New Car Safety Demonstration

[VoodooBoss]

As my 15 1/2 year old twins look to get their drivers permits in the next couple of weeks car safety has been on my mind. Here's a good example of why I'll be getting them a relatively new car to drive.

 

[TMSBOSS]

As the father of a 22 yr old daughter who had a car wrecked out from under her. You also may want too invest in training for the kids. Drivers Ed is marginal at best. Basically if Everything goes right kids are marginally trained to handle a car. Example. Do drivers ed classes ever teach skid control? I grew up with snow and not we did not do anything behind the wheel regarding skid control. How hard is it to wet down a parking lot?? Emergency or panic stops?? Little to no training. Obstacle avoidance?

I took my daughter to the track and got her some instruction.

I got the second chance, some parents don't. She was driving her Mustang and was T-Bones and pushed into oncoming traffic and hit again. A few tenths of a second one way or another, I would NOT have had the chance to get her addition training for When things Go Wrong. All vehicles were doing 55MPH + Scary to think about.

I thank God Ford build our cars to take a hit.

 

[VoodooBoss]

Thanks Tracy and I'm with you on that. I'm glad your daughter survived. Cars are so much safer, and better, than when we first got our licenses it's amazing we survived. Both of my kids have been driving karts since they were 8 years old and my son has done a few races. I plan on getting them into a defensive drivers class as soon as they get their licenses. I also think the Forza driving with the wheels and pedal setup we have will help them a bit as well. My father in law has had my son out in his Ford Ranger teaching him how to drive a manual and he has done well. He thinks he's going to drive my GT350 as soon as he gets his license. Dream on!

 

[TMSBOSS]

Yep. They do need to dream.

In my case, I had the Boss on Hagerty collectors insurance and they only insure drivers over 25.

 

[barstowpo]

My daughter went to a program called Drivers Edge when she had her permit and again just after she got her license. She has been driving for 10 years and is the only one of her group of friends to have not had an accident. This is especially significant since she moved to Montana 7 years ago with no snow driving experience, There are many programs like this. One is put on by a drag racer who lost both his teen sons in a accident.

 

[VoodooBoss]

If anyone knows of a school like that in the Sacramento area please let me know how I can get in contact with them.

 

[barstowpo]

Drivers Edge is in Vegas which makes a nice weekend and is relatively inexpensive. Program is free. Doug Herbert's program BRAKES is in Pomona. I'm sure there are others. We went to Vegas. Normally Vegas isn't my cup of tea but this was well worth it.

 

[M91196]

The backstory behind BRAKES is enough to make you want to send them a donation and enroll your kids.
25K kids trained no charge.

 

[barstowpo]

The story behind Drivers Edge is similar. Unfortunately, there are too many stories like that.

 

[VoodooBoss]

Hmmm, Drivers Edge will be in my backyard, Reno, later this summer.

http://driversedge.org/tour

 

[barstowpo]

We had a great experience at Drivers Edge both times we went. It also covers some basics such as vehicle maintenance that new drivers may or may not even have been exposed to.

 

[jpt3]

That video is incredible. My daughter turns 16 next month and two weeks later she's signed up for the Bertil Roos highway driving school.


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