professional drivers; I did what was similar to skid pad training during a defensive driving course.. :shock: We took buses of different types from school buses to motorcoaches through a course set up in a parking lot. The area was coated with an oil and water mix. We had to take the buses into this area and force a skid. It was quite an experience. Learning there was worth its weight to prepare one if we had to do it on the road with passengers and other vehicles on the road. I think every commercial driving school should have a skid pad on their campus and have it as part of the curriculum for commercial drivers. It would be very beneficial for truck drivers and those of us who are going to be truck drivers to have the opportunity to do skid pad and defensive driving training. The more tools and skills we have, the better professional drivers we would be. Go safely; see you on the big road! :rock:

 

Sounds like a good idea.

 

LOL, i was coming down from northern Pa the other day on this very steep down hill grade even know that i wasn't doing about 20mph i could of changed the tail lights on the trailer!!! there's still a brown spot on my drivers seat! :dung:

 

sonic2wb; I guess you had your own sort of skid pad training. It is probably something you don't want to do too often or ever again. I'm from Pa, what part of the state were you in? I'm glad to see you made it through; :dung: stained shorts and all. Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel; prefer to speak at you and not read about you. Go safely; see you on the big road! :rock:

 

my trip ran me from Greenville, SC to Mountain Top, Pa ( there are 2 of these towns! zip is 18707) then over to Avis, PA and back to NC which i am there now going over this morning to get unloaded in the rain. well time go hit the big road again!

 

I went to a regular old 5-week CDL school. One of the chicks at orientation had gone to a 16-week technical school that included skid pad training. She told me about it and I wish I'd had that.

I *know* what to do in an emergency situation, what I don't have is my reflexes trained to do it without thinking, to know that I *will* do it. That seems pretty valuable to me.

 

You are exactly right lady!
But it will take you a years, to get those reflexes trained!
Those traning is avery good thing, but it would only give you the fillings.

 

i just did the skid pad thing about 3 months ago. It was free with the tarring i got but if you got the opportunity do it. It was a blast and i would do it again. Yo are right you don't or i don't remember every thing but it dose show you what can really happen and how fast it dose happen.