Originally Posted by
BarracksSi
I really wish that I had more thorough instruction when I was a kid. Basically, what I learned was basic car control... *add-on* I appreciate that you got to do an advanced school, but really, shouldn't everyone have to take instruction like that? It's not like your car is any more dangerous than any others and needs you to know more about driving.
I agree, driver's ed in the US is simply how to operate a vehicle, not how to drive. I took something similar to
Street Survival when I was 23 and had just moved from a 92hp front wheel drive car with an automatic transmission to a 240hp rear wheel drive, manual transmission. Night and Day. The first car couldnt get out of its own way if you dropped a brick on the gas pedal, the second car can pin you into the seat or put you into a slide
right now.
The course wasn't particularly advanced, an hour or two of classroom and the rest of the day driving on wet asphalt. It was designed for teenagers but everyone can benefit from it, and I'd love to see it incorporated into driver's ed. It looks like driver's edge is very similar (and free? wow!).