Hi,
I read, many yonks ago, that children must be given "seniority" over adults when allocating seats with belts.
That. might justify the ancient unwritten law, that Mum sits in the back, while Junior rides up front with Dad.
That was the case in my family, once I
reached puberty moved into long trousers. Do kids still wear short trousers until they reach 14, like I did? I donned an old pair of jodpurs (sp?) one day, that were too big for me. Mum bought me my first long trousers that afternoon. Sorry, OT.
I was lucky. Dad gave me a couple of lessons in his 1935 Austin 10 (hmmm... Austin 10 brakes? Maybe not so lucky!) and bought me a 1936 OK Supreme 350cc motor bike. (J.A.P engine. Lethal) But with the Suez "do", and petrol rationing, provisional licence holders could drive unsupervised. An offer too good to refuse.
When that concession ended, I just removed my L-plates and carried on. I had three lessons with BSM (to learn how to drive like a leaner) and passed my test a couple of weeks before my 18th birthday ... in Dad's Austin 10, which by that time had a bent back axle, and no back brakes ... but that's another story, involving "how to remove a brake drum without first removing the wheel". Ooops!
We attended the first and second Sabre Days at Droys Court, which involved "grass autotesting" Robin Rew let his 14 year old son enter .... driving his
racing Scimitar GTE ... with instructions not to exceed a walking speed. That was the day that Barbara did a four wheel slide round a bollard and gave her Sabre 6 some wellie .... howl of protest from the bloke who had been sitting on the next bollard, but was now taking it on his toes. Barbara, bless her, did not lift off.
"It was HIS problem!" she said afterwards. Do not mess with my wife!
Grass Autotesting in a Series 2
Could be fun? Let Junior get it out of his system. Apparently, Banger Racing reduces car crime among young perps ... "You can only race if you've kept your nose clean!". I watched a film on TV, possibly called "Running Wild". Young "inmates" in Arizona are given an unbroken Mustang, and have to learn to ride it. That IS character building ... and reduces crime. There was a similarly targeted film called "Dune Riders". A "do-gooder" took half a dozen youngsters from London's East End, across the Sahara on Honda ATCs (trikes)
Returning to topic ... could anybody here find funding for something similar, but less ambitious, involving S2s?
"KUDOS CUTS CRIME" ( I said it first. Send "royalty" cheques too .....)
Does anybody know where I can get a copies of the above films?
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