Driver's Education, Thursday, Period 1

[10secondcar]

"I think it's high time we got off this block, don't you?" Brian asked his students at the beginning of class, and then, without waiting for their answer, went on. "So, today you'll be racing through the streets of LA. They're conveniently empty for you, of course, and you'll be getting your course from the GPS mounted on your car's dash. For those of you who haven't seen one of these before, it will show you the next section of the course and alert you to upcoming turns. Now, if you miss a turn, it'll just reroute you and get you back on course, but, as always, if you crash, you go back to the starting line. Are there any question?" After a pause, he clapped his hands together and said, "Then let's get started."

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Race Time! -- Heat 2

[10secondcar]

Garik Loran
Blue Sargent
Anders
Ada Miller

Re: Race Time! -- Heat 2

[not_every_mage]

Anders felt like he would have been okay on the roads, but he wasn't so okay with trying to drive and monitor the GPS at the same time. He crashed into a mailbox and a telephone poll before he got the hang of it.

Re: Race Time! -- Heat 2

[gavegoodface]

Face quickly figured out that a GPS was kind of like having a really dumb astromech, and found he had very little trouble splitting his focus between it and the actual road ahead of him.

Which was good, because he kind of had a leadfoot when it came to speed.

Re: Race Time! -- Heat 2

[boneyard_girl]

This Gee-Pee-Ees thing was so NOT OKAY with Ada. It kept talking and not giving TIMELY directions and sounded weird, and eventually Ada started taking wrong turns just to spite it, but then it talked more.

FINE. She crashed -- on purpose -- to go back to the start, hit the damn thing's little squares and buttons until it quit talking, and then took her own sweet drive around LA. Heat? What heat? This was a victory lap to celebrate no nagging voices telling her how to drive.

Re: Race Time! -- Heat 2

[yogurtvore]

Blue didn't do anything exciting, she just drove carefully and did her best to follow the GPS unit's instructions. It might have bored their teacher to tears, but it was enough for second, so she was happy.