Area teachers get refresher on drivers' education
By Jodi Heckel
Saturday October 11, 2008
Robert K. O'Daniell
Kyle Herges, a drivers'-education teacher at Centennial High School, takes a ride on the Illinois State Police's 'seat-belt convincer' machine Friday during the Illinois High School & College Driver Education Association's workshop at the Mellon Administration Center in Champaign.
CHAMPAIGN – Josh Landon had never seen the "seat-belt convincer" demonstrated before. And when the drivers'-education teacher at Crescent-Iroquois High School strapped himself in and rolled down an incline to an abrupt stop, he was surprised at the impact.
"It's pretty intense for 5 miles per hour," Landon said. "It's definitely a bigger shock than what I was expecting."
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