Driver Training

Panda · 23-05-2005, 11:28 AM

I've done a couple of Defensive Driving Courses, both on the track and on a skid pan. (in cars and a medium/rigid truck :eclipsee_ )

Track - good practice for high speed cornering, trail braking, drifting, emergency braking, obstacle avoidance etc. Not all of those skills were the aim of the courses, but that is what I took away from them. Use them all the time on the road.

Skid Pan - great fun, and you learn how to recover an out of control vehicle, and when the time comes, those skills kick in without you thinking about it. (i.e. - wet road one day, rear stepped out while going around a corner, recovered, missus said 'how did you do that', 'dunno, just did')

The downside of this knowledge is that you can either use it to drive safer or you can use it to drive faster.........I choose faster.

Panda

View Poll Results: Have you done a Advanced/Defensive Driver Training Course?
Yes, I have done a skid pan based one	22	23.40%
Yes, I have done a race track type one	33	35.11%
Yes, I have done the AAMI Skilled Driver course	6	6.38%
Yes, I have done an on-road one that had a little bit of skid pan stuff	15	15.96%
No, I have never done one, but will give an opinion anyway	35	37.23%
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