If there is one exercise that appears in most all EVOC programs it would be the slalom course. Driving through a slalom creates an abundance of teaching points, one of them is the effect of vehicle speed on the decision-making process. The following are some examples of how that can be accomplished.
Over Driving Your Headlights
Over-driving your headlights is defined as – A scenario where the driver is moving at a rate of speed that their stopping distance is farther than they can see with their headlights. This creates a dangerous driving environment.
Training Outside the Comfort Zone
The Comfort Zone can be explained as a combination of speed, steering and/or braking where the vehicle reacts as the driver expects it to. But in an emergency scenario, the driver will be required to leave their comfort zone and enter what can be called the Red Zone. The Red Zone is a combination of […]
The Difference Between Handling and Cornering
Handling and Cornering are often used to describe the same vehicle/driver characteristics, but they are two separate issues. Cornering Cornering is the amount of centrifugal force the car can generate measured in g’s, and expressed as Lateral Acceleration. Cornering is a measurement of the force exerted on the vehicle’s center of gravity. That force is […]
The Dynamics of a Vehicle Emergency
Anytime the steering wheel is moved while the car is in motion, a lateral or sideways force is created. This force is pushing in the opposite direction the car is turning. This force is an expression of inertia, or, as stated in Newton’s First Law of Motion, a body at rest tends to remain at […]