Miss Elizabeth Dawson, a secretary for Ivon Watkins-Dow, Ltd, at speed on Ruapuna Park yesterday during an advanced driving course run by the company.
Male and female employees in the company’s marketing division were taught emergency car control, including how to handle a skidding car at speed, and during “panic” stops.
According to Mr Selwyn Melville, the head instructor, the women on the course acquitted themselves at least as well as the men.
It is the first time that Mr Melville’s Australianbased company, the Peter Wherrett Advanced Driving School, has run a course for company drivers in the South Island.
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