"RMudkips" (rmudkips)
09/23/2013 at 23:20 • Filed to: None
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"RMudkips" (rmudkips)
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Thanks to your car forum friends, you have a list of decent arguments for driver's ed teaching how to drive stick. However, you need evidence for the arguments (attentive driving, being in control, and variety of vehicles), and quick Google searches didn't suffice.
You rush to your forum again, ask for links, and sort of wish Automatch was to the rescue. You try to call attention with a picture of a lifted 510 wagon. Any ideas?
YSI-what can brown do for you
> RMudkips
09/23/2013 at 23:29 |
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You could use that story of the teen kid whose parents made him use stick. Apparently it makes him more alert, and he can drive a Ferrari!
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RMudkips
> YSI-what can brown do for you
09/23/2013 at 23:32 |
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Link? I've had some articles on teens driving stick, might help if there's a specific article I can use.
Thanks!
aquila121
> RMudkips
09/23/2013 at 23:34 |
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Don't forget carjacking deterrent.
Tom McParland
> RMudkips
09/23/2013 at 23:35 |
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I can help tomorrow don't have access to all my resources on mobile. :/
Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
> RMudkips
09/23/2013 at 23:38 |
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You might look up RPM ranges in/out for a typical torque converter, and contrast that with a clutch: input = output. That at the least is a point that not only does the manual offer direct moment-moment correlation between throttle and driving speed, but since it requires such, the driver cannot be lulled as easily into abandoning inputs.
That's really what driving inattentiveness accrued over time driving is - abandonment of inputs. Gears, (clutch), throttle/brake, leaving eventually only the steering wheel. If the brain *knows* it can sort down to just the steering wheel, it will start making room for other things than driving. If the car is likely to surge, need increased throttle climbing a hill, etc. or otherwise need attention, even if trivial, it keeps the driver plugged in.
Kind of braindead where to get sources at the mo.
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YSI-what can brown do for you
> RMudkips
09/23/2013 at 23:40 |
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http://www.king5.com/news/stick-shi…
Boom! Actually I found another source as well, if that might be of help.
http://www.news10.net/greathangup/ar…
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RMudkips
> Tom McParland
09/23/2013 at 23:47 |
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Thanks anyways!
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RMudkips
> aquila121
09/23/2013 at 23:49 |
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I would've used this (and the many Jalopnik articles on this subject), but it assumes that everyone has been taking driver's ed classes that teach stick, even thieves, so it's an odd point. I used the argument "drive more cars" though, sort of relates to that. Thanks anyway.
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RMudkips
> Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
09/23/2013 at 23:49 |
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Bit complicated for a high school English essay, but very helpful. Thanks!
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Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
> RMudkips
09/23/2013 at 23:53 |
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I HAVE NOTHING UNCOMPLICATED
LIFE'S PURPOSE IS OBFUSCATION
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aquila121
> RMudkips
09/24/2013 at 00:01 |
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What about the ability to push-start a stick shift vehicle? Man, I'm really grabbing at straws, here. Understanding of basic car transmissions as preparation for mechanics and do-it-yourselfers? Just in case a mandatory drifting law is passed, the populous can know the joy of a clutch-kick initiation?
Man, I have no good ideas. I'd have a really hard time persuading someone why this has to be taught to everyone , I've just always been of the opinion that it's better to have more knowledge/skills rather than less. Best of luck.
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RMudkips
> Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull
09/24/2013 at 14:43 |
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Hence "ramblin".
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RMudkips
> aquila121
09/24/2013 at 14:44 |
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That's sort of the argument, that being familiar with it gives you more skills for students when driving.