This course is designed to instruct Transportation Drivers who operate a Bus or a Van. Heavy emphasis is placed on skid recovery, loss of control recovery, control during a blowout, and operating on less than ideal surfaces. Most programs teach simple driving skills and fail to teach emergency avoidance or loss of control recovery, skills that will save your life. The Skidpan is a large polished concrete surface with a pump and gravity fed water return system. Water is crossing the skidpan at speed, and the student must negotiate their vehicle around turns while maintaining control of their cars.
Proper correction is taught for loss of front or rear end control.
The students must bring their own vehicles in which they operate, however, cars will be provided for all students during initial training, and for any student during the program who chooses not to learn the specific characteristics of their own vehicles.