Thanks.

I think borrowing from other "disciplines" is useful. We've heard from motorcycle and boating folks ("Always yield to tonnage" - I like that), but we have a lot to learn from aviation:
1. Smoothness - think how much we appreciate this in our commercial pilots. You virtually never fly with one who is not smooth.
2. Anticipation of problems - I once read a book by this guy who flew his Piper twin and would have a pre-takeoff mantra of, out loud, going over what he would do if one of his engines failed on take-off. He would repeat to himself the minimum single engine controllable airspeed. On one occasion, he said something like, "If the left engine quits, I will turn left over those houses and go towards the beach, and ..." The left engine quit, and he was barely able to make it to the beach, where he ditched the plane because he could not maintain minimum controllable airspeed without descending. He saved his life that day.

In driving, the "situations" come up much more frequently, and you need to be asking "what if..." constantly. This was taught to me in driver's ed. Anticipate a problem and plan a course of action. The drive-o-trainer was a great devise and allowed us to test our skills in this arena. Sometimes the best course of action was to brake and go straight ahead into the obstacle, because you don't want to hit the group of kids to the right or the oncoming car to the left.

3. Attention. Enough said.
4. Skills. This topic has been underrepresented in this thread, IMHO. It is majorly stressed in flying. Anybody ever try S turns across a road? Very difficult with a crosswind. Flying is harder than driving, so skills are a bigger issue there, but how many drivers truly have the skills to control their car adequately in all conditions?
5. Recurrent training. All pilots do it. In driving, opportunities are fewer, so we're on our own, mostly, to constantly upgrade our skills, unless you take a driving course.

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• Things to Teach Young Drivers... ;-), Scott Paterson , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:34:49
  • dead of winter driver training in Canada, JohnA , Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:51:39
  • First thing Dad said was: You may save a few....., andy , Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:52:34
  • Click and Clack said, JT Tucson, Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:39:59
  • Re: Things to Teach Young Drivers... ;-), Caspar, Wed, 23 Mar 2005 07:53:32
  • GREAT THREAD... SIPDE and Smoothly.... (long...), mdj, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:31:10
    • One of the better posts in this thread, Erik, Wed, 23 Mar 2005 08:31:33 <-- Viewing This Message
    • very nice... smooth is the new bad, Scott Paterson , Tue, 22 Mar 2005 23:16:49
      • Right, Scott. I compliment on smoothness, too..., Noel, Wed, 23 Mar 2005 05:20:14
  • #4 addendum, Dan W, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:22:48
  • Mostly already been said but..., Drew in Houston, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:09:53
    • About the mirrors ..., Urby, Wed, 23 Mar 2005 05:35:26
  • Leave enough stopping time!!!, turrbo , Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:01:01
  • No Tailgating........, KB900psi, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:41:44
  • Relax..., KL, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:48:21
  • Re: Things to Teach Young Drivers... ;-), Tom Young, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 05:21:50
  • Monitoring devices have improved!, SDP, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 05:12:55
  • momentum=mv^2. slow down. u'l only lose 2 minutes n/m, chrisx, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:21:31
    • momentum = mv. kinetic energy = 1/2 mv^2. nm, Erik, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:48:09
      • picky picky picky.. :) n/m, cx, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:31:39
        • Well, I'm a Saab guy. Whad'ya expect? :-) nm, Erik, Wed, 23 Mar 2005 09:59:22
  • Re: Things to Teach Young Drivers... ;-), PR, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:00:29
    • The Postal carrier is federal... n/m, Rich, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:01:15
  • Physics 101, Rafe, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:43:09
    • Physics 102, Eric Law, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 05:54:53
  • Re: Things to Teach Young Drivers... ;-), BZF, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:25:37
  • This one's unique. My dad always drilled me to, EricG, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:18:04
    • Very true...., KB900psi, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:47:27
    • Yup, that and the "Big Picture", ChuckD , Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:37:59
    • dads, Scott Paterson , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:51:46
      • Re: dads, EricG, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:25:59
  • Re: .Pay attention to your driving and what, BobS, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:36:03
  • Turn signals, turn signals, turn signals...!, AlexP, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:21:33
  • Don't park 3" next to me so you have to ding my door, NickR, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:20:56
  • Don't forget weaving..., Rich, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:50:21
  • My peeve. When turning onto a multi-lane road...., saw, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:37:28
  • Fear and respect..... and #5, Mike Lynch , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:32:56
  • Yeah, I know i'm young., TheKillerPenguin, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:28:36
  • Passing Lane, Michael , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:07:26
    • Re: Passing Lane - not quite!, JimBlake , Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:19:09
  • MERGE AT SPEED!!!!, Trev, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:57:58
    • Totally agree!!!, turrbo , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:08:44
  • my aussie contribution..., sab, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:54:31
    • Ok what's a hook turn..., turrbo , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:38:16
      • OK - a hook turn is..., sab, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:25:49
        • so you're the first car in line in the left lane...., baggsly , Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:50:14
    • lol must be a driver's ed teacher eh?, NickR, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:22:16
  • And I just happen to have one...., Noel, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:40:36
  • Let others in, especially if not in SUV's, and don't, Mike in Anchorage, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:06:57
  • Watch out for Bicycles...., SilverAeroGuy, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:33:34
    • And, if you should happen to hit one of those ..., RS , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:41:25
  • Re: Things to Teach Young Drivers... ;-), Yaofeng, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:16:30
    • It's because they already drive on the left!, AndyR, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:29:39
  • Boy are you wrong, Saabpilot , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:15:10
    • rule for highbeams, isobel, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:29:13
      • And don't forget the foglights, especially in the rear., dmz789, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:34:40
        • I've received complaints a couple of times, AndyR, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:07:29
          • rear fog, saw, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:49:26
            • Exactly...that, or if someone is tailgating you..., AlexA, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:07:59
              • Yup, I use them in heavy rain/snow/fog but it's, Noel, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 05:59:07
                • Re: one more use for rear fogs, MO, Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:20:28
        • Re: And don't forget the foglights, especially in the rear., TheKillerPenguin, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:40:14
          • Re: And don't forget the foglights, especially in the rear., jonathan, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:52:22
            • And that is also why adding a second fog light is bad, saw, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:53:15
  • Re: Things to Teach Young Drivers... ;-), JimBlake , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:10:45
  • Oh yeah go to Europe for driver training, NickR, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:09:32
    • What happens to their 'unqualifieds'..?, dparadis , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:27:00
  • Shouldn't see yourself in mirrors!!!, dparadis , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:05:51
  • winter driving module, Erik, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:48:09
  • Re: Things to Teach Young Drivers... ;-), J, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:44:56
    • hehe, NickR, Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:50:04
      • I'm from CA...>>, PGAero , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:06:59
      • No one else is gonna know what the hell the "T" is..., turrbo , Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:52:50

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