Safety & Driving Seminars

[TomoHawk]

Has anybody been to anything like:

SCCA safety seminar

NEO driver's school

M.V.R. driver's school

What do they talk about or teach a those things? Is it any good to go even just to listen or watch?

thx

[beandip]

Has anybody been to anything like:

SCCA safety seminar

NEO driver's school

M.V.R. driver's school

What do they talk about or teach a those things? Is it any good to go even just to listen or watch?

thx

YOU ARE KIDDING !! RIGHT ??

[TomoHawk]

What exactly is your point?

[240ZX]

TomoHawk,

Most all of these driving schools are very informative. For an entry level student.....safety issues, driving techniques, and learning the correct lines around a course are some of the basic items covered along with time on the track. Anyone who is interested in improving their driving skills will benfit from attending. There are also other driving classes such as "Executive Driving Courses" that teach one offensive and defensive driving skills, in addition to time on the race track. Some of the one day courses are very reasonable, considering what you learn and get to do, while most of the three day courses are in the neighborhood of $2500 and up. Give yourself a real nice gift and attend one....you'll love it!

[TomoHawk]

Thanks Tom,

Any course, seminar or school you can get to will probably help you out if you ever want to try any racing. I was curious about why some are called 'safety seminar' because it sounds like something not involving any kind of competition. No info on those on the SCCA website.

I think I would add that the defensive driving courses for regular street driving are also good. The courses aimed at racing need some caution though, because your insurance might not cover any damages, but the defensive (racing) courses are geared toward basic driving skills so the insurance should be good there.

[Stack]

TomoHawk...

Sorry I'm just now finding this thread... do you have any links to the ones you mentioned in your first post?

If they are indeed 'safety seminars' where participants and organizers get together and learn about and discuss the safety of our sport/hobby/passion... I'd be very interested in finding out where to attend.

I got the impression from your 1st post that you know what a 'Driver's Ed' event is and that these appeared to be something different

-Stacy

[TomoHawk]

Tom,

I Googled "Executive Driving Courses" and got nothing but one web mpage about a Limo servic that had drivers that the courses to prove the drivers are better than others.

Who put on those Executive Driving Courses? private companies? This subject came up on another web site I was looking at, soon My car will be in storage and I will have lots of time to plan things for next Spring & Summer.

thx

[SJGREEN71]

TomoHawk,

I believe NASA (National Auto Sport Association) not the guys with the rockets, puts on track days and perhaps driving schools at Mid-Ohio. Their website http://racenasa.nasamidwest.com/ doesn't seem to say anything about this, but it could be worth a call. NASA is based on the West Coast and sponsors track day events for street legal cars and at reasonable cost. Check it out.

[TomoHawk]

NASA has courses in street driving and defensive street driving?

[zbane]

If you find one of these classes, you should enroll. The last time I was shopping for insurance, one of the questions they all asked was "Have you taken a [drivers class]?" This leaves me to assume that these classes might LOWER your insurance, and that can't be bad.

One concern, though, would be that there are "classes" for how shall we say, troubled drivers. By troubled I mean to say people who are directed by the legal system to take a "drivers course" to learn about drunk driving, so try not to get into one of those.

[SJGREEN71]

NASA has courses in street driving and defensive street driving?

No, most driving courses held at a track tend to be more oriented toward track driving. Threshold braking, proper line through the corner, trailing braking and the like. These skills will also be very useful, however, if you find yourself in an emergency situation on the street. Defensive driving on the street boils down pretty much to pulling over and letting the asshole who wants to drive 20 miles per hour faster than you in any particular lane when you are already doing 10 miles over the limit. That and maintaining a safe distance between cars.

[TomoHawk]

zbane-

Through my Googling (verb) I found the same kind of thing: that some driver's courses are what you'd call 'traffic school' for people who may have one too many citations, and both the legal system and insurance companies want them to "learn" about the right way to drive before being let back onto the streets.

But you're right in that I'm looking for something to develop already good driving habits. Personally, I could just go on with the way I drive and be satisfied, but if I'm driving the Z at (maybe a little faster than ) the speed limit or in traffic in some strange city ( I wanna go touring when my car is done) then I'd like to be a little better prepared to keep the bugger in great shape.

thx