careless with their driving habits.
These
driver training schemes are so thorough, it's incredible to watch them in action.
An instructor is beside you, playing the part of a rowdy passenger - turning up the radio - pulling on the handbrake - urging you to go faster - just like another juvenile in the car.
The training shows you how to control your passengers and instruct them, and how to keep control of them.
The course teaches you everything from skid correction to eliminating distractions.
They teach you (no, they HAMMER you), to never change lanes or overtake without indicating - and they teach you to both PHYSICALLY look over your shoulder - as
well as use the mirrors - before changing lanes or overtaking.
And when the employee takes out a company car - it has to be signed out every time (just like a hire car), and they have to accept responsibility for its care and maintenance - and they are made to understand what all this documentation means, and
sign they they have understood it.
No loaning of vehicles, no other drivers, no DUI, no damage - or the car is taken off them. These company
driver training schemes should be made the standard
driver training technique for all drivers.
Teenagers should be made to
sign out the family car and agree to drive carefully, look after their passengers lives, and take care of the vehicle.
They need to be made aware there are penalties for failing to do, as
well - such as loss of access to the vehicle.
It reinforces the seriousness of handing over a vehicle to their control and use, and sets the scene for them to understand their responsibilities.
The current system of
driver training is pathetic - and the worst thing is allowing parents to teach their children. This should be banned, it only leads to inherited bad driving habits being handed down.
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