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In the (good ol') times, to get a driving license (here in Italy) you had to have a basic understanding of how cars worked, including the engine, the gearbox, c
by jaclaz 4y ago
In the (good ol') times, to get a driving license (here in Italy) you had to have a basic understanding of how cars worked, including the engine, the gearbox, clutch, etc. and driving schools would have had a "fake" car with all the mechanisms visible (and working) so that the teacher could explain in practice how everything worked.
They were "pieces of art", examples:
https://www.museomotori.unipa.it/img/main/180.jpg https://www.museomotori.unipa.it/img/main/180.jpg
https://www.dannatavintage.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/0001_autotelaio-scuola-guida_anni-70_036602440_11513.jpg https://www.dannatavintage.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/00...
- qsort 4y agoYou still do (to a lesser extent). How a transmission works is a typical driving test question.
- jaclaz 4y agoYep, but only a very few (old) driving schools have these models (that would be anyway largely obsolete), and those that still have them keep them only for decorative/historical reasons. Now what is (usually) taught is not "how a transmission works" but rather "how to answer the questions on how transmission works" (which is different).