Comments on: Our responsibilities to the young and unaware! – By Larry Side https://vehicledynamics.com/our-responsibilities-to-the-young-and-unaware-by-larry-side/ Advanced Driving Training Fri, 21 Nov 2014 13:24:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Chuck Hawks https://vehicledynamics.com/our-responsibilities-to-the-young-and-unaware-by-larry-side/#comment-12 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 03:30:36 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=842#comment-12 Crashing is NOT a valid learning strategy and should never be endorsed by a parent through thinking ‘they’ll just tear this one up…’ You do not know if/when a crash is going to be fatal for any reason. So crashing is NOT OK. The first one might be the last.

]]> By: Chuck Hawks https://vehicledynamics.com/our-responsibilities-to-the-young-and-unaware-by-larry-side/#comment-11 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 03:28:22 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=842#comment-11 Safety and Reliability; in that order is what comes to mind for me. Many parents come at this form the mindset of “They are just going to tear their first car up anyway, so I’ll get them the cheapest thing I can for now.” Unfortunately, this attitude strikes right in the heart of your article, so certainly you write timely. The precious cargo should be treated as such – especially with how crazy and distracted our streets are nowadays.

I don’t normally endorse brands openly when off duty but I will say that in all my years of training and coaching in just about every type of driving done; VW has convinced me that they truly do make the safest car on the road. If you’re a parent looking for a first car; a Jetta or Golf are excellent choices if they’ve been maintained. Emergency crews will admit that they go to a non-VW first on a crash site when one is involved. This is because they’ve seen so many, they know the non-VW has not fared as well… This is not a time to think about low-balling it for a dollar’s sake.

]]> By: Bob Reyes https://vehicledynamics.com/our-responsibilities-to-the-young-and-unaware-by-larry-side/#comment-10 Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:49:19 +0000 http://vehicledynamics.com/?p=842#comment-10 The last (2) sentences in your article says it all! I do think that kids should be taken by their parents/instructors and from a safe distance (but close) look at how fast the cars on the freeway are traveling. One gets (I) did at least a different perspective of how little room there is for error. This same technique should also be applied to surface streets and or intersections.

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