Show Moms Test The Cars The highway they travel Is the two-mile Michigan International a high-banked oval that sees Indianapolis-type race cars reach speeds of miles per BUT INSTEAD of flint-eyed race this group Is composed of mostly housewives and mothers who are employed by an auto manufacturer to handle driving assignments In connection with their mile exhaust emissions certification These drivers move at much slower of in order to reproduce country and expressway driving The testing program is carried out on a seven days a virtually disregarding weather FULL-TIME drivers cover as many as miles a year on the and one grandmother averages about miles a While the test drivers must have valid operator's licenses when they are required to go back to school before beginning their testing learn how to drive with consistent pressure on the accelerator and how to brake EACH CAR is fitted with a gauge thai measures the rate of acceleration and By matching pedal pressure to the instrument's the recruits learn how to smooth out driving techniques In order to conform with the strict government rules pertaining to The cars are driven at speeds up to 70 miles per hour and at the end of the lest cycle are Inspected and evaluated for component durability and items like antifreeze and oil change i DURING their eight-hour work driver's only 1 companion is a a device that verifies for the government that the prescribed route and testing sequence have been Comparable id an aircraft in-flight the is attached to the car's speedometer The instrument tracks every aspect of a run-the time the test was started and vehicle stops and all the while plotting a graph of road speed against actual test |