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Lsoing grip...

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  • 14-01-2008 9:55pm
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    bonkey
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    As part of the Swiss qualification system, I was required to take two one-day courses after passing my test (they have to be done within 3 or 4 years).

    In one of these courses, we brought our own cars, and did some "fun" stuff. Amongst this was a "skid corner" which is basically a corner made of polished concrete which they pour water over until its soaking wet. The end effect is remarkably similar to wet ice. We got to drive this about 10 times...to get the feel of what your own car feels like when it loses it on a corner in the wet/snow....and to hopefully learn a little bit about what to do. We tried braking, accelerating, turning into and out of the skid...the right things as well as the wrong, to learn what happens.

    This weekend just gone, I went to Adelboden (in the Swiss Alps). Once we got off teh motorway and onto the valley roads (with the big drops at times), the rain turned to snow. I can honestly say that the hour I spent on that skid-corner were what let me be able to drive that road.

    OK, so you don't get much snow and ice in Ireland, but you do get rain.

    If you get the chance...take a course in advanced driving / skid control or anything like that. Seriously. I can't recommend it enough.


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