Eye on MI | Mustang Sally

Published 10:13 am Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The Defensive Driving drivers education school that opened on Mercer Island last year has employed a new way to get student drivers interested in their school. A brand new 2012 Mustang coupe, painted with bright colors and parked at the edge of the Rite Aid parking lot, is designed to attract student drivers with the idea of sitting behind the wheel of such a hot car.

JC Fawcett, whose family owns Defensive Driving schools, says the intent is simple. Particularly for boys, the idea of driving a hot car is almost irresistible, he said. Students who are doing well in the instruction do get a chance to drive the car. Fawcett, however, wants to tell parents that it is just a V6 — not the high-powered model that sports car enthusiasts might buy.