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Skid training is a special course intended to teach drivers, novice and more experienced alike, how to handle the car on slippery roads.  It is a premier course that is offered by excellent driving schools in Colorado Springs and throughout Colorado cities.  The courses take place on special terrain and they use special skid cars with special wheels that are able to simulate skidding even when there is no ice around.

Skid training prepares drivers for situations that can be terrifying and very dangerous if not handled properly. Drivers who don’t know how to gain back control over a skidding car can endanger the life of everyone in the car and they can also cause accidents that involve other vehicles in the traffic. To have more insight about the importance of skid training, here are a few things that drivers can learn during these courses:

• Skid types – not all types of skidding require the same action and understanding the physics of the process can help drivers choose the best method to address the situation.
• Learning about aquaplaning – many drivers don’t know that their car can skid even if there is no ice around, so skid courses teach adequate behavior for situation when the car skids on a layer of water as well.
• Skid control practice – the most important part of the course teaches drivers the skills necessary for stopping the skidding movement of the car safely.