How To Drive Proffessionally Options

[coustoe]

Hey, anyone know of some resources you can get on how to drive like they do in the movies.

[aaronc222]

Always gotta be some PC people everywhere.

The main point to remember is the same one that good bikers remember. Once you stop being afraid, you will crash. Without the fear, there is no adrenaline. Without the adrenaline, there is no edge. Without the edge, you can't react quick enough to do squat.

I have come out of more situations than I can count just by trusting my instincts. Sure, I could die at any given point in time. If I was that afraid of death I wouldn't even get out of bed in the morning. But death is something that will happen no matter what, so why worry about it. The only lives I care about are the innocent bystanders, which is why I don't 'show off' in populated areas.

Say what you want, but road conditions don't just magically change. If there is sand or water in the road, nothing changed, it was there before your tires slipped on it.

The only bad experience I've had was before I really got in to racing/cars. My 85 Celica(may she rest in peace) was RWD, I didn't know jack about driving a RWD car, and it was raining. I was going through some S turns(posted speed drops from 45 to 25 for them, there is normally at least 1 teenage death a year there) at about 30 when the ass end decided to start slipping. Being used to FWD, I turned into it and slammed the gas. Big mistake. Next thing I know I did a 540 and ended up facing the other direction. Pretty scary, but it didn't stop me from driving. It showed me that I needed to learn more and prepare for situations like that.

Please don't assume that just because I play, I don't have any common sense. Yes I know 'playing' is very dangerous, which is why I do it when no one else is around. If I did it to impress people, I probably wouldn't be around right now.