I give up what's DE stand for
05-27-2006, 08:34 AM
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I give up what's DE stand for
I have worked out most of the acronyms but DE is bugging me. I know its prbably an American thing so humour us foreigners. DE????
05-27-2006, 08:39 AM
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DE stands for driver's education.
05-27-2006, 08:41 AM
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The Yanks use it for Drivers Education.
Of course they never have race training or lunatic driving courses as that might be an insurance risk.
However Drivers education is a noble and insurable thing.
Of course they never have race training or lunatic driving courses as that might be an insurance risk.
However Drivers education is a noble and insurable thing.
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05-27-2006, 12:58 PM
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There's no racing involved - honest!
I've even been contacted by insurance companies before now, for pictures of cars on DE days that were 'racing' before they had some form of 'incident' that required an insurance pay-out.
Never been able to confim that there was any racing going on...
Just good driver instruction by qualified professionals
Chris.
I've even been contacted by insurance companies before now, for pictures of cars on DE days that were 'racing' before they had some form of 'incident' that required an insurance pay-out.
Never been able to confim that there was any racing going on...
Just good driver instruction by qualified professionals
Chris.
05-29-2006, 08:22 PM
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Yeah, such as here, where I just airbrushed out the guy who was bump drafting (uh-oh, that was a NAStyCAR term . . . sorry) my little 986. Purely, instructional I tell you.
05-29-2006, 08:31 PM
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So, Mr. Insurance Adjuster, you can plainly see from the picture we weren't "RACING"; instead, we were simply testing the different handling characteristics of the various makes and models at the "testing facility" that day. With each "hot lap" . . . umm, I mean . . . pass around the controlled driving environment we were presented with various scenarios and given the opportunity to feel (in this controlled environment) how our car would handle such a situation. In this picture you can see I was preparing to learn how to "safely" overtake a slower moving vehicle in front of me. I was just about to take him to the inside . . . umm, I mean . . . wait for a nice straight stretch to turn on my left turn signal and safely overtake him.
05-30-2006, 10:42 AM
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There really is a difference. At a DE day you have instructors available to ride with you and drive you if you want. Their expertise and coaching will teach you the fastest line around the course . . . um, I mean . . . how to properly and safely enter and exit a corner and at what speeds you should not drive on the public roadways.
At a track day, that same instructor is probably in the car that just flew past you and will be back on your bumper again if you don't get your head out of the clouds and start picking better lines to carry more speed through your turns. Nobody is there to tell you what you are doing right or doing wrong, you just have to figure it out by what the other cars are doing. Cars passing you = Doing something wrong. You passing cars = Doing something right.
At a track day, that same instructor is probably in the car that just flew past you and will be back on your bumper again if you don't get your head out of the clouds and start picking better lines to carry more speed through your turns. Nobody is there to tell you what you are doing right or doing wrong, you just have to figure it out by what the other cars are doing. Cars passing you = Doing something wrong. You passing cars = Doing something right.
