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Sadly, many of our lawmakers and safety officials disagree with this sort of thing. They don't want you to skid in the first place. Their prevention tools are legislation and technology, not skill building. What these people need, to shake them out of sanctimonious officialdom, is a course in logic. If training motorists to deal with emergencies is a waste of time, it is reasonable to infer we could stop teaching crisis management in all aspects of human behaviour. No first aid courses; put duct tape on all sharp edges instead. Chew properly, we're not teaching the Heimlich manoeuvre any more. No CPR, of course. We will wire everyone to a central system, and dispatch trained professionals if the old ticker skips a beat. Oops, almost missed that one. Who needs medical school; just send prospective surgeons a DVD and a Motomaster tool kit. No instructions on how to use a kitchen fire extinguisher. Instead, make flammable food illegal.
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Practice Makes Perfect
Learn to handle sliding and skidding
Twists and Turns / Alan SidorovWITH the snowfall, and twinkling lights on neighbourhood houses, comes another northern tradition, sliding motor vehicles around on snow-covered parking lots. This starts...See the full content of this document
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