> Driver's training in Finland (at end)

Yumps!
They don't mention the Yumps !!!
Wouldn't be a Finnish driver without being able to Yump.

And letterboxes.
Must be able to take out letterboxes on winding rural roads with
corner or rear bumper without damage to any surface than car bumper.
Some Finnish drivers visiting NZ on annual theme holidays seem to not
have learned this well as they seem toincur substantial rearwing
damage after traversing some of our rural secti ... er roads.

Hannu M is the only person I have seen (film only) who could forward
roll a car over a yump. (1000 Lakes). Must have been a star pupil.

True story. Slightly flowery language [tm]:
BUT they never taught him to cross railway lines impressively.
Deep in a NZ forest. Rally cars appear at short intervals, throw
themselves sideway down the gravel road across the clearing,
straighten for the railway line at centre, leap high in the air with
the impact as they cross the railway line, resume sideways travel and
disappear again into the forest.
Waiting for Hannu. This will be good.
Enter the Flying Finn, sideways and very fast. Scrubs off speed across
the clearing, straightens for railway line and crosses line slowly,
ker bump, ker bump, 'Go on throttle up' / 'Go around power please' ...
 400 Horsepower (maybe not), hail of gravel camera-wards and car
disappears into forest very very fast. And the others couldn't work
out how such a lightning fast driver kept his car together so well.




Untrimmed for BCCs:

> In Finland, the car driver's training can be obtained either in a
> private driving school or given by a near relative who has a driver's
> license. If the person is trained by a relative, the relative must
> obtain a special instructor's permit and have a car fitted and inspected
> with an extra set of brake pedals for the front passenger. The training
> for B class license requires 30 hours of instructed driving, including a
> spell on a slippery driving course, and 20 theory lessons. After this,
> the person must pass a computerized theory test and a driving test in
> city traffic with a minimum length of 30 minutes. C class training is
> similar, but longer.
>
> from Wikipedia.
>
> If you want to win, get a Finn :)
>
> Bob
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