Rob,
If $$$ is an issue (or maybe even if it isn't)... Check out the local SCCA
Solo 2 program. At very least, a few events in his car will teach him what
it's like to lose control on an icy road... Maybe even how to bring it back
gracefully. Autocrossing to me is like driving during a typical NE storm.
With no idiots to hit me... :D
And then say something like "if there's a speeding ticket, the car keys get
pulled".... That will usually help keep some of the hormones under control.
If you want to go the chip route as a backup... That's your call.
Cheers,
Jim
Near Lucas TX
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Fred & Mary Hodgson
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 8:26 PM
To: rob; FOT
Subject: Re: no lbc young drivers
Rob-
Instead of doing the "Big Brother" routine, put a couple hundred dollars
more with that $100 and enroll him in a driving school that shows kids how
to deal with car control, etc. in a controlled environment with THEIR cars &
instructors. Saves anxious moments all around as well as your relationship
with your son. FWIW
Fred Hodgson
----- Original Message -----
From: rob
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 5:36 PM
To: FOT
Subject: no lbc young drivers
Hi Folks just thought i would throw this out . My kid will be driving to
school next fall,and i anixous as heck about it We all know there brains
arn't developed yet I am hopping he will understand just how hard it can be
to get a car back under control after you have lost it
Any way for a 100 bucks Davis instruments sells a chip to plug into the
cars
OBD11 port and records up to 300 hours of data >>throitle postison hard
breaking hard excelleration, speed every 5 seconds Its all layed out on
graphs We live just south of Boston and many of the roads are twisty narrow
hilly
and lined with stone walls I am just hopping he is lucky as i was but now
I
will be able see just how hes doing He can't unplug it but with me finding
out now i have to decide if i tellem about it or not ethics terrific
subject rob
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