Originally Posted by
black_box
I don't think theres a substitute for practice and experience in your car handling skills. The best thing for my driving was taking a couple classes in car control (cheap from local car club) where they taught you how to counter-steer a spin and you actually practiced emergency braking, lane changes, braking while turning, etc. Highly recommended and its a shame that its not in driver's ed courses.
I did take a course like this recently called Driver's Edge. I would highly recommend it to anyone with kids who are about the start driving, or have been driving for a couple of years. Age limit is 15-21, but parents are welcome to come and watch, and you will learn a whole lot just by watching.