[Jims5543]

My older son did the Tire Rack Street survival driving school when he was newly licensed and had a little experience under his belt.

I highly suggest it for any 16-21 year old.

I am not sure if all the schools are the same. At this one they had an 18 wheeler in the parking lot after lunch with about 15 cars parked around it. They had every kid get in the driver seat of the 18 wheeler to see that all 15 cars could not be seen by the driver.

Many of the parents there asked to get in too and we were all shocked by what the trucker cannot see.

Each kid gets their own SCCA or PCA (or whatever group is sponsoring the event) driving instructor.

The instructor has them check their tire pressure, then pop the hood and show them how to inspect all the fluid levels in the car and explain how to recognize what each one smells like in case there was a leak that could be a problem.

Then they do some classroom time, explaining handling dynamics of the car, similar to a classroom session at a DE except geared more to novice drivers and not centered around performance driving.

Then they go out and do an emergency breaking situation in a straight line triggering the ABS (if equipped) or threshold of the brakes. Repeat a few times then try doing it while turning, as in avoiding an accident.

Then the go onto a dry skid pad, induce oversteer then try to recover from it.

Then they move on to a course laid out where they will be doing a decently high speed accident avoidance. The idea here is to disrupt the car and have them recover it.

Then back to a wet skid pad for some more rain simulation sliding and recovering.

They put it all together on a small Autocross course with no timing. Where you see the kids confidence in car control really take form. Then they throw in a curve ball.

They have the kid take out their phone and try to perform a task while driving on the Autocross course.

Best $75 I ever spent.

The last time I posted a link I broke a thread. Just take the spaces out of this one.

http: //www.streetsurvival. org/