Technology and You- Monday- 1st period

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Today the students would find themselves in an everyday sort of suburban neighborhood. With plenty of everyday sorts of cars behind them... if everyday sorts of cars had bumpers on them.

"This unit has been all about transportation and getting around in places that don't have rickshaws," Kitty said, and she sounded only a little stuffed up. "Because in case you haven't noticed, most places don't have rickshaws. Most places have cars. You drive them, you call or hail other people to drive cars for you, and it's the most common way to get from Point A to Point B in this time, in this country. And there are plenty of rules that go along with driving, way too many to cover in one class, but I'm gonna let you try it anyway."

In her defense, she'd planned this pre-cold, when she figured she'd be a better supervisor.

"Now come on over here, and I'll show you how to work the car," Kitty said, opening the door to one and getting in the driver's seat to demonstratrate. Once she'd gone over the basics of how to make the car go and turn and stop, and also what stop signs and stop lights were, she got back out and said, "You're all going to get in one of the cars and try it yourself. This is by no means a real driving course, so don't take it as one. In this class, if you get into what would be a minor accident or a fender bender, the bumpers mean there won't be any damage to you or the car. If you get into something more serious, the simulation will end, and you still won't get hurt. Any questions?"

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Drive a car!

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Get in and mod your leisurely neighborhood drive that you totally can't get hurt in! And you can't run over anyone's pets!

Re: Drive a car!

[halfbad.livejournal.com]

Well, this was somewhere Nathan thought he'd never be. The tight, enclosed space was already getting to him but having to actually drive was making it worse.

He took a few deep breaths and pushed gently on the gas pedal. Very gently. He was moving slower than snails.

Re: Drive a car!

[pasunereveuse.livejournal.com]

Celia had paid plenty of attention, but that didn't mean she didn't sit behind the wheel for a solid few minutes, just staring at the dashboard and all the little numbers and lights.

And once she got going, she was very proud of herself for only slamming on the brakes one time. With a bit more time, she'd probably be able to work the car from the inside out -- she didn't feel bad about her first try.

Re: Drive a car!

[wildandbrave]

You'd think Cosette would take her time, thoroughly acquaint herself with the interior of the car, and go into the glove compartment and find the driver's manual and read that from cover to cover before she started the car but nope. She felt like she had a grasp on what Kitty had already told them, and was a little too excited to get into the car and go for a drive. Gigantic nerd she might be, but one whose enthusiasm occasionally overwhelmed her impulse control.

Besides, there were safety measures (which was probably the only reason her father wasn't having an inexplicable panic attack right now) so it wasn't like she had to worry about getting hurt.

And okay, she got a little too close to the curb once or twice and rubbed the tires, but mostly she did all right. Even if she didn't stop for three seconds at stop signs. Shh.

. . . and then when she finally pulled over to park (and bumped into the curb again) she really did pull out the car manual and read the whole thing.

Re: Drive a car!

[not-called-icky.livejournal.com]

Ichabod had been quite fascinated by the window button the first time he was in a car. Now he was quite excited to be able to try driving one himself. Following Kitty's instructions wasn't too hard, but then there were the minor details of speed limits, using rear-view mirrors and not driving on the wrong side of the road.