Teen Driving School & Safety Seminar
Audi Club NA - NJ Chapter
Saturday Jul 11
Rutgers Athletic Center, Piscataway, NJ
| Registration Closed: | Thu Jul 9, 2009 11:59P (Eastern time) |
Please join the ACNA New Jersey Chapter for this year’s first Teen Car Control Clinic. This program is tailored for Audi club members who would like to achieve higher levels of car control and learn more about the specifics and technical capabilities about his/her car. It is well suited for teenage drivers to advance their skills behind the wheel and get more involved in understanding terms like ABS, ESP or TC and how it can be used best to every driver’s advantage.
The event will be held at the Yellow Lot of Rutger's Louis Brown Athletic Center, commonly known as "the RAC".
Absolutely no experience required for this event!
Cost:
- $25 for Teens or Solo Adults
- $40 for Teen & Parent
Hours:
- 9 am to 5 pm with a break for lunch.
About the Event:
The ACNA Teen Driving School is an experience beyond driver's education that gives novice drivers the opportunity to experience extreme situations in a controlled environment.
The primary emphasis of this school is a "hands-on" driving experience that can teach students many aspects of how to control a car safely in real-world situations. This is not a course to learn how to drive at high speeds. Car control, accident avoidance, and spatial awareness are the primary objectives.
Our TDS teaches driving basics such as seating position, mirror placement, proper vision and awareness. Qualified instructors are monitoring and riding with the student throughout the entire day. The students are also taught the dynamics of the physical limitations of their vehicles, as well as their own personal limits.
After the classroom sessions, students are taken to the skid pad area to focus on recognizing skids, reacting properly to over/understeer and vehicle control during a skid situation.
Mistakes are learning experiences that are used to build on and corrected by applying theory into praxis. In the threshold braking drill, teens learn to maximize their anti-lock brake system (ABS) or non-ABS system in order to stop their cars as quickly as possible in a controlled manner.
Participants learn accident avoidance by utilizing their maximum braking skills to slow down the car and then partially releasing the brakes to drive around a stopped vehicle or obstacle directly in their path while maintaining control of their vehicle.
Note: While the event organizers will make every effort to maximize exercise time, due to the possible course conditions and weather the number of sessions and session length can not be guaranteed.
SUVs, Minivans, and Trucks are NOT allowed due to the nature of the exercises.
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