Training session this Saturday. I'd like to try this myself: Having instructors show me how to put my car into a skid on wet pavement, or try driving on the slalom.
Teens get the chance to do it this Saturday at the Tirerack.com Street Survival event starting at 8 a.m. at Warminster Community Park at Bristol and Hatboro Roads in Warminster.
Jeff Jacobs, Philadelphia region executive for the Sports Car Club of America, said his group sponsors a couple of the events each year to give teens a chance to learn how their own car will handle different situations, and to get feedback on how to improve their responses.
"These schools aren't about competition, but more about getting experience behind the wheel," Jacobs said.
For the $75 entrance fee to cover insurance and site rental, students get hands-on experience and classroom time at the daylong course. Jacobs said the group encourages teens to use the vehicle they'd be driving most frequently.
More information about Street Survival, a look at other events in the region and sign-ups for the few spots left this Saturday is available at www.streetsurvival.org.
Keys2Drive. AAA introduced this website (www.aaa.com/teendriving) one year ago.
The site is not limited to AAA members, and includes information on state licensing requirements, sample questions from state exams, insurance and vehicle considerations, and a short quiz for new drivers (and old ones) to consider how much they know about the rules of the road.
Keys2Drive gets about 50,000 visitors a month and has had 500,000 page views since its launch, said Jenny Robinson, manager of Philadelphia Public and Government Affairs for AAA Mid-Atlantic.
