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16 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, June 26, 1984 In appreciation for the work he has done for them, the Grades One and Two students of R.H. Cornish presented John Powell, president of Powell Motorsport, with a souvenir T-Shirt. The area set up for the young drivers to practise on is designed just like a small village, with traffic lights, stop signs and "w ur) * " 5 (From page 1) "to create their own traffic rules, based on what they had just learned. Coincidentally, the rules they came up with bore a strange resemblance to the rules of the real road. They also picked up on parents' bad driving habits and applied them to their own driving. '""They emulate adults, it's funny," Mr.- Powell pointed out. '""'When they get im- patient, they use the horn'. Local businessman Guy Latreille was at Mosport to watch his daughter Dani run through her paces and he said the program was "fantastic". "I hope they keep it up. I think Cornish was darn lucky to have been 4 TT P-- yp |= "Ml TE ald || JOR. <a chosen to do this," he said. Cornish Principal Harry Kiezebrink was also impressed with the course and said the students enthusiasm carried through into the classroom, where they designed traffic signs and talked about safety. The children's pro- gram took up the morn- ing but the rest of the afternoon was devoted to adults, adult journal- ists to be precise, as John Powell demon- strated his new advanc- ed driver training course. Reporters from n vs- papers, radio and tele- vision stations through- out the area were put behind the wheels of several new GM cars and given a crash course in braking on wet vi « school crossing zones (pictured above). Students who weren't driving took their turns as pedestrians. Tend ! TEAR Ne wie Ll a a pavement. Called the Goodyear Advanced Driver Train- ing Course, the one-day ' program features train- ing in skid control, evansive maneouver- ing, braking techniques and visual tracking for licensed drivers of all ages. "Students taking the course are taught phy- sical control over the vehicle and mental con- trol over their nerves during an emergency', said Michael Lewis, director of public rela- tions for Goodyear. Courses will be avail- able at sites near Tor- onto and Montreal, and possibly Edmonton and Vancouver in the near future. The Toronto school will operate out of Mosport and will cost $225 per day. "People want to be prepared for that life and death situation we =~ Cornish kids learn to 'drive' in ", miniature cars at Mosport Park all behind the wheel", Mr. Lewis said. potentially face every time we get A young Port Perry resident smiles delightedly at the antics of the Cornish drivers. Madame Power, a French Immersion teacher for primary students at Cornish, gives a little advice to a pair of young drivers. The plastic cars, specially designed by Goodyear, are run with electricity. TY his, ] Ll al - gh "d i After signing a waiver, journalists from throughout fered at Mosport by Blackstock resident John Powell. the area took part in a shortened version of the Goodyear Advanced Driver Training Course, a new program of- EEE EE IE IE NCS EE EEEEERE EEE LO RE I I I I IE TAS STS Above, a Global television reporter takes his turn brak- ing on wet pavement. oN & C There's not much to do when you're waiting at a red light ---- except maybe con- template your fingernails, as this tyke demonstrates.