SIDNEY REVIEW Wednesday, August 12,

Canadian ‘Skid School’

Drivers Who Exercise Wheel Control
Will Have Much Better Chance

Of Avoiding Accidents

Henk de Vries’ business is on the skids and he couldn't. be
1appier. Nor could the growing number of Canadians who
yatronize Henk’s and thus stand a better chance of stay-
ng alive.

De Vries conducts the BP. Skid Control School in Oakville,
Yntario near Toronto, A native of Holland, he puts students
hrough the skids on a private 300- foot- long highway which |
:imulates treacherous driving conditions.

The course is-sealed with a plastic top coat, soaked with a
soluble oil and flooded with water, simulating treacherous
summer driving conditions. Water on an oil-slicked road can
be even more dangerous than glare ice.

Why? De Vries points out
that the average motorist
criving on ice is alert to the

His first three attempts to
handle the skids were unsuc-
cessful,

is

canger. and proceeds more
carefully. The driver. does
1.0t expect to skid in summer

The course also includes
lessons on various other

emergency situations.

znd when he does:-he may -
1 ot know what-to do. - Buring a rear tire blowout,
a handle the. situation as you

would a skid..

Cites Basic Rule = 7
In a front tire blowout, no

De Vries takes his students,
vho’ve paid $10 for. the 1% skidding is likely but the driv-
cay: course, on the special oo er should grip the wheel.
roadway and puts the carin- — * firmly to! keep control and
io a violent. 360° spin. This avoid. using: the brakes.
ection: familiarizes the stu-
cent with the terrifying feel-".
ig of panic a bad skid pro-
duces:*He then demonstrates
tae ways to: get out of the:
riost. common: types. of skids
.-the front. wheel skid, the
_.Y2ar wheel skid and the four
: “heel skid.” we

Says De Vries, “The pasic
‘rule in* any skid ‘is to get:
tie wheels rolling normally
-¢gain.. Stay off: the brakes!
oe his locks the wheels and.
5 nh cakes normal steering im-"
oY ossible.” ee RU eT ahs

If your car. should: leave
the pavement and hit a soft.
shoulder, keep your foot off”
othe brake. Also avoid. steer-—.
‘ing: sharply” back) onto’ the
roadway. :

In addition to’ thousands
‘of drivers. who. have. taken
the Skid School. course, pro-
-.fessional ‘drivers ‘and “police
from Montreal, Toronto and.

the ‘school: opened: in 1967.

cE The teacher - “says, “Once.
~irto a: ‘skid, there is no_ time
~ to. think. You, have: to: make my

eu rrections by. reflex, action.”

‘duced rates 10.:percent. to
graduates. While:no such ac

“Tau ght Race Driv: ers

“De Vries - told’ of a “world”
ciampion. race. driver who

1 valuable. type:insurance.

Ditch location, Zandvoort. Q they'll t be ready.

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other Canadian communities.
« have. become graduates, since.

»- When de Vries. first. oper- ;
UNE ated: ‘his’, school in Holland, 7

tion has as: yet, been taken by.
Canadian. insurers,’ “success- =
- ful-students at, the. ‘Oakville -
~ facility feel, they. have a more :

-They;may never “have to” a
“te ok the course in its original 3 Use: dit: but: when they: do,

“Lube Job”

When you get that pre-
vacation lubrication at your
favorite service outlet, you’re
likely getting more than a
freshly-greased chassis.
Chances are:you’re also tak-
ing out an. anti-breakdown
insurance ‘policy.

According: to ‘Chek-Chart

Corporation, more service

outlets are conducting safety

car is on the hoist for a lu-
brication. The importance of

since extended: lubrication
intervals recommended by
manufacturers mean. that
cars are on the hoist less fre-
quently.

inspections every time the —

such inspection -is increasing —

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