Every learner should need to sit throught the presentation that I and a class did once in 1971 back in Wooster Ohio. When the seminar was over and we went to our cars, we were damn near scared to even put the thing in drive at all. ( we had already begun the standard driving class in school and our egos had us feeling like we had it down. )
The class was presented by the state police accident scene PHOTOGRAPHER ! . Yep, you got it, The most eye-popping, graphic, ‘scared strait’ experience every driver should see. Complete with a reaction time demonstration using a $20 bill ( this is 1971 ) dangled between your open finger tips ( thumb & first finger open about 3" ) by the speaker and dropped by him at random. “If you can catch it you can keep it.” Out of thirty people in the room he gave out only one $20 bill.
This was a most valuable part of learning the automobile for the MACHINE that it is that every learner must get early on. Along with learning mechanical function and maintainance, and driving operations like winter, skids, trailer, and stopping distance that re-shapes your sub-concious approach to driving from day one.
Learners must realize the MACHINE they are operating from the git-go. It’s not the living room furniture like it feels inside. It’s not their personal sound system. It’s not a show-off clothing accessory nor party time. When they “get” this from the start then the rest makes logical sense as they learn.