I've done various car control courses
and rally and track stuff, but I won't touch IAM qualifications because at least two of things they teach you are arguably bad practice at best and extremely dangerous at worst.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:41, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

What are they then?

(Bazongaloid, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:41, Reply)

they teach you to drive in silence
no radio, no conversation - because distractions are bad. Horseshit. You need to be able to focus on different levels, certain parts of driving should be backround instinct. Excessive distraction is bad, of course, but if you need to focus that hard to drive and avoid accidents you shouldn't drive at all.

And they still teach passing the wheel, which is a lethal thing to do if you lose control of a car. Always one hand or the other locked at a fixed position, so that you can pull the wheel back to straight without thinking or looking.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:45, Reply)

That shuffl9ing hand thing is fucking ridiculous

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:45, Reply)

It's not shuffling so much, although that is retarded
IAM say your hands should be in a fixed position relative to the wheel - 10 to 2 or whatever. If you don't want to die on fire in a hedge, hold at least one of your hands fixed ON the wheel.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:48, Reply)

I used to drive with my kness whilst skinning up...does that count?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 10:51, Reply)

hell yeah.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Mon 2 Apr 2012, 11:11, Reply)