Anybody done BSR Accident Avoidance or Other?

[jtsgsxr6]

Like the title reads has anybody done the BSR Accident Avoidance training at Summit Point? Have you done other vehicle training in the Mid-A region beyond driver ED in high school? I was thinking to myself that it would be good for my wife to get some training, why should I be the only one with good riding/driving skills? I have to say the combination of track days and being a holigan as a kid and having been in almost every kind of sticky situation has helped me develop a much better feel for the limits of a vehicle and I stay calmer under pressure. My wife has not ever had the chance to really test the limits of any vehicle. Plus I figured it would be fun for the two of us to do.

Thoughts? Reviews?

 

[rod0921]

I took the Accident Avoidance with my girlfriend after she got into a bad accident and was scared to get back on the road. I highly recommend it to anyone. The classroom portion might be a little boring for people with on-track experience, but the actual driving portion (which is most of it) is actually a lot of fun and you learn a ton in one day. I believe it was 2 students to an instructor on the track. To sum it up: You get to blast around the Jefferson circuit with obstacles (cones) thrown in certain sections, you get sideways on the skidpad and learn to hold/control a slide, braking and swerving drills, practice recovering from running offroad, blast around a makeshift auto-x course.... and I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting. Also, you use BSR's crown vics so youre not beating up your own car.

 

[kawboy]

It's not exactly mid-Atlantic, but my wife and I did 2 days of "Car Control" school at the BMW factory in Greeneville, SC a couple of years ago. As described above, you do time on the skid pad, autocross course, plus lots of lane change, braking, and cornering drills. We both had a blast and learned a lot. My wife beat my time on the autocross, so you might prepare for that possibility. It will take awhile to live that down... To top it off, you get to drive a long list of new BMWs. There was even a short off-road course that we drove in X5 SUVs. And you do not have to be a BMW owner to go to their school.

http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Content/Explore/Experience/PDS/default.aspx?from=/Standard/Content/Explore/Experience/PDS.aspx&return=/Standard/Content/Explore/Experience/PDS.aspx

 

[eaglebike600]

rod0921;270078 wrote: I took the Accident Avoidance with my girlfriend after she got into a bad accident and was scared to get back on the road. I highly recommend it to anyone. The classroom portion might be a little boring for people with on-track experience, but the actual driving portion (which is most of it) is actually a lot of fun and you learn a ton in one day. I believe it was 2 students to an instructor on the track. To sum it up: You get to blast around the Jefferson circuit with obstacles (cones) thrown in certain sections, you get sideways on the skidpad and learn to hold/control a slide, braking and swerving drills, practice recovering from running offroad, blast around a makeshift auto-x course.... and I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting. Also, you use BSR's crown vics so youre not beating up your own car.

I have been considering taking my son and wife if she wanted.I think my boss had his two girls do it and I think he was able to get an insurance deduction with it!! Any idea what the cost was for the class?

 

[rod0921]

eaglebike600;270317 wrote: I have been considering taking my son and wife if she wanted.I think my boss had his two girls do it and I think he was able to get an insurance deduction with it!! Any idea what the cost was for the class?

http://www.accidentavoidance.com/

Looks like its $345 now (I think it was a bit less when I took it). I forgot to mention, you get a certificate at the end that you can use to potentially get a discount on insurance (I didn't try it bc my rates are already super low, but now that I've been reminded I'm going to give Progressive a call)