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This particular event was notable by the number of women driving, and how well they all progressed in improving their on-track skills. In the Black and Red groups, our two female instructors Hazel deBurgh and Margo Pinkerton continued refining their line at Mosport. Margo of course is an integral part of the Track Committee and attends every NER event and I tip my hat to, and thank Hazel, who along with Martin Tekela are two UCR members who for several years have instructed consistently at more NER DE events than 98% of our NER instructors. Joyce Brinton has not had much seat time this year due to business commitments and yet was able to significantly reduce her lap time in the White group. Jen Beale, recently moved to the Blue group and Colleen Norek promoted to Blue during the event enjoyed driving together - both very quick studies as can be attested to by yours truly having instructed both of them. Joyce Fortier, Lesia Shaw and Susan Vong all progressed remarkably well in the Green group. Some of us remember how tentative Joyce and Lesia were as raw rookies and now their instructors have to slow them down at some corners. And our thanks and gratitude goes to Michelle Wang for her help at registration and control during the three-day event. The Track Committee has instituted "Workers' Choice" awards at our DE events. These awards are determined by the pro corner workers and are given to the driver(s) exemplifying the best of DE - driving, braking, passing, safety, and courtesy, not necessarily in that order. A newcomer in Green has just as much chance of getting this award as the hot shot in Red. In fact, one of the recipients of the award this year was a first-timer in Green. Two awards are given, one for the event as a whole and one for the Red and Black DE Enduros. At this event these awards were given to Margo Pinkerton for her Enduro driving and Colleen Norek for the event as a whole. Congratulations ladies. In my rush to deadline last month I completely missed a second prime irritant contributing to driving aggravation and this one occurs mainly in city/suburban/secondary road driving. Far too many drivers, gender and age are irrelevant here as this is an equal opportunity failing, forget what a gas pedal is for and how to use one appropriately. This situation presents itself primarily when drivers in front of me are waiting to enter a traffic stream, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting ad nauseum. They sit there and wait for a space big enough for a dozen 18 wheelers to fit because they do not understand or refuse to put there foot down heavily on the accelerator to swiftly bring their car up to the speed of that stream of traffic. Rather, they figure there must be enough room for them to enter that stream at a leisurely pace. A corollary to this is that they wait before actually using the accelerator until the last car before that hole in the stream is well past, rather than slowly accelerating before the hole has reached them and them jamming it down to get up to speed rapidly. My one off track accident, very minor, in so many years that I can not remember another one - I know there were others - was several years ago and a direct result of this accelerator phobia. I had exited Rte. 495, stopped at the bottom of the ramp behind a mini van and was watching traffic to my left to be prepared to turn right when a hole appeared. You probably already know what happened. A hole was coming up big enough for four vehicles and I began to move at the right time....assuming that the mini van in front was also moving. Luckily there were only several feet separating the mini van and my truck's front bumper so the damage was minimal. Since then I've been more cautious about watching the vehicle in front and not assuming they will be willing to use their accelerator properly. Wisdom beyond their years How do you decide who to marry?
What is the right age to get
married?
How can a stranger tell if
two people are married?
What do you think your mom
and dad have in common?
What do most people do on
a date?
When is it OK to kiss someone?
The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do. -- Howard, age 8 Is it better to be married
of single?
It's better for girls to be
single but not for boys.
How would the world be different
if people didn't get married?
How would you make a marriage
work?
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