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I finished the class last night and guess what..... I PASSED!  Of course there was no test or no behind-the-wheel so if you had a pulse you passed.We were taught things like:

• The faster the car is going the more severe the injuries will be.
• Don't drink and drive.
• Texting while driving is dangerous.
• If you have any choice in what type of object you are going to hit go for the least massive one.
• Don't drive while you are sleepy.
• Wear your seatbelts.

So I didn't learn anything that I didn't already know but there were some positives:

• Twenty old geezers got out of the house for a couple of nights.
• Some of the old farts got to reminisce about their driving history.
• A retired policeman got paycheck for teaching the obvious.
• The do-gooders got to create a program that makes them feel like they've done good.
• The evil insurance companies are forced to give a 10% discount to people old who may actually be poor drivers.

Quote from: Ted S on 26 Feb, 2013 10:18After that diversion, back to the original topic.I had my first 4 hours of defensive driving school last night.  As expected, I already knew everything.  There was nothing that was new or unknown to me. Everything that was taught would be obvious to drivers with any experience at all.That said, it wasn't a bad class, it just wasn't useful for any reason other than to get me a 10% discount on my insurance.The good news is that the instructor is a retired cop and he has some interesting stories to tell. I guess it's better than spending the night watching some reality (aka game) show on TV.But you ARE missing CNBC Asia!

This one brought a smile to my face:

After that diversion, back to the original topic.I had my first 4 hours of defensive driving school last night.  As expected, I already knew everything.  There was nothing that was new or unknown to me. Everything that was taught would be obvious to drivers with any experience at all.That said, it wasn't a bad class, it just wasn't useful for any reason other than to get me a 10% discount on my insurance.The good news is that the instructor is a retired cop and he has some interesting stories to tell. I guess it's better than spending the night watching some reality (aka game) show on TV.

Pew has a quiz so you can figure out just exactly how cool you are in about 2 minutes.http://www.pewresearch.org/quiz/how-millennial-are-you/(I'm not so cool)

Quote from: wbcoleman on 23 Feb, 2013 22:27If the U.S. sinks as you fear, what takes its place?  Singapore???Oh boy, I don't know.  Which country becomes the economic superpower or which country becomes the military superpower?  I really don't know.  I don't know enough about the world to figure that one out.I think the USA will probably fall back into pack of today's European social democracies.  We will probably become indistinguishable from Sweden or Belgium.  Perhaps some other country will begin to pull ahead of the pack but I don't know enough to know which one it will be.Or perhaps it will be a Muslim country to take the lead because of the sheer demographics of it.  If birth rates in the Western World stay on their current path maybe Muslims will eventually be able to conquer the world by simply outnumbering everyone else.However it plays out, I'm not optimistic for the USA.

If the U.S. sinks as you fear, what takes its place?  Singapore???

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/02/20/joe-biden-shotgun-advice-could-land-jill-biden-in-jailAnd this moron is the Dem's 2016 candidate in waiting.

"If there's ever a problem," Biden said he told his wife Jill, "just walk out on the balcony here--walk out, put that double barrel shot gun and fire two blasts outside the house --"So,...the wife of the Vice-President of the USofA has to provide her own security when she's home alone. Huh? And naturally, when you take your double barrel shotgun out on the balcony in Chicago or LA and fire two blasts you don't have a thing to worry about. Except the S.W.A.T. team.

Slow Joe Biden gave us some advice on how to effectively fight back if your home is invaded:http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/02/19/biden_if_you_want_to_protect_yourself_get_a_double_barrel_shotgun.htmlAccording to the vice president when an armed intruder breaks your door down you should run to your closet, get out a double barrel shotgun, then go out onto your deck and fire two blasts into the air.  That will be enough to scare off the intruder that's inside your house.  Nice plan Joe!A couple of things come to mind:Joe said that you won't be needing a AR-15 with 30 shot clip because you can get the job done by just two blasts into the night sky. Joe has won a bunch of elections which means that he clearly knows the right amount of firepower necessary in every situation.  Thank god we're living in a country where anyone who wins an election automatically gains the knowledge necessary to know the the best course of action for every circumstance.Joe also said that we don't need AR-15s because they're harder to aim and harder to use than a shotgun.  I'm not so sure Joe's got this one right.I fired an M-16 a long time ago so my memory is a bit hazy but I remember being struck by how light it was and how little kick it had. Conversely, the few times I've fired a shotgun I've been surprised on how heavy it was and how much kick it had.Here's a gun shop owner that agrees with your's truly.http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/02/19/texas-gun-owner-smacks-down-bidens-claim-that-an-ar-15-is-harder-to-aim-use-than-a-double-barrel-shotgun/