Six Star Magazine Six Star Magazine Winter 2010/2011 | Page 29

FEATURE

speed on open roads is both illegal
and dangerous. In fact, excessive
speed is never a good idea – even in
a controlled environment such as a
racetrack – for a driver who doesn’t
have a very firm grasp of car control.
The majority of driving schools in
this country exist for a sole purpose:
To teach young drivers the rules of
the road and to help them pass their
driver’s licence test. Unfortunately, most
of these schools do not teach crucial
lessons such as how to control a skid or
how to avoid an accident. Skids occur
from a loss of grip with the surface of
the road; clearly, this is more likely to
happen in wet, snowy or icy conditions.
Given our climate in Canada, it’s a
great idea for every driver here to learn
about the specific road conditions that

are most likely to cause a skid and what
can be done to minimize the impact of
a skid. Depending on where you live in
the country, you should be able to find
a skid-control school close by.
One of the first such schools,
simply called Skid Control School
(www.skidcontrolschool.com