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February 10, 2012

Winter driving school: humbling, but worthwhile

By JOHN FLESHER
Associated Press

HANCOCK, Mich. — I'm at the wheel of a Buick Park Avenue, driving about 30 mph on a snowy surface, when a sharp curve looms ahead. I tap the brake and steer leftward entering the turn. But something goes wrong. The car skids to the right and — WHOMP — slams into a snowbank, where it's stuck fast. Auugghh!!

Fortunately, staffers with the Keweenaw Research Center's Winter Driving School are accustomed to such miscues. Instructor Mark Osborne radios a waiting tow truck and I'm free in a jiffy, my only injury a bruised ego.


 
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