Thoughts on IAM Course and Advanced Driving
Discussion
As a car enthusiast and lover of lux / sport cars I signed up for an Advanced driving course with IAM with an aim to help me handle the increasingly more powerful cars I am now buying.
Certainly gets you to consciously read the road and road signs rather than being on auto pilot and just reacting to hazards. Gets you to be more proactive and helps you enjoy the driving experience more, especially bends.
One thing you do notice however is more and more roads are being downgraded in speed and more and more road furniture going up. So i come to think what is the point of buying fast cars any more (apart from track days)?
Overall, recommend to all, in fact I think everyone should do some sort of refresher course as part of the licence.
Certainly gets you to consciously read the road and road signs rather than being on auto pilot and just reacting to hazards. Gets you to be more proactive and helps you enjoy the driving experience more, especially bends.
One thing you do notice however is more and more roads are being downgraded in speed and more and more road furniture going up. So i come to think what is the point of buying fast cars any more (apart from track days)?
Overall, recommend to all, in fact I think everyone should do some sort of refresher course as part of the licence.
analogtoh said:
As a car enthusiast and lover of lux / sport cars I signed up for an Advanced driving course with IAM with an aim to help me handle the increasingly more powerful cars I am now buying.
Certainly gets you to consciously read the road and road signs rather than being on auto pilot and just reacting to hazards. Gets you to be more proactive and helps you enjoy the driving experience more, especially bends.
One thing you do notice however is more and more roads are being downgraded in speed and more and more road furniture going up. So i come to think what is the point of buying fast cars any more
Very few 'fast' cars are truly involving and offer the correct balace of challenge and reward for the driving enthusiast at BOTH lower speeds and higher speeds.Certainly gets you to consciously read the road and road signs rather than being on auto pilot and just reacting to hazards. Gets you to be more proactive and helps you enjoy the driving experience more, especially bends.
One thing you do notice however is more and more roads are being downgraded in speed and more and more road furniture going up. So i come to think what is the point of buying fast cars any more
But they do exist.
av185 said:
Very few 'fast' cars are truly involving and offer the correct balace of challenge and reward for the driving enthusiast at BOTH lower speeds and higher speeds.
So true - I have driven (and owned) lots of performance cars - one of the best drives I ever had was in Scotland in a Suzuki Swift Sport - so much fun... and absolute speed was not a part of what gave that fun...Gassing Station | Advanced Driving | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff