Skid Control Training On A Clean Water Skid Pan!

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Skid Pan Training Courses Half Day £139.00
Special Offer For 2 - £270.00 Quote S121 

Group Discounts - call for prices.

Available in Front or Rear Wheel Drive cars (Can also be purchased as a Gift Voucher)

Learn The Skills on Our Unique Clean Water Skid Pan!

On this course you will be driving a normal modern unmodified family car which is fitted with special low grip tyres on a clean water skid pan area. This technique which is unique to DriverSkills has been proved to be the most realistic and effective method of learning skid control skills.

Your instructor will be a championship winning race or rally driver with lots of experience in training skid control skills.

Winter Driving Tips

Follow this link if you would like to view a short video clip on driving in the Snow and Ice; Driving In The Snow

The UKs Most Famous Skid Pan Course!

The BBC recently featured this course in a road safety program view the clip or read a feature article from the Daily Mail Winter Driving  

Learn REAL skills to help you to handle difficult or unexpected slippery conditions in normal road driving! 

Skid Recovery Skid Control Training Skid Avoidance Anti Lock Brake Utilisation Early Skid Recognition Throttle Steering Balance Anti Lock Braking Techniques

Anti Lock Brakes Utilisation

Also included are sessions driving on our simulated motorway area, here you will learn how to control the use of ABS (Anti Lock Brakes) for emergency swerve avoidance.

Your Skid Pan Instructor

It's important that your instructor has a high degree of skill and experience to enable accurate assessment and development of your skills. Your instructor will be a race winning rally or race car driver and a professional skid pan instructor. This degree of skill and experience will ensure you're taught the correct vehicle control techniques. more..

If You're Travelling Then York is a Great Tourist City..

Our Skid Control Centre is based in York and many of our clients who travel a long distance to us stay over and include a weekend break. In a recent survey of thousands of tourist across Europe, York was voted their favourite European City to visit. more..

The Skid Car You Use Is Very Important! Our training methods are unique as we don't use an adapted vehicle (as these adapted vehicles do not handle like a normal road car) instead we fit lower grip tyres to a normal modern family hatchback. This means that our cars will skid and handle in the same way that a normal modern vehicle does allowing you to develop control skills that can be applied directly to your own vehicle.

Available for Front, Rear or Four Wheel Drive Cars

Its vitally important the car used for the training is driven from the same wheels as the participants own vehicle (with the exception of four wheel drive as the technique needed is the same as for a front wheel drive car) Some providers state that they can teach front wheel drive skid control with a rear wheel drive modified car - This Is NOT Possible! We provide both front and rear wheel drive skid cars to ensure that the correct skills are taught.

Skid Pan Training in a Clean Environment...

Our skid pan uses clean water and is set out on a huge area of smooth concrete which measures 1/2 mile by 3/4 mile and is the largest in the UK. This large area allows us to teach skid control at higher speeds (40mph) in total safety.

Course Details

First there's a briefing from your instructor explaining exactly what happens when a car skids, and tips are given on how to avoid a dangerous skid situation on the road. He'll also explain how top class rally drivers avoid crashing in horrendous conditions. Most of today's cars now come with electronic driver aids like ABS and ESP, but what do they do? Your instructor will also explain how this equipment works and what it can do for you! You are then split into groups and introduced to your track instructor (maximum group size 4 people). 

Skid Pan Session 1

Your instructor will demonstrate the driving techniques needed for each activity before you are put in the hot seat!

Skid Pan Session 2

Your instructor will help you master the basics of car control including under steer and over steer control. Most modern road cars will under steer in the majority of situations and if you know a few basics you can soon get the hang of controlling it. Over steer takes more skill to master but your instructor will show you some tips on how to get the hang of it!

Anti Lock Brakes Session 3

On this session you will learn how to master the use of ABS (Anti-Lock Braking System) in an emergency. We set up an avoidance exercise on our simulated motorway to demonstrate just what this system is capable of - if you know how to get the most out of it!

Skid Pan Session 4 

Back on the skid pan again. On this session you will find everything much easier and more natural. Your instructor will encourage you to let the car slide more and even spin around! This will give you the confidence and techniques needed to bring the car back in control from some seemingly impossible situations!

Course Certificate

At the end of the course your instructor will give you a signed certificate

Contact us for more information and booking