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These schemes for young people aim to help reduce these statistics by promoting driving at a younger age when children are more susceptible to learning and have better memory. [4] By doing this in a safe environment away from the public road, it is hoped that this will provide a basis for learner drivers' learning.
Driver training began as a business in the United Kingdom in 1909-1910. The British School of Motoring (BSM) was founded in 1910 in South London by Hugh Stanley Roberts. It offered hands-on training and courses in driving skills (managing the controls and road aptitude) and repair. It also offered vehicles to drivers who wished to practice. [1] [2]
In 1998, McLaren became the first Formula One team to establish a driver development program, founding the McLaren-Mercedes Young Driver Support Programme; [1] its initial cohort famously included 13-year-old kart racer Lewis Hamilton, [2] who became the first driver development program alumnus in Formula One to win the World Drivers' Championship in 2008. [3]
A zero alcohol limit could be introduced for young drivers to boost road safety, a minister has suggested. The drink-drive limit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is 80mg of alcohol in 100ml ...
The Australian approaches to graduated driver licensing reflect and extend the thinking underpinning the North American and European approaches, [citation needed] combining restrictions on young drivers with intensive training requirements but also adding significant enforcement (zero tolerance with regard to speeding, driving while impaired by ...
In its first year (2011) the Institute selected 12 drivers to take part in the programme. [1] 19 drivers were shortlisted for a three-day selection event, which took place on 6–8 February 2011 in Melk, Austria. For 2012, the FIA shortlisted 30 young drivers, of whom 18 were selected for the second year of the programme. [2] [3]
Young Drivers of Canada is a Canadian driving school chain, [1] headquartered in Woodbridge, Ontario. In 2017, Young Drivers had 140 locations in six provinces across Canada. Young Drivers of Canada has three product offerings: the novice Young Driver education program, [2] the Collisionfree! driver improvement course and CogniFit Brain Training.
For the series' inaugural season, competitors used a Ligier JS F4 chassis with a 160 hp 2.0 Liter engine made by Honda Performance Development (HPD). [4] As with all other series in the Road to Indy ladder, The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, through their Cooper brand, was the tire supplier for the series for the first two years.