TAKING A LONGER VIEW
When I was 14 my father would sometimes allow me to take a turn at driving the family car on some near-deserted country roads. The problem was that I would tend to look closely at the center lines in the road just ahead of the car, and on curves or even straightaway I would be unable to steer the car without overcompensating. My father told me something very valuable at that time which I never forgot. He said, “If you look up ahead and fix your eyes on the road 100 yards in front of you, you’ll drive more safely and the car will naturally stay in the center of the lane.” He was right. I had to get over the fixation of the center lane markers and get my focus farther up ahead of me to steer a right course. Just so . . . we need to get a long view of the course set before us in…
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