For those in the Bay Area, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office puts on a similar event [1], albeit slightly less extreme, at their regional training facility. P

For those in the Bay Area, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office puts on a similar event [1], albeit slightly less extreme, at their regional training facility. Part of the day is spent in a crown Vic with slicks on a skid-pan (smooth concrete with sprinklers) learning how to recover from oversteer, loss of control, etc. I took my kid after he got his license since snow filled empty parking lots are pretty hard to come by around here. I can’t recommend it enough for new-drivers, or those who didn’t learn to drive in snowy/rainy areas. [1] https://www.sheriffacademy.com/class.php?id=34 https://www.sheriffacademy.com/class.php?id=34 > EVOC: Emergency Vehicle Operations Course is designed to instruct civilians in good defensive driving tactics. This course is also good pretraining for anyone who is going to be entering a police academy and wishes to learn some of the techniques which will be taught. Heavy emphasis is placed on skid recovery, loss of control recovery, control during a blowout, and operating on less than ideal surfaces. The students will demonstrate a working knowledge of driver skills by successfully driving such courses as the Skid Pan, the Hazard Avoidance Simulator, Threshold/ABS Braking Simulator, and other various skill and precision oriented activities.