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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 25, 1967)
j|.—'""HI HM ' 'pr: ‘■C r^icsz tei fpls ili: LksZZZ tefT r! 33T ! j|»jii»ii ,|ll j [ i M l CaR 11 ’' liLiii#? jii,, if-"'" "f' wm ff' Program Seeks To Lower Accidents Fewer accidents on the nation’s highways, streets and freeways may be found in a program under way at Texas A&M this week. Teacher educators and high school driver education teachers are studying new concepts of training new drivers — and re training old “accidents” looking for a place to happen — in a Driv er Education Seminar. Space-age electronics and a six- car range on which an instructor can teach six drivers at a time are being used to show driver educators new programs and time saving techniques. The seminar co-sponsored by A&M, the Texas Highway De partment and Department of Pub lic Safety, Texas Education Agen cy, Governor’s office and insur ance firms is putting 48 partici pants behind the wheel and in the teaching position. EQUPIMENT SUPPLIED by three insurance companies — Aetna, Allstate and Farmers In surance Group — and facilities furnished by A&M and the High way Department district in Bryan are located at the Research An nex on Highway 21 West. Instructors and teachers train under special teaching consultants at four stations, rotating each two hours. In the drivocator, motion pic ture, filmstrip and audiotape are mixed to acquaint the student with factors affecting driving, rules of the road, basic skills, city, open road and adverse driving condi tions, emergencies and defensive driving. Thirty hours minimum are re quired for the program, in which 60 students may be instructed and tested electronically, with individ ual response controls. TWO SYSTEMS of driving sim ulator are employed in the week- long seminar. Both utilize movie projectors to give the driving situation. Responses are checked automatically. One system in jects the capability of automatic test scoring. Both the drivotrainer and driv er trainer show pictures filmed from the driver’s head position. The multi-station simulator will allow one instructor to teach 15 fledgling drivers at a time. “As pilots learn to fly in the Link trainer, youngsters learn driving skills in the simulator,” noted Ralph Jackson, Allstate consultant. “The hookup matches the in dividual’s response to a driving situation against a programmed response. An incorrect decision flashes a light, and the instructor can make on-the-spot corrections rather than waiting until the end of a film when the error is on the way to becoming a habit,” he added. Jackson pointed out that the system allows for 'introduction of a variety of high accident poten tial situations which the student may not get in moving traffic. “The instructor can talk to the student more in the simulator. In a moving auto, a talking instruc tor splits the student’s attention which is already on a ragged edge anyway,” he went on. Both systems develop percep tive skills and train the student to look and think ahead of his car. Instruction is alternated be tween the simulators and driving range, where the student puts into actual practice what he has learned indoors. The seminar range, marked off on an old Bryan AFB runway, trains in auto starting, backing and stopping procedures. Con trol, positioning, angle and paral lel parking, straight driving, mak ing turns and utilizing merging lanes such as on freeways are included. The instructor uses a walkie- talkie received through the spe cially rigged regular car radio. He controls movement of six or more cars from a central point. The system substantially re duces costs of standard opera tion, requiring a teacher per stu dent. “We have two major objec tives,” commented Lewis M. Spears, state director of driver education in the state education agency. “Leading driver educators of 20 state areas are here to improve the quality of driver education, through simulation, range and re sponse systems.” “We also hope to prepare teach ers, who are training the state’s future drivers.” Driver education teachers par ticipating are from Houston, Dal las, Beaumont, El Paso, Tyler, Midland, Lubbock, Waco, Amaril lo, McAllen, Corpus Christi, Wic hita Falls, Lufkin and Big Spring school systems. Driver education teacher instructors from Texas Tech, Southwest Texas, S. F. Aus- | tin, Abilene Christian, Prairie View A&M, Howard Payne, Bay lor, Pan American, University of Houston, Lamar State and A&M are involved. DO YOU KNOW,,, Our College Career Plan will guarantee you up to $70,000 of permanent in- ; surance, regardless of your health or occupation! A meric an ^3-1 /im/cable LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY EXECUTIVE OFFICES, WACO,TEXAS Oakwood Professional Bldg. Bryan, Texas VI 6-7963 RADIO - CONTROLLED DRIVERS Six driving students at a time are controlled by Charles Webb of Panama City, Fla., on a moving auto range of a Driver Education Seminar at Texas A&M University. He uses a walkie-talkie received by the regular car radio, which has been adapted to citizens band frequency. Student drivers find all intersections, turns, highway and street markings on the six-car range. The Financial Institutions Of Brazos County ANNOUNCE NEW HOURS OF BUSINESS BEGINNING JUNE 5, 1967 Monday thru Thursday — Regular Hours 9:00 A. M. - 2:00 P. M. Friday — 9:00 A. M. - 7:00 P. M. — Saturday Closed BANKS Bank of A&M City National Bank First Bank & Trust First National Bank University National Bank SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATIONS Bryan Building & Loan Community Savings & Loan First Federal Savings & Loan Leg Quarters 35< Fryer. Cut from USDA Inspected ., ... Grade A Fryers. -lb. Sirloin Steaks 85* USDA Choice Heavy Beef. 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