Driver Training

22nd March 2004

I experienced the Driver Training on the 22nd March 2004. I had owned my 4WD for 8 months, never read the operators manual and understood very little about the capabilities of the car I had purchased.

The night before driver training I read up, and was as nervous as my first day at school. Little did I know what I was about to experience.

On the day, I was keen and ready to drive. All looked good, until I had to lock the brakes with 20 depressions, release the handbrake and steer the car down and up the adjoining hill. My reaction, “Shitt!” No other word would express the fear and adrenalin rush you felt in having no brakes to stop your 4WD. I was still panting with fear back at the campsite.

All other experiences that day were valuable learning and the instructors were wonderful.

I now view my wonderful 4WD with a new respect and far better knowledge of driving thanks to the wonderful men who gave up their time to educate me in these procedures.

Kathy Taylor
New Member.