[s-cars] Kids and cars

[Steve Powers]

Taka -

> The Skip Barber teen course or something similar is required attendance if
> you can afford it.
> Learning the right techniques and not learning bad habits will pay huge
> dividends down the road.

the PNW Audi club offers teen clinics from time to time. I only hope
they still do, and that we still have cars, when my 7 y.o. learns to
drive.

> I can't even count the number of times that I've been able to avoid
> accidently because I was able
> to draw upon past autocross and track driving experience and I don't have
> that much of that kind
> of experience.

ditto. I've avoided more accidents by accelerating and steering than I
ever have by braking and "hanging on".

> I know that having this experience, I was able to avoid major damage to a
> rental car on an icy road
> (crunched the grille and nothing else, super lucky). Those are only two
> instances.

there's one (braindead) woman alive today because I knew how to do a
handbrake turn.

Steve Powers