egor_pobeda    Where do they teach contra-driving and extreme car driving?

Driving in an emergency - slippery road, aquaplaning, skidding, sudden obstacle. This is not taught in ordinary driving schools. To improve driving skills, there are schools for emergency driving and extreme driving. There are schools in the world with various names   of their programs: "Safety driving" - safe driving, "Defensive driving" - careful, careful driving, "Roadcraft" - traffic safety, "Trouble-free driving" - trouble-free driving and many others. However, all these programs have one common goal - to increase driver skill, to prevent dangerous situations on the road, and if this situation still happened - to teach the driver to properly respond to adverse circumstances. In Moscow, there are a number of high-quality schools for emergency driving and extreme car driving:

Driving school of Alexander Grachev at the Association of auto-moto professionals - "AvtoMotoPro"   (official website of the school).The president of the Association of Auto-Moto Professionals leads the training Alexander Grachev -   master of sports in motorsport, p riser and trophy raid championship championships,   the host of the program "Main Road" on the NTV channel,trainer in motorsport (specialization "cars with the formula 4x4, 6x6), the author of the methodology" Extreme preparation of escort vehicles ".

Training at AvtoMotoPro is distinguished by a well-thought-out organization system. At the first test, the current level of skill of the person who came to school is determined and the necessary training program from simple to sports is recommended for him (the cost of training is from 4200 to 19900 rubles).

BMW Driving School(official website of the school). BMW Driving School has its own race track and training cars. Here you can learn not only extreme driving, but also the management of all the functions of a BMW car. Several different programs - from classical (preparation for exams) to advanced. The course “Active Driving” is noteworthy - the development of driving skills in difficult weather conditions. Cost: from 17800 (on your car) to 26800 (on a BMW X5 training car).

Driving School QUATTRO (AUDI)(). Audi accident-free driving training Advanced course - driving at high speed, maneuvering, winter training, car sliding. Price of a course of emergency driving: 16 900 rubles.

Driving Academy Mercedes-Benz (Mercedes)(official website of the Academy). Training is conducted at the FSO training ground in the suburbs. There are winter trainings. The cost and duration must be clarified by official dealers (through them, records are kept).

Center for Higher Driving Excellence E.S. Tsygankova(official site). The oldest school of driving skills; own equipped circuit. Cost: 5800-15600 rubles.

Driving class by Mikhail Gorbachev(official site). Safe and sporty driving training.

  For a modern driver, the level of responsibility simply goes through the roof: he is responsible not only for himself and for his vehicle, but also for passengers, as well as for pedestrians and fellow drivers. An emergency can occur on the road at any time, because a person driving should be ready for anything. To improve driving skills and developed numerous courses of emergency or extreme driving. So how useful can such a product be?

Simple numbers of complex problems

  Before we begin to understand the difference between driving courses and driving lessons, let's turn to the good old lady statistics. Few people know that under standard traffic conditions, drivers usually use no more than 30% of the capabilities of their car. If we are talking about "dummies", then this figure is even lower - about 20%. Professionals can “squeeze” about 50% of their potential from their car. The capabilities of your car are used to the maximum extent only by racers, and even then this happens exclusively on specially prepared tracks.

The full potential of your car can only be used by professional athletes

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We talked about the potential of the car is not accidental. The fact is that on the road such situations may arise that require us to maximize the return of not only our own strength, energy, concentration, reaction and the ability to think soberly when the “shells are torn” around, but also the full return of the car. Can driving lessons help us with this?

Extreme or contra-driving: terminology difficulties

  Often drivers confuse these two completely different concepts. If we are talking about the ability to drive a car in the most critical situations that may occur on public roads, then this is contra-driving. But extreme driving can be called "quasi-sport" when the driver controls his car using the methods of rally racers. So extreme driving on public roads is out of the question.

Do not confuse the "contravariant" with extreme driving, which is essentially a sport

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But let's abstract from exact definitions and encyclopedic meanings. We’ll immediately agree that we will perceive both counter-driving and extreme driving as special training aimed at increasing the level of driving skills, the ability to react in emergency situations and learn to often make the only right decisions.

Many people ask a completely fair question - do I really need extreme driving lessons? Only you can answer this question. If we take into account the data of UNESCO, according to which every year a total of 1 million people die on the world's roads, and only in Russia alone - about 30 thousand, then everything falls into place. The driver, especially the one who is not confident in his own abilities, must be prepared for the fact that at some moment the gracious road transport god will turn his back on him.

The essence of contra-driving

  Poetically speaking, the road is a ribbon, which is tied with a box, fraught with a lot of surprises. And it depends only on the driver whether these surprises will be pleasant or not. For example, every year at the beginning of winter, all of Russia celebrates Tinsmith’s Day, when the accident statistics diagrams begin to support the ceiling. What is the problem? Not ready for a sharp change of season? Lack of time to replace summer tires with winter tires? Indiscipline or carelessness of drivers? Failure of biological rhythms? Not! The point is the lack of driver skill.

Group classes are much cheaper

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At the same time, almost any extreme driving school will allow you to acquire the necessary skills in just a week. Yes, you will not become a professional. But you can get rid of trouble.

Moscow drivers quite often have to get into emergency situations

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Moscow is a very demanding city that can issue a bill to the driver, which is better not to think about. And the more people on the white stone roads who are trained to act in extreme situations, the fewer these very situations will excite the evening news releases.

Stages of the "Contrarian"

  Basically, quality courses are not offered at all by driving schools that indulge in the provision of additional services, but highly specialized training centers. And these companies, as well as private car instructors who teach extreme car driving, are more than enough today. So, what does a professional necessarily offer us?

Counter-driving - a specific type of guarantee

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Firstly, he will break all the training into stages, and they will look something like this:

Stage 1: the ability to competently work with the controls of the car, the development of rectilinear movement and the passage of overall training.

Stage 2: the use of passive safety features (principles of proper landing behind the wheel), in-depth training on working with car controls (various steering techniques, fast gear changes, engine braking methods), the use of active safety features (effective acceleration, emergency braking, entry techniques turns).

Stage 3: features of driving a car in summer and winter, the acquisition of emergency maneuvering skills in emergency situations and in conditions of low coefficient of adhesion to the road surface, demolition, skidding and stabilization of a car in combined sliding.

Interesting Facts

There are about 20 taxiing techniques, more than 200 elements and braking techniques and 26 throttling techniques - ways to control the "gas" pedal.

Whatever extreme driving courses in Moscow you choose, the main tasks in emergency management will be: disclosing your driver’s capabilities and increasing their level, assessing the capabilities of your personal car in critical situations, providing the maximum number of “tools” that will help you get out of any emergency alterations.

The main thing is self-control, the understanding that everyone can act at the level of the subconscious and muscle memory, self-confidence and the competent distribution of their strength and knowledge. And then you can, like your car instructor, work wonders while driving your favorite car.

A brief overview of extreme and contra-driving courses in Moscow

School	Programs	Car park	Race track	Cost learning
	12 emergency driving courses for experienced drivers and professionals	Personal car	Metallurgist, Bitsa, Mnevniki, Southern	Course "Extreme driving", 2 days for 4.5 hours, 12900   rub.
	Course "I drive confidently"	Ford Focus 2, Ford Focus 3	Airfield "Tushino"	Courses "Slipping" and " Extreme driving", 12 hours, 35400   rub.
	Course "Contrarian training"	GAZ-3102, Mercedes-Benz S, Mercedes-Benz E,   Ford focus	Autodrom of the Federal Security Service of Russia	Basic program, 2 days, 8 hours, from 22 thousand   rub.
	Initial contra-emergency training, active driver safety, driving in critical situations	Personal car	Autodrom in Mnevniki	Driving in critical situations (winter circuit), 5 days, 15 hours, 15600   rub.
	Basic, overall, basic, speed, intensive courses	BMW: 120d, 320d, 328i xDrive, 528i, 528i xDrive, 750Li xDrive, X1 xDrive20d, X3 xDrive30d, X3 xDrive35i	BMW Driving Experience, Sorochany ski resort	Main course + lunch in a restaurant, 1 day, 17 thousand   rub.
	Basic, advanced and pro training	Mercedes C, E, CLS, S,   SL, GLK, M, GL, G	FSO official training ground	Advanced training, 1 day, 18 thousand   rub.
	Protective driving in cars, trucks, buses, special vehicles, the basics of off-road traffic	personal, company or rental cars		The course "Defensive driving", 8 hours, from 5500   rub.
	Practical contra-course	Renault Logan, MINI Cooper, Peugeot 407, Subaru WRX	Academy's own circuit	Course of 5 lessons, from 1500   rub. per lesson (depends on the rented car)
	"Basic contra-emergency training" for beginners and experienced, "Safe driving style", "Stabilization of the car on the asphalt", "Active management techniques"	Personal car	Own race track with an area of \u200b\u200b30,000 sq.m.	The course "Stabilization and active management techniques", 23200 rubles.
	Contrarian training, “Lady at the wheel”, “Four-wheel drive”, “Off-road”, Sports training, Improving driving skills	Toyota Corolla, Subaru Impreza 4WD	Autodrome in Tushino	10 hour course - 25 thousand   rub.