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MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1926,
DRIVING LESSONS FOR THE BEGINNER-
A NOVEL AND EFFECTIVE METHOD OF INSTRUCTION
That the best driver is not times-it will keep bis nervos always the best tpacher goes keyed up for the real work. without saying. Toaching driving You are approaching a turning: is quito analogous to teaching some distance before you come to music, art, dancing or any other it you say to him, I want to, worthwhile accomplishment; it turn off to the right. What am is in itsolf a specialised business, I to do?" the principal requirement of He probably say's, Blow your which is infinito patíonne. horn, put out your right hand
In teaching the novice an and get on with it." elementary knowledge of psy You jump on this idea. good chology is quite as important as and hard. You explain that some an advanced knowledge of distance before the turning you mechanics, says a contributor to ease gently out towards the The Motor. "What is the mon-contre of the road, that on no tality of the pupil? Is he one of account whatevor do you turn off tho easy onos, whose period off until you know that nothing is transition from pram to, bievole trying to overtake and that if was short and bridged over by there is any traffic in the opposite the possession of a scooter or direction you go behind and never trieyole, or is he one of the loss immediately in front of it. The fortunato, whose road sense is pupil who is never allowed from. absolutely latent and so must be the start to get into bad habits is} started right at the beginning and not likely to acquire thom later. nursed patiently through all the The amount of instruction of ailments of road infancy?
this kind that. is nocosenry A VIVA VOCE EXAMINATION. depends largely on the aptitude The fingers of the average of the pupil; the youngster who. novice itch to take the wheel; if has been accustomed to a bicycle they do not he is poor material, and so to modern traffic condi and let the instructor duly be- tions can as a rule be passed out ware. Tho experienced instruct-in a third of the time required or will rather curb this en- by the older man who has never thusiasm in the early stages. been used to rapid motion and The writer has found his system quick decisions.,
of making the pupil pass' a Do not overdo it. Work up the simplo viva voce examination pupil's interest until he is just before doing any practical work mad for the feel of that wheel. at all most successful. For the Most pupils, after this pro- benefit of pupils he keeps liminary training, aro quito specially marked copy of "The steady after an hour or so actual- Motor Manual," in which isly at the whieol. bluepencilled that matter which]
is absolutely ossential—it amounts to about one third, of the total,
Those aro the kind of ques- tions he asks "What Is this for ?" (pointing to the magneto! and this? (pointing to car- buretter) and this?" (pointing to exhaust pipe.) If possible the pupil is taken to a repair shop, where an engine may be seen in piaces, and questions asked about the purposes of the various components. Y
In every case an oxplanati on in the pupil's own words is what is wanted. There is a certain type of mind that seems to have a dis,
"How did dad know that we tinct flair, for repeating phrases quite accurately, but without real borrowed his car last night? understanding it is of no con- buffer we ran over at the tram "Unfortunately, ho was the old sequence whatever if at this stage the pupil's terminology is terminus!"- incorrect he can if he likes call gears "oogwheels" or the switch a button, provided that he sees clearly in his own mind, just what is happening, and it is for the instructor to make quite Sure that he succeeds in doing) this.
The next stage is to put the pupil's theoretical knowledge further to the test before letting him actually take the wheel. The car is deliberately left atand- ing with petrol turned off, in gear, and with everything else that can ba.wrong. Tell the pupil to start up the engine, and correct him. kindly, but firmly, every time he makes a mistake, being careful to explain to him exactly why he has done wrong.
At this stage it is desirable that he should use the starting handle; generally he gives a mighty lug with a gear in mesh and the switch off, and the car comes forward at him. This scares him.
TRAINING BY DOING. Why, you ask, 'doos the car come forward at you?
He is completely floored by! this question.
"Well," you remark,," it looks as though the starting handle is connected somehow with the back wheels, so that if you do succeed in starting the engine you will only kill yourself. What are you going to do about it now?”,
With a little help and encour- agement he probably succeeds in worrying the problem out for himself, and he learns more by this simple train of thought than you would instil into him by half an hour's hard talking...
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You take the wheel and say to the pupil seated at your side: Now you are going to tell me what to do; you've just read 'The Motor Manual,' and I know nothing about it."
Make him tell you, again in his own words, what to do right up to getting into top gear. By this means you will keep him' montally alert he will fool that he is driving the car and will do all the thinking just as though he were.
Keep him at it, and go on to: develop his road sense. There is a lorry in front and a cart com- ing slowly in the opposite direc- tion some distance away. "Can
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