step dad (being a member of the bmw club) saw this and signed me up for it
and i get to use my svx!!
Street Survival® Program Guide
The goals of the Tire Rack Street Survival® program are to teach students some of the basics of car control, to enhance their enjoyment of driving and to improve their competence as drivers. We want the students to understand how their actions govern a car's responses, and as a result to become safer, more effective drivers on the road.
The students will become more observant of the traffic situation they find themselves in. They will learn to look far enough ahead to anticipate unwise actions of other drivers. As the students master the application of physics to drive their cars, they will make fewer unwise driving actions themselves. They will understand why they should always wear their own seatbelts, and why they should insist that their passengers wear seatbelts, too.
Students will learn how to properly use their own cars based on the physics of car control. They will learn how their cars feel and sound just before and as they exceed the limits of tire adhesion in a controlled situation, helping them to avoid accidents in actual everyday driving situations where they might experience problems.
During the event, students will maneuver their cars through exercises laid out using orange traffic safety cones in a closed parking lot. They will experience each exercise element several times, in order to learn from their mistakes and to improve their skills. A trained driving coach will accompany each driver to provide real-time feedback while performing maneuvers. There is no stopwatch, nor head-to-head competition with other cars. The students are here to improve their skills, not to compare themselves with someone else.
The exercise elements are laid out in advance by the event chairman and are designed to be fun, safe, challenging and educational. Each element will teach the students a specific skill or group of skills.Safety is our prime concern.
What: Street Survival® is a safe teen driving and car control program for drivers 16 to 21 years old. Older students are welcome too.
Who: Presented by the BMW Car Club of America (BMW CCA) Foundation, a 501c (3) public charitable Foundation, in partnership with the Missouri Valley Chapter of the BMW CCA and the Nebraska Region SCCA.
You don't have to be a member of either club. However, all students must have a valid driver's license and/or valid driver's permit. Sorry, no exceptions.
Where: Lincoln Southwest High School
7001 S 14th St
Lincoln, NE
Map to location
When: Sunday, October 12th 2008 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $60.00 includes event fee, lunch, and a one-year membership to the BMW Car Club.
Register:
www.streetsurvival.org or call 1.877.BMW.CC02 for more information.
Why: •According to Mother's Against Drunk Driving (MADD) 36.4% of all teen accidents are alcohol-related. Street Survival's mission is to reduce the other 63.6% of teen accidents caused by driver error.
•Street Survival® goes beyond drivers ed to teach teens to avoid accidents before they happen.
•Street Survival® is a unique hands-on driving experience that puts each student behind the wheel of his or her car with a trained instructor one-on-one, all day.
•The instruction takes place on a closed, wet-down parking lot, so teens can experience emergency driving situations in a controlled environment. We teach skid control, ABS braking, accident avoidance, and emergency lane changes among many other good driving skills and habits.
Parents are welcome to watch – or even better, to help at the event! Lunch will be provided.