Hi Jesse, yes,it's all good fun until someone gets hurt. I was lucky enough to come through when sand dunes and wet/dry salt pans were open slather.So,self taught in fairly safe way. One mate broke arm when another was punting my buggy,but no malice,no litigation. Ah,those were the days! What I do not understand is that in 2022,No Govt. has or is interested in mandating learner drivers to do advanced courses so they may control a vehicle when they do lose it. Done your specified hours,here's your license;Now go out and cruise the freeways at 70mph. Get in a spin,drop your insides onto the dirt,hang tail out etc. etc. Duh!...never taught what to do about that! Go figure,eh. Yet still the authorities whine about the road toll.Rant over mate.Stay safe.
I'm almost 50, and I still play in the snow when I get a chance. We got a few inches of snow last weekend, so I took my 16 year old son to an empty lot to get some experience driving in the snow, so hopefully he won't be nervous if he's out in bad weather on his own.
The trouble these days around here is no matter what the weather there are no empty lots. There is always at least a few cars parked. Closed department stores or malls always have a few maintenance and security people working. School lots are asking to get expelled or arrested for trespassing. Private businesses are afraid of being sued or insurance cancelled if Johnny bends a fender on their property. Hopefully the kids away from the megalopolis still have places to learn the way we did back in the day.
On newer cars you have to disable traction control and stability control to have any fun at all! Like Marc B I have played in the snow all my life! I was still doing it in my early 70's before I moved to AZ. On one of my smart cars I figured out I could unbolt the sensor under the driver's seat and turn it upside down to disable the stability control. That little sucker was hoot in the snow, especially with 4 Blizzaks on it!
I've had a couple of all-wheel drive cars that are normally front-wheel drive. It takes some practice to get the fronts spinning enough to send power to the rear wheels so you can drift or do donuts.
Hi Jesse, yes,it's all good fun until someone gets hurt. I was lucky enough to come through when sand dunes and wet/dry salt pans were open slather.So,self taught in fairly safe way. One mate broke arm when another was punting my buggy,but no malice,no litigation. Ah,those were the days! What I do not understand is that in 2022,No Govt. has or is interested in mandating learner drivers to do advanced courses so they may control a vehicle when they do lose it. Done your specified hours,here's your license;Now go out and cruise the freeways at 70mph. Get in a spin,drop your insides onto the dirt,hang tail out etc. etc. Duh!...never taught what to do about that! Go figure,eh. Yet still the authorities whine about the road toll.Rant over mate.Stay safe.
ReplyDeleteI'm almost 50, and I still play in the snow when I get a chance. We got a few inches of snow last weekend, so I took my 16 year old son to an empty lot to get some experience driving in the snow, so hopefully he won't be nervous if he's out in bad weather on his own.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly how I learned to drive in the snow!
ReplyDeleteThe trouble these days around here is no matter what the weather there are no empty lots. There is always at least a few cars parked. Closed department stores or malls always have a few maintenance and security people working. School lots are asking to get expelled or arrested for trespassing. Private businesses are afraid of being sued or insurance cancelled if Johnny bends a fender on their property.
ReplyDeleteHopefully the kids away from the megalopolis still have places to learn the way we did back in the day.
On newer cars you have to disable traction control and stability control to have any fun at all! Like Marc B I have played in the snow all my life! I was still doing it in my early 70's before I moved to AZ. On one of my smart cars I figured out I could unbolt the sensor under the driver's seat and turn it upside down to disable the stability control. That little sucker was hoot in the snow, especially with 4 Blizzaks on it!
ReplyDeleteI've had a couple of all-wheel drive cars that are normally front-wheel drive. It takes some practice to get the fronts spinning enough to send power to the rear wheels so you can drift or do donuts.
Delete