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6 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdford, Or.
A Thursday, May , 1960 j
Future Russian
Drivers Receive j
'School Training j
(Editor1! note: The following ar
ticle appeared In a recent Issue of
"Safety Hducatlon" magazine. The
author, Hoth llunhar, Is the edu-
'cation writer for the ChlraifO Sun
Tlmrl. It li reprinted here because
of the Interesting comparison It
offers on driver education In this i
country and Russia.) I
By RUTH DUNBAR
It's a paradox that in Rus- '
sla, where owning a car Is a
luxury beyond the dreams of
the average citizen, schools
are teaching driver training
and there Is no controversy ,
about it. I
But in America, where
nearly every family has at j
least one car, many still que j
tion whether driver training :
belongs in the curriculum.
The U.S. Commorce depart- j
ment reported that as of last
January, there were 500,000 I
passenger cars in the Soviet
Union, compared with nearly
57 million in the United
States. In other words, we
v,,i mnro th.-m 100 times as
many. The streets of Moscow j
are wide - empty. I
Rooms Well Equipped !
But in the schools of Mos-1
cow, and in other cities as
well, we saw children study
ing driver training In rooms
that were better equipped
than most other rooms in
school.
Usually there was a cutaway
model of a car where students
could see the function of all
parts. Other rooms had only
the front half of a car. There
were spare engine parts which
were passed around the class
room. In addition, there were
illuminated traffic signs and
teaching posters.
When we visited Russia a
year ago not all schools had
driver training. It is part of
the new "polytechnic" or vo
cational program that Is being
Introduced In all schools as
rapidly as possible. In a rural
area we visited they were
teaching how to drive a tract
or rather than a car.
Stiff Training Course
Driver training is a two-
tatt.rVtt 'in thp
year tuuiac, ,,u6. - .
ninth nnrl tenth tirades. It
meets either three or four
hours a week. In tne lenm
grade, students get 10 to 15
hours of on-the-road training.
At the end of the course they
may take the examination' for
a driver's license. However,
the principal of one school
told us thnt only about 50
t of those who com
plete the course can pass the
stiff exam.
The In-Service Institute for
Training Teachers In Moscow
also had a driver training
room, where teachers could
brush up on their knowledge.
The director explained that
the purpose of teaching driver
training is not primarily to
train drivers, but to give stu
dents an understanding of the
automobile engine, which is
basic to many other engines.
Students Learn Mechanics
In the course, students nave
to learn not only how to
drive, but they must master
the theory of how the engine
works. (Teachers described
this and other polytechnic
courses as "science In action,"
ne "nnnlled Dhvsics.") And
they must learn how to repair
the car if anything goes
wrong. We were told that to
get a driver's license in Rus
sia, you must pass three tests
-theory, repairing the engine,
and on-the-ronrt driving.
Material siinnlied by the
Russian embassy shows that
Russia also has many driver
training establishments out
side the schools. Before tak
ing a course either to qualify
as an "amateur driver" (pri
vate car) or a "professional,"
one must pass a medical exam
ination where hearing, sight
and condition of the nervous
system are checked.
Trained Behind Wheel
The training In these spec
ialized courses seem to be
much the same as the course
in the public schools, except
that trainees get more train
ing behind the wheel. Ama
teurs get ZS nours, wncreas j c
4t. fx,, ta imifMlnnnl PPts H D
50-hour course.
There is no question that
Russia trains drivers far more
thoroughly than America
does. The embassy says the
accident statistics show the ad
vantages of such training, for
although the number of cars
In the Soviet Union Is grow
ing, the number of accidents j
is steadily decreasing.
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