For those who don't know I worked for 6 years as a defensive and advanced driving instructor and encountered a number of participants with a license that IMO were totally unsuited to driving as they had little or no idea of car dynamics and what would happen if they did the wrong thing in certain situations.
Almost all had no idea of stopping difference when the speed was doubled. Most thought the stopping distance was doubled when in fact it was quadrupled.
Another exercise was the emergency lane change much the same as the moose test where the driver was given a direction to change lanes at the last moment possible to do it correctly.Sadly many failed and either locked everything up and sailed straight on thru the cones blocking the lane they were in,others accelerated instead of applying the brake.we used to demonstrate the correct way before the participants tried and also demonstrated what can happen if the wheel was turned hard before applying the brake which usually results in a loss of control and the car spinning.
FYI the later models passed the test easily
We also conducted a braking exercise on wet surfaces with and without ABS engaged and so many were unable to apply sufficient pedal pressure to experience how the ABS worked and it's sound and feel pulsating brake pedal.Some thought that they had applied sufficient pressure and the ABS was working when in fact it wasn't. FWIW I always encouraged everyone to test the ABS in their car in a safe place at app 35mph
as there have been reports of some drivers actually getting off the brakes when the ABS was activated and that is not a good thing
I had to explain the for the ABS system to do its job they had to apply sufficient pressure to actually lock a wheel before the system would unlock the wheel.
Almost all had no idea of stopping difference when the speed was doubled. Most thought the stopping distance was doubled when in fact it was quadrupled.
Another exercise was the emergency lane change much the same as the moose test where the driver was given a direction to change lanes at the last moment possible to do it correctly.Sadly many failed and either locked everything up and sailed straight on thru the cones blocking the lane they were in,others accelerated instead of applying the brake.we used to demonstrate the correct way before the participants tried and also demonstrated what can happen if the wheel was turned hard before applying the brake which usually results in a loss of control and the car spinning.
We also conducted a braking exercise on wet surfaces with and without ABS engaged and so many were unable to apply sufficient pedal pressure to experience how the ABS worked and it's sound and feel pulsating brake pedal.Some thought that they had applied sufficient pressure and the ABS was working when in fact it wasn't. FWIW I always encouraged everyone to test the ABS in their car in a safe place at app 35mph
as there have been reports of some drivers actually getting off the brakes when the ABS was activated and that is not a good thing
I had to explain the for the ABS system to do its job they had to apply sufficient pressure to actually lock a wheel before the system would unlock the wheel.
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