TITLE

Driver's manual scorecard

PUB. DATE

February 1997

SOURCE

Overdrive;Feb97, Vol. 37 Issue 2, p14

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports that most state driver's license manuals have shortcomings when it comes to teaching new drivers how to share the road with trucks, according to a survey conducted by John Deere Transportation Services. John Deere's launching of a letter-writing campaigns to get states to add better information.

ACCESSION #

9702093467

Tags: MOTOR vehicle driving

 

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