Barber also produces a terrific book on driving. Makes things very
clear. I made the mistake of loaning it to a friend...you know how that goes.
--Pat K
Patrick Jones wrote:
>
> Skip Barber two day driving school. It was fantastic and I learned a
> ton. There was even a 16 year old there, sent by his parents to pass
> the class before he got his license. He had never driven a stick
> before and at the end was taking the Vipers around an autocross course.
>
> They taught car control theory, the physics behind suspension and what
> happens to a car in various situations (class room work). Outside we
> went through many lane change situations, threshold breaking practice,
> skid control, and proper (according to skip and friends) hand movement.
>
> A week after the course I used what I learned on the Sunol Grade to
> avoid a car by diving onto the shoulder and threshold breaking my Neon.
> Before the class I probably would have locked the wheels and held on.
>
> Well worth the money. This was at Laguna about three years ago. I
> will send my kids there when the time comes.
>
> patrick
>
> --- Rob Weinstock <weinstro@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Is anybody aware of decent driving instruction available for folks
> > that
> > didn't learn to drive until they were adults?
> >
> > This would be non-autox, non-high performance oriented, and instead
> > focused
> > on things like accident avoidance, car positioning, etc.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rob Weinstock
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