My nephew just got his learner’s permit. He is so excited about finally getting to drive. He is a total gamer, so my husband gives him the advice that if he wants to learn how to drive a manual transmission car, he should play a game like Poll Position at the local arcade. It can help to get the rhythm of when to shift down and the coordination of using the clutch. Maybe he should just stick to driver’s ed class.
I remember taking driver’s ed in school. We had this simulator that was always broken. You basically watched a film of someone driving on the road and pretended to drive in these cubicles that had a steering wheel and gas and brake pedals. Drivers Ed Direct are helping to update the way kids and even adults learn how to drive. Their online program is already approved in three states to help students reach the goals of drivers ed. How great it would have been to have more learning to drive resources when I was taking drivers ed. Drivers Ed Direct is incorporating the latest technology into their teaching tools like gas-hybrid cars or head curtain airbags.
I’m thinking of getting him Drivers Ed Direct interactive DVD Rules of the Road. It looks like a good resource of information about how to drive in city and rural areas as well as different driving practice scenarios. I’m interested in the DVD, and I’ve been driving for a while now. (Let’s just leave it at that, ok?)