On 6/8/2011 11:10 PM, Sean Breheny wrote:
> I wish we were more like Finland in this regard. I first got my
> driver's license in the US state of Pennsylvania. The theory book was
> all about traffic laws and nothing about physics or techniques. The
> practical training should require, I believe, practice at full-speed
> emergency stopping, stopping and steering in slippery conditions,
> controlling slides and skids, etc.
I suggest the new driver, cautiously, and slowly increasing severity=20
(don't know if this is exactly the correct word) explore the limits of=20
the vehicle. Different road surfaces, weather conditions, braking, hard=20
sudden turns, etc. when traffic, road conditions (a nice wide road, no=20
traffic, etc.) allow. With this experience (knowledge??) and knowing=20
where traffic and escape routes are around you, one can many times=20
navigate under control away from danger.
> Too many people just freak out the
> moment the car does anything other than act like it is glued to the
> road.
I always am amazed at the video of a full size SUV that rear wheels are=20
sliding around, vehicle comes to perpendicular to movement and rolls=20
over, all with the front wheels pointed straight ahead. :( Probably a=20
small quick correction would have been little more than a jolt for=20
passengers. Watching off road, rally, and dirt track oval racing can be=20
an education, on how to steer, but each vehicle is different. and that's=20
where the experimenting is needed.
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