Driver's Education

Posted by Craig Hendrickson On 2009/5/20 0:16:38

Excellent point, Eric!

It would be interesting to see a current curriculum of a high school Driver's Ed course. I'll bet that none of the important items you mentioned would be on it, such as tire changing, fluid checking, etc.

I can tell you that back in the early 1990s the Driver's Ed curriculum in San Diego was very wanting. The 16yo daughter of the woman I was dating took that course at the local HS, mostly to get the insurance discount. Before that, I taught her "old school" driving skills including being able to drive a manual transmission. During her HS tenure, since she was the only one who could manage a MT, she was not only a favorite to drive her friends around in such vehicles, but usually the only one who could even manage it.

I'll wager that most of the other skills we are discussing are missing from said course.

Craig