New Driver

That, my friends, is a cool new concept tire Michelin has been working on since 2005. They call it the "Tweel" as it's a combination of both tire and wheel. List member Dan G. sent these photos to me. The flexible spoke design allows the Tweel to handle almost any kind of road obstacle or pothole without damaging the tire. In fact, there's not even a need to check the air pressure on these things, because there is none. It's an airless tire.

I haven't found them on sale yet, but you can get more information here. It looks kind of like the car is just floating on air since you can see right through the spokes.

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As a driver instructor for a local high school, I've learned that even the brightest of students can be rattled and flustered the first time they get behind the wheel of a car.

One day I had three beginning drivers in the training car, and the class valedictorian was the first one to take the vehicle out on the road into traffic. Each student would drive for thirty minutes.

At the end of the first half hour, I asked the student to change places with one of the other drivers.

Gripping the wheel tightly and staring straight ahead, he asked in a shaky voice, "Should I stop the car first?"

[Joe's Clean Laffs]

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WISDOM for YOUR WEEK: "Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth." (1 John 3:18)

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