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Collision Avoidance Training
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About the Program: The Collision Avoidance Training program (C.A.T) is an advanced defensive driving and vehicle control program designed for teenage drivers.
The objective of the program is to enhance the young driver's awareness of the complex task of operating a motor vehicle and to create, and practice skills that will prepare them to anticipate and handle hazards that occur daily in normal driving conditions.
The cirriculums were created around the fact that most crashes involving teenage drivers are classified as "avoidable" and, due to lack of experience or training, teens are not prepared to make the vehicle respond appropriately.
This course is designed to give the student a better understanding of the responsibilities and liabilities of the driver, vehicle dynamics, friction and the effects of intoxicating substances on their ability to operate the vehicle. A traffic model is created at the beginning of the program and segments build on each other to a final conclusion-35mph is fast.
Skills and Techniques Five basic skills, actions and/or techniques of driving are identified as areas that teens need experience or training to safely operate a vehicle. Steering, accelertaion, deceleration, backing and skid control/skid recovery are the tasks addressed in this program.
Student drivers must master the following exercises:
- Evasive manuevers
- Threshold/emergency braking
- Forward serpentine
- Cornering
- Backing Skid Recovery
