fungus wrote:Scotlands Northern Constabulary have apparently abandoned doing skid pan training due to three of their cars leaving the road on a particular bend. Apparently this was due to the drivers using conventional techniques when the back end stepped out. I can't remember why, but apparently it's better to let the on board computer take control in a vehicle fitted with stability control systems.
fungus wrote:Scotlands Northern Constabulary have apparently abandoned doing skid pan training due to three of their cars leaving the road on a particular bend. Apparently this was due to the drivers using conventional techniques when the back end stepped out. I can't remember why, but apparently it's better to let the on board computer take control in a vehicle fitted with stability control systems.
martine wrote:There is a skid pan at Castle Combe but it's using slippery stuff rather than a cradle car. I believe Devon Driver Centre have one but that's quite a way from you.
martine wrote:fungus wrote:Scotlands Northern Constabulary have apparently abandoned doing skid pan training due to three of their cars leaving the road on a particular bend. Apparently this was due to the drivers using conventional techniques when the back end stepped out. I can't remember why, but apparently it's better to let the on board computer take control in a vehicle fitted with stability control systems.
Yes if a car has ESP then you point the steering where you want the car to go and the computer will help...not counter-steer to correct when the back-end steps out. The police drivers should have been taught this.
Astraist wrote:martine wrote:There is a skid pan at Castle Combe but it's using slippery stuff rather than a cradle car. I believe Devon Driver Centre have one but that's quite a way from you.
Irregardless of the specific skid pan and it's location, the skid pans which employ the "cradle car", better known as the "skid car" - is much preferable to the traditional "skid pan", which uses an epoxy-clad surface which is much more slippery, to a none-realistic degree.
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