On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:55:51 -0500, "Carl Denk" said: > With both the daughters and granddaughter, I would tell them, When I > wave or point my hand in front of them or say something, to practice an > evasive maneuver, including hard braking, steering or combination. Then > at a deserted wide open road area, I would trigger the event with a > quick point in a direction, and say ball, child, deer, or what seemed an > appropriate hazard. I encouraged them to practice finding the limits of > the vehicle under a variety of road conditions, when there was space and > conditions were safe. For example, if you have a 4 lane road in a fairly > tight curve, one could use the width to do a tighter curve gradually and > see if the vehicle under or over steers, and effect of braking or > acceleration. Of course with no other traffic near. And then there are > parking lots, in the winter get there early Sunday morning before snow > plowing and salting. > > Shortly after we got married (41 years ago), we bought a VW bug > (standard beetle). Since they handle so different under hard conditions, > I spent 2 hours with the wife in a parking lot, until she knew every > control location by touch, how the vehicle handled on ice and fairly > deep snow. When we got the first 4WD Bronco, it was a similar scenario. > I have never worried about the family in the worst of weather and > driving conditions. You, sir, are an exceptional person! Cheers, Bob -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist