BEHIND THE WHEEL AT 12.Byline: Richard Hammond Hammond. 1 City (1990 pop. 84,236), Lake co., extreme NW Ind., bounded by Lake Michigan, the Ill. state line, and the Little Calumet River, and traversed by the Grand Calumet River; settled 1851, inc. 1884. KIDS as young as 12 can hone their driving skills on a new version of the young driver experience at Mercedes' motor world facility near Brooklands, Surrey Surrey, county (1991 pop. 997,000), 653 sq mi (1,691 sq km), SE England. The county seat is Guildford. The North Downs cross the county from east to west. To the north the land slopes gently downward to the Thames, into which flow the Wey and the Mole, Surrey's . A new programme, launched this month includes a Pre-Road module for 12 to 16-year-olds, along with Provisional Licence provisional licence n (Brit) (Aut) → permis m provisoire provisional licence provision (Brit) n (Aut) → vorläufige Fahrerlaubnis f and Post Test modules. A young driver scheme in Sweden that got kids of 16 behind the wheel reduced accident rates in the first year of driving by 40%. Since one in three deaths on the road are of people aged under 25 that's a very worthwhile result. It's a shame Mercedes can't offer this in other centres around the country. Perhaps other manufacturers could step in with similar schemes. |
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