Defensive driving classes?
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Topic: Defensive driving classes?
Posted By: kawana
Subject: Defensive driving classes?
Date Posted: 31 October 2008 at 11:03am
| Are there any defensive driving classes in the lower mainland? I need some help when it comes to driving a mid engined car in the rain, i spun out for the 2nd time in a year in the same situation today. Come to a corner, downshift into 2nd going about 20km-30km, give it a little too much gas, back end brakes loose, i panic and slam on the breaks. I ended up doing a 180 and was right next to the sidewalk (didn't hit it luckily), if it had been on purpose it would have been cool lol :D The same exact thing happened shortly after i bought it, luckily both times there were no cars around. |
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Posted By: Bassman
Date Posted: 31 October 2008 at 11:35am
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You can attend courses through the BMW club, or contact Drivers Unlimited directly: http://www.bmwccbc.org/schools/index.html - http://www.bmwccbc.org/schools/index.html http://www.drivingunlimited.com/index.html - http://www.drivingunlimited.com/index.html ------------- Brian (Bassman) 86 GT Fastback 3.2L 2013 Mazda3 Sport GS SkyActive [IMG]http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u243/Bassman68/BassmanSignature.png"> |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 31 October 2008 at 2:32pm
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I would highly recommend the BMW courses also. Pre-requisite for all their courses is the car control course. You do not have to have a BMW to take these courses. You bring your own car. Also, if you work for a company that requires you to drive a company car, they may put you on a course anyways. I took the defensive driving course when I worked for Telus. -------------  Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
Posted By: Patrick
Date Posted: 01 November 2008 at 1:19am
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Not sure what tranny you have, but this is one reason why I prefer to drive a manual tranny instead of an automatic. When I've had similar problems of losing control on a slippery road, instead of slamming on the brakes, I've quickly stepped in the clutch (while turning into the skid) and coasted momentarily, just long enough for the tires to regain a grip. Every situation is different, but it would be good practice for anyone to go someplace where they can experiment without fear of having/causing an accident. |
kawana wrote:Posted By: kawana
Date Posted: 01 November 2008 at 2:47am
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i have a manual tranny, my problem is that i panic and hit the brakes instead. |