My BRZ gets a brief 15 seconds of fame on the local news - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

snapspinner · 04-22-2013, 06:36 PM

I was instructing at a Tire Rack BMWCCA Street survival school this past weekend and a local news camera man showed up to take some footage. I was using the BRZ as the lead car in the tailgating exercise while they were shooting and was in a couple of shots that made the story. Link is below.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/video?id=9074474

For those that are curious in the tailgating exercise the instructor in the lead car drives in one lane while the student "follows" in the lane next instructors car. They are encouraged to follow at an unsafe distance so that when the instructor brakes rapidly the students can easily see if they would have contacted the lead car if they had been following that close. The students go through the exercise several times with their in car instructor adding distractions which make it harder for the students to stop in time, demonstrating how playing with a phone, etc can lead to accidents.

Ganthrithor · 04-22-2013, 07:10 PM

Requirements for getting a DL in this country are such a joke: I still find it hard to believe that this sort of thing isn't a required part of the licencing process. Glad to see some people learning to drive, though.

Doug&Julie · 04-23-2013, 11:25 AM

Very cool. We need more of this in this country. Congrats on the "celeb status".

Getagrip · 04-24-2013, 03:03 PM

I instructed one of these courses last summer. The course will be mandatory when my kids reach driving age.

LeeMaster · 04-24-2013, 03:32 PM

I can hear your exhaust! Are you using UEL?

ngabdala · 04-24-2013, 05:25 PM

Which exhaust are you running? Sounded nice

Quote:

Originally Posted by snapspinner

I was instructing at a Tire Rack BMWCCA Street survival school this past weekend and a local news camera man showed up to take some footage. I was using the BRZ as the lead car in the tailgating exercise while they were shooting and was in a couple of shots that made the story. Link is below.

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/video?id=9074474

For those that are curious in the tailgating exercise the instructor in the lead car drives in one lane while the student "follows" in the lane next instructors car. They are encouraged to follow at an unsafe distance so that when the instructor brakes rapidly the students can easily see if they would have contacted the lead car if they had been following that close. The students go through the exercise several times with their in car instructor adding distractions which make it harder for the students to stop in time, demonstrating how playing with a phone, etc can lead to accidents.

snapspinner · 04-24-2013, 09:02 PM

Thanks for the comments on the exhaust. It's a Nameless muffler delete pipe.

04-22-2013, 06:36 PM	#1
snapspinner Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: BRZ Location: NC Posts: 83 Thanks: 20 Thanked 41 Times in 25 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	My BRZ gets a brief 15 seconds of fame on the local news I was instructing at a Tire Rack BMWCCA Street survival school this past weekend and a local news camera man showed up to take some footage. I was using the BRZ as the lead car in the tailgating exercise while they were shooting and was in a couple of shots that made the story. Link is below. http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/video?id=9074474 For those that are curious in the tailgating exercise the instructor in the lead car drives in one lane while the student "follows" in the lane next instructors car. They are encouraged to follow at an unsafe distance so that when the instructor brakes rapidly the students can easily see if they would have contacted the lead car if they had been following that close. The students go through the exercise several times with their in car instructor adding distractions which make it harder for the students to stop in time, demonstrating how playing with a phone, etc can lead to accidents. __________________ "There's no need to drive anything else." - Jeremy Clarkson

04-23-2013, 11:25 AM	#3
Doug&Julie Boxer Fan Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Beaverton, OR Posts: 72 Thanks: 5 Thanked 19 Times in 13 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Very cool. We need more of this in this country. Congrats on the "celeb status". __________________ Doug 2012 Subaru Impreza 2.0i 1986 Porsche 911

04-24-2013, 03:03 PM	#4
Getagrip Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: SWP BRZ Location: Florida Posts: 72 Thanks: 14 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I instructed one of these courses last summer. The course will be mandatory when my kids reach driving age. __________________ SWP BRZ

04-24-2013, 03:32 PM	#5
LeeMaster Red wine Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Subaru BRZ(R.I.P) Location: Denied Posts: 1,176 Thanks: 1,268 Thanked 342 Times in 240 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I can hear your exhaust! Are you using UEL? __________________

04-24-2013, 09:02 PM	#7
snapspinner Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: BRZ Location: NC Posts: 83 Thanks: 20 Thanked 41 Times in 25 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks for the comments on the exhaust. It's a Nameless muffler delete pipe. __________________ "There's no need to drive anything else." - Jeremy Clarkson

04-22-2013, 07:10 PM	#2
Ganthrithor Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: '13 BRZ, '06 997, Other Things(TM) Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 1,078 Thanks: 1,715 Thanked 670 Times in 351 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Requirements for getting a DL in this country are such a joke: I still find it hard to believe that this sort of thing isn't a required part of the licencing process. Glad to see some people learning to drive, though.

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