Was said:
> How can you train for that? I don't want to accumulate sufficient
> experience with children running into the street. I think too many of
> them would get hit before I learned. I am happy to have ABS.
>
>   
With both the daughters and granddaughter, I would tell them, When I 
wave or point my hand in front of them or say something, to practice an 
evasive maneuver, including hard braking, steering or combination. Then 
at a deserted wide open road area, I would trigger the event with a 
quick point in a direction, and say ball, child, deer, or what seemed an 
appropriate hazard.  I encouraged them to practice finding the limits of 
the vehicle under a variety of road conditions, when there was space and 
conditions were safe. For example, if you have a 4 lane road in a fairly 
tight curve, one could use the width to do a tighter curve gradually and 
see if the vehicle under or over steers, and effect of braking or 
acceleration. Of course with no other traffic near. And then there are 
parking lots, in the winter get there early Sunday morning before snow 
plowing and salting.

Shortly after we got married (41 years ago), we bought a VW bug 
(standard beetle). Since they handle so different under hard conditions, 
I spent 2 hours with the wife in a  parking lot, until she knew every 
control location by touch, how the vehicle handled on ice and fairly 
deep snow. When we got the first 4WD Bronco, it was a similar scenario. 
I have never worried about the family in the worst of weather and 
driving conditions.
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