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Re: AWD/Defensive Driver Courses??

Fri, 22 October 2004 10:44

Isometric_Bacon wrote on Fri, 22 October 2004 15:24

Anyone know any versions of these courses in Adelaide? preferably where you use your own car?

If you or your folks are comprehensively insured with AAMI and you are under 25, you get to do a def driving course for free. It's a full day, half theory, half prac, and you use your own car.
There are 5 Excercises.
Emergency stopping (Too see how good or shit your car is at stopping). Stopping distance is measured.

Slalom work: First at 35 KPH, then at 45, then 45, then 35

Driving around a bend (Horseshoe), again 35, 45, 45, then 35

Emergency avoidance: Driving upto a fork, instructor will yell LEFT or RIGHT. first gives you only 1 second, then 2, then 3, then 1

Emergency stopping: 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 1 second.

It is mainly to show you stopping distances, 10KPH increase and how leaving a 2 second gap makes a very big difference. They dont really tell you how to do the slalom quickly, but give you tips if you get crossed up.

Quite a good course. Generally common sense, but it does let you see what your car can do.

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