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Show Husbands and wives have been debating their driving merits for ages; now theexperts add fuel to the argument— fuel for both sides By THEODORE IRWIN specially equipped Comets each run 100,000 miles . . . averaging 105 mph Ford-powered Lotus stands up to the searing punishment of famous Indian- ... at the Daytona International Speed- apolis “500” classic. Finishes 2nd .. . way. An unprecedentedtest of durability! only 34 seconds out of Ist place! Fords place 1st, 2nd and 3rd in Riverside “600” for competition-modified stock cars—10th straight Ford victory in “600 Five Ford pickups each complete a 100,000-mile durability run in Texas. No NASCAR Award for Engineering Excellence goes to Ford Motor Co. for“out- transmissions or clutches. proof of performance and reliability.” As for skill, not long ago the Center completed a study of performance in more than 10,000 driver-license tests in suburban,urban, and rural communities. “Our data,” the report concluded, “indicate that female applicants generally do as well as the men on the road test.” Similar findings have been madeby the American Automobile Association, which conducts driving classes for thousands of men and women. Onthedistaff front, I sought the views of the nation’s outstanding woman driving instructor. She is Mrs. Devona L. Griffith of Dayton, Ohio, who has been a driving teacher in the city high schools for the past 21 years and a teacher of adults since 1955 in Dayton’s Safety School for Traffic Violators. “I have found,” she told me, “that in performance, women are a little safer than men because they’re very serious about safety. It’s a fact that we have far fewer women than men appearing in our a. mile-or-over"” NASCARevents. ao ! peat Engineering excellence puts extra value . into your Ford-built car... Quality Car Care keeps it there! traffic court—and I don’t believeit’s because our police officers are more lenient to women.” @ 00 OFTEN,” adds Dr. Brody,“we con- sider the characteristics of the woman driver as fixed and permanent. Most of these faults can be eliminated. When women havetrouble parking, for example, it is inaccurate to say nothing can be done about it. Women can learn to perform the maneuvers just as well as men. To achieve this, I strongly recommenda refresher training course.” There’s no positive answer to the menace or myth question—except in such individual cases as the one related by a Boston traffic expert. Some months ago, in a restricted speed zone near Cambridge, a policemanin a patrol car stopped a convertible. “Take it easy,” he warned the driver, a middle-aged man. “You've been moving too fast.” As theofficer started to leave, the woman passenger in the car turned to the driver. “Let me do the driving, Bob,” she said, and they switched places. Perhaps, with all the aspersions being cast upon her, the womandriveris taking on a newlook. Family Weekly, April 26, 1964 7 Factory-trained mechanics at Quality Car Care Dealers havespecial skills and Special tools, too! Your Ford-built car needssolittle care,it’s just goodsense genuine parts for Ford-built cars ... to give it the best. That meansfriendly, same quality as original equipment! fair-priced Quality Car Care. QUALITY CAR CARE coms Only at FORD and LINCOLN-MERCURY DEALERS ond |