Center for Continuing Studies - Innovative Leadership for Lifelong Learning

Advanced Driving Skills Public

Where High Quality Training Does Not COST…It PAYS!

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Advanced Driving Skills for the Public (ADS) 8:30 am – 3:30 pm: 1.5 hours classroom and 5.5 hours of in vehicle. Most of the day is spent behind the wheel in radio contact with the MHSRC professional advanced training instructors. Exercises include:

• Air Bags - This is a classroom exercise pertaining to driver and passenger safety.
• Collision Avoidance
• Electronic Stability Control
• Anti-Lock Brakes - This is classroom exercise explaining the need, use and operation of this system.
  • ABS & non-ABS Braking
  • Braking Steer/Brake Combination
  Evasive Steer - This is a behind the wheel exercise where the driver is trained to steer rather than brake.
• Control Brake - This is a behind the wheel exercise where the driver is taught the proper use of the brake-threshold braking and ABS braking.
• Steer and Brake - This is a behind the wheel exercise where the driver is taught how to steer and brake at the same time.
• Backing -
• Skid Control - This is a behind the wheel exercise where the driver is put into a deliberate skid and shown how to recover and regain control.
• Off Road Recovery - This is a behind the wheel exercise where the driver is shown how to recover and regain control of the vehicle after hitting the shoulder of the road.
• Serpentine - This is a behind the wheel exercise driving through a series of cones to get the feeling of vehicle placement, weight transfer and driver positioning.
• Vehicle Airbag Awareness
• Human Physical effects

Additional Advanced Driving Skills courses.

Customized courses at your facility or at the MHSRC facility are available upon request

Contact MHSRC: mhsc@stcloudstate.edu 320.255.3123 or 1.888.234.1294