Re: Standardizing Skill Levels

[paul-harker@xxxxxxxxxxx]

> Remember shift stick autos?? Ah, age has it's advantages!!  If you tel an 
> experienced driver of a shift stick car how to turn on the radio when he 
> doesn't know, he'll find it easy... he's got so much automatic car driving 
> skills under his belt that he is on autopilot with them and only has one 
> extra thing to do.
> I remember my first lesson starting from the side of the road... believe 
> me, you had to do all of these things in England.
> Left foot Firmly on clutch pedal, Right foot Firmly on brake. Right and 
> left hands at 10 to 2 on the wheel, looking straight ahead whilst looking 
> in the rearview mirror and the right and left wing mirrors, the other right 
> hand (UK remember) signalling out the window, the other left hand on the 
> gear shift, the other right foot on the accelerator.  Oh and listening to 
> your instructor whittering away in your ear.  I ran into a ditch first time 
> out!

And here I am starting to learn harp while driving my stick shift. Glad I didn't have to learn them together!  (yes, they still make 'em, and yes, there are some strange folk who prefer 'em.)