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From: weimer@ssd.kodak.com (Gary Weimer)
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Subject: Re: $$$ EXCLUSIVE GAME CLUB $$$  -- Indy 500
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Date: 20 Nov 90 14:54:37 GMT
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In article <1990Nov20.020425.26160@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes:
>This sounds interesting. I'd love to buy a realistic driving simulator
>for my son to use before actually hitting the asphalt. But I want
>simulated accidents and problems. Stalls on the freeway, people who
>pull out in front of you, rain slicked roads, etc. Objects that
>fall in the road way. Animals (deer) that run in front of you. Obstacles
>that show up in the worst possible place on a blind curve. Maybe brake
>failures on a long downhill. Something that will help him to avoid getting
>into a serious accident as much as humanly possible.

Not a simulator, but helpfull (in some ways better):

1st step:
    Learn where the car is (the front bumper is not were the end of the
hood looks like it meets the road, etc). This is best done in a parking
lot with painted spaces. Pull into a space, [driver] get out and see where
car is. Back into a space, get out and check. Park with right wheels on
line, get out. Park with left wheels on line, back wheels on line, back
bumper over line, etc, etc.

2nd step:
    Practice turns, parking, etc. with cardboard boxes to miss. Extra:
while trying to pull up to (but not hit) a box, passenger unexpectedly
drops something on floor (learn to ignore distractions).

My biggest problem when I started: step on gas to go, consentrate on
keeping car in lane--ooops 58mph in a 35 zone...
Finding a large (long) parking lot could provide the needed practice here.

Gary Weimer