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Why do those cars with
“Student Driver” signs on
their back bumpers drive so
slowly?

Before you try to answer this,
take a step back from this question
and ask yourself another: Do they
drive slow?

If you are driving along, minding
your own business, and the car
immediately in front of you has a
“Student Driver” sign pasted on the
back, you probably get the urge to
pass this four-wheeled turtle.

Before you do this, please take a
moment to consider what this appar-
ent novice is about: He or she is
learning how to drive in traffic.
They've probably already learned
speed control on those quiet side
roads (they've also probably been
honked at and rudely overtaken) and
are now being instructed in the
acquired skili of moving smoothly
~ through traffic.

"New drivers don't always get it

A lesson from student drivers

right the first ime, amazingly
enough, Did you?

As often as not, however, the stu.
dent is traveling at exactly the speed
limit, or at least an appropriate
speed, You may not be.

Everyone seems to travel slightly
faster than the legal set limit simply
because they can, After all 58 km-h
(36 m.p.h.) is practically the sume
as 50 km-b (3) mph, isn't it?

Playground Zones posted as 30
km-h (19 mph.) only applies when
an oncoming car has given me the
old “radar trap ahead” headlight
flash, right?

Wrong.

All drivers have an obligation to
maintain the flow of traffic. But not
all of us tive up to that obligation,
For example, I've never seen traffic
flow down Lonsdale Avenue. Have
you? There are lights at nearly every
intersection that are not synchro-
nized in any way, My students and I
often share a good laugh when I
explain why we should not drive
with that “army mentality” (hurry
up and wait).

We are usually passed several
times by the same car only to catch
up and putter on past just after the
next light changes to green, Never
even touched the brake, just cased
off the throttle and timed it sa we
could move along calmly and
smoothly. Neat trick, eh?

To those of you who are very
patient around a “Student Driver” |
thank-you very much for your cour-
tesy.

Those of you who are not, see

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