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Wednesday, July 06, 2005One of the main lessons of the driving courses is to train the driver's eyes -- through repeated skill drills -- to automatically look in the direction the car needs to go rather than looking at the danger. In the MasterDrive course, lights are used to simulate a drunken driver veering out of a lane into the driver's path. Initially, most drivers slam on their brakes and steer directly into the oncoming car -- some of them even close their eyes and let go of the steering wheel. By repeating the simulation over and over, the driver learns to look and steer toward an open area to escape the oncoming car. Driving Dynamics participants spend part of the course behind the wheel of a patented 'slide' car. An instructor sits in the passenger seat with a control box that sends the car into a skid. Initially it's unnerving and even scary, but with instruction and encouragement, the driver quickly learns how to regain control of the car. We just watched a lot of scary accident movies. " posted by Sydney on 7/06/2005 08:15:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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