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by abenga 662 days ago
> comprehensive driver education systems

What are they learning, other than (at least partly) discipline and ways to be safer?

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Americans wouldn't even understand the meaning of "discipline". "Lane discipline" for example - paying attention to what lane you are in and for what reason. Minimizing your use of left-more lanes for whoever might want to drive past you; paying attention to who has the right of way in the right-most lane, while not blocking people from entering or exiting.

But for a specific example, many Americans are let loose with a driver's license but scared of entering or exiting a freeway. When it's just about impossible to drive in the US without using freeways. (They are scared for good reason considering their lack of practice and understanding of how that works.)