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I actually did a series of defensive driving courses. Mine were done at Valley driving school, it was mandatory for the company I was working for before being able to drive their trucks off-site. They paid for the training and I thought it was a great idea so I took good advantage of it, and man am I glad I did.

I did regular car training which had portions of theory as well as a lot of seat time with one of their trainers. I also took their Unrestricted Class 4 program, which was also really good (the person who administered my driving test for my class 4 said I was very well equiped).

This all brings me to how I can testify that sometimes things just happen too quickly to allow even the most considerably skilled person to save themselves from an accident. Not even two months after I had finished these course, I ended up understeering my car into a sign post around a corner. Had I not had the training I think I would have been a lot worse off, as where I had crashed was quite a busy area and I did manage to atleast save myself from hitting someone else, but there was no way anything I could have done (after entering the intersection and realizing what was happening) would have stopped the accident entirely.

PS. No offense Yodamaster, but there are a lot of people who claim they got trained by the best driver they know, AKA their parents, and many of them are terrible. Not saying this is the case with you, but it happens and often.

I would much rather see mandatory training from a certified instructor before people are licensed to drive our roads. And none of the BS C-Lais and random CL ad posting mother fuckers who just give people a car to drive a teach them how to pass the test. I mean I want real instructors who are going to show people how to handle the fucking machine they are piloting. This means bringing them to a controlled environment and taking the car past its limits to see how it reacts, and training people on how to properly correct these reactions.