Every year, over 60,000 vehicles are involved in a personal injury collision where skidding was a factor.

Skids are often associated with winter driving conditions, however it only takes a short rain shower in the summer months to help create thousands of skid related crashes.

Emergency Stopping
The most common type of crash is a rear end shunt where one driver brakes hard and slides into the back of another. We know that prevention is better than cure, and that to avoid a crash we need to maintain a big enough gap - `remember 'only a fool breaks the two second rule', double this in the wet and up to ten times on ice.

However, even for the very best of drivers an emergency situation can arise, such as in a built up area with parked cars on both sides of the road, where a small child runs out immediately ahead of us. There isn't time to think about what to do, so how do we cope ? Do we panic and hit the brake as hard as we can ? Is there a `best braking technique' to use on either dry or slippery road surfaces ? If our car is fitted with anti-locking brakes (ABS) how will these respond, and what should we do?

While learning to drive we're taught how to perform an Emergency Stop, the public roads are however not the place to develop braking or skid control techniques.

Skids R Us skid training courses are a safe and fun way to learn and practice skid control well away from public roads. One of the most common ways to learn skid techniques is to take a course on a skid-pan. A more effective way to learn about handling techniques is on a `Skid Car'. This is a Ford Mondeo 2.5 litre V6 with Antilock brakes (ABS) and Traction Control (TC), both of which are switchable on/off, mounted on a hydraulic frame. A Computer controlled system operated by our specialist instructor will allow you to experience understeer/oversteer, power understeer/power oversteer, aquaplaning or slippery conditions such as black ice, diesel spillages or snow..

Because skid training is `off-road', our course is available for absolutely anybody, whether you're a qualified or learner driver; an instructor or advanced motorist.