Extreme car driving on ice.

On December 10, race organizers at the St. Petersburg Autodrom held a rally sprint that opened winter season on the highway in Shushary. 83 participants came to support this event in five classifications. The organizers were seriously preparing for the rally sprint - they even managed to fill the track with water in the middle of the week, when the thermometer was minus five. However, by the weekend from the frost, alas, only memories remained - the participants were met by plus temperature and sleet.

One of the leaders in the all-wheel drive class was the St. Petersburg rally driver Vyacheslav Tyukin

Before lunch, the track was given to the mass-produced cars. It is worth mentioning that at the winter competitions at the Autodrom, cars are divided into Sport and Standard classifications according to the presence or absence of a differential lock, while there is no breakdown by engine size.

Six cars started in the rear wheel drive, and the famous rally driver Alexander Zaitsev on the VAZ-2105 became the best. The front-wheel drive class became the most massive in the competition program: 27 participants competed for prizes. St. Petersburg student Stepan Demyanchuk (Ford Fiesta), who trained in Shushary before the start of the rally season, showed the third time here. The second place was taken by Aleksey Subbota, while his Chevrolet Lanos rushed along the snowy road so cheerfully that the organizers had doubts that the car was not blocked. However, they doubted in vain - a simple test showed that Alexei's car was “clean”. Well, Andrey Sologub confidently became the winner of the race in the front-wheel drive class (his Skoda Fabia is in the title picture), who “brought” Saturday as much as nine seconds.

Alexey Saturday

After lunch, the organizers changed the route of the retarders in order to somehow preserve the ice sheet before the “athletes” competition. Eight pilots started in the Front-wheel drive sport class, the fastest of which was Sergey Mitroshenko in Lada Priore. But the name of the winner in the classifications Rear-wheel drive sport (15 participants) and All-wheel drive (23) turned out to be the same - the well-known rally navigator Alexei Bashmakov won in both classes. But if in all-wheel drive his lead over silver medalist Vyacheslav Tyukin (also driving the Subaru Impreza GT sedan) was an impressive nine seconds, then in rear-wheel drive there was a serious struggle. Bashmakov was fiercely resisted by another owner of the Zhiguli, Igor Fomenko, who was only 0.03 seconds behind the winner!

Alexey Bashmakov

In addition to the main classes, there was also a competition for rent, for the participants of which the organizers provided a “carcassed” VAZ-2106. Here the best among the four participants was the regular of the competitions on the track in Shushary, Vladislav Agnivin.

The participants warmly appreciated the first winter sprint at the Autodrom, and the organizers have already decided on the date of the next one - it will take place on December 24th. At these competitions, it is planned to introduce new classes for owners of cars with non-studded tires - Velcro - Mono and Velcro - Full. I wonder if they will be in demand?

Education in the school of extreme driving is especially important in winter and especially in Moscow.
Extreme driving courses will help the driver to navigate in any situation, avoid an accident, improve his driving skills and just have fun and adrenaline.

Everyone can learn counter-emergency driving, the main thing is to get to the professionals in their field. There are many extreme driving schools in Moscow, but there are not so many worthy ones. We will talk about some of them in this review.

GT-Driving School

The GT-Driving school of extreme driving teaches drivers how to drive safely and how to avoid accidents on the road. Extreme driving courses at school will be useful both for a professional who has clocked up kilometers of Russian tracks on a speedometer, and for a beginner. GT-Driving driving programs were developed by the most experienced instructors who own modern methods of driving vehicles.

GT-Driving offers the following services:

Extreme driving courses for beginners.
Learning how to drive safely in difficult conditions.
Preparatory classes with athletes participating in the rally.
extreme driving for fun.
Improving driving skills with the issuance of a certificate.

Teachers of the GT-Driving school - extreme sportsmen international class, winners of all-Russian and international rally championships.

The cost of one hour of training at the GT-Driving school starts from 3900 rubles (when driving a student's car). When using a school car Volkswagen Polo automatic transmission, the price increases to 4900 rubles per hour.

Peculiarities: Online registration is possible!

Address: Moscow, South Autodrom. Moscow Ring Road, 25th km inner side vl4 p7.
Website: GT driving

Extrim Drive (Extreme Drive)

In the Extreme Drive club, you can take extreme driving courses for both motorists and motorcyclists. The Extreme Drive school of extreme driving is widely known in Moscow, it has its own gym with simulators, classes are held at 5 different racetracks.

Comprehensive programs from 23,000 rubles:

Little experience. Winter/Summer (for uncertain drivers)
Contra-accident autodrome courses (autodrome only)
Complete emergency ice courses (theory, simulator and autodrome)
Woman driving. Winter summer

In addition to programs, various courses and trainings are available at the school. Prices: from 5000 rubles per individual lesson in the city up to 18,000 rubles for extreme driving on ice.

Address: Moscow, m. Elektrozavodskaya, st. Elektrozavodskaya 23 to 8, office 217. Autodromes throughout Moscow
Website: extrimdrive.ru

Anton Zakharov is the winner of the Russian Rally Championship, a multiple winner of rally races at various levels. In 2004, Zakharov founded his own Racing Academy in Moscow, inviting his fellow racers to coach.

The Academy has trained a large number of professional racing drivers, trained hundreds of thousands of ordinary drivers in extreme driving and the correct behavior in difficult situations, avoiding collisions when it comes to moments.

The extreme driving course at the Anton Zakharov Racing Academy improves the basic elements of driving. Classes are based on the developments of the Institute physical education. Having completed training at the Academy, drivers begin to react to critical situations on the roads at a reflex level. Skills are consolidated by numerous control tests and exercises in situations that are as close to realistic as possible.

Academy teachers teach drivers to instantly “read” difficult situations, taking actions in advance that can prevent an accident. Graduates of the Racing Academy feel the car perfectly, park well and behave confidently on the most difficult tracks.

Training takes place on a variety of vehicles. The cheapest way to learn extreme driving on RENAULT LOGAN is 2000 rubles/hour. Training on a SUBARU WRX car with a turbo engine will cost 7,000 rubles per hour. There are gift certificates.

School address: Moscow, Stupinsky proezd 1s2
School website: Anton Zakharov Racing Academy

School of Driving Driving Art

School of extreme driving Driving Art is considered one of the most famous in Moscow. The training is based on the unique developments of professional riders. At the school, drivers of different levels of training will be able to significantly deepen their skills.

Driving Art employs international class professionals who have received the highest certificates of instructor skills. The school trains not only ordinary drivers, but also professional athletes, participants in top-class rally races. Graduates of the Driving Art School have a full range of theoretical knowledge and all practical skills that allow you to effectively drive a car in extreme situations. The school has a variety of racing tracks, including a 4-kilometer ice race track.

Advantages of Driving Art school:

Individual work with each student.
Cutting-edge developments for fast and efficient driving education.
Possibility of classes on weekends and at night.
Free departure of the instructor for the student.
The presence of an international-class automobile training ground.
Sports track class "A".
Several autodromes - you can choose the one that suits you.

The cost of studying at the Driving Art School of Driving Art: 6500 rubles for a 2-hour lesson (minimum course - 3 lessons).

School address: Moscow: Autodrom - "Tushino Land" (Volokolamskoe highway, 69), Autodrom Yuzhny (25 km of the Moscow Ring Road), Autodrom of the school of Sergei Uspensky - "Park of Legends" (Avtozavodskaya st. 23), Autodrom Ice Lake - "Troitskoye" (5 km from Moscow Ring Road, Mytishchi district, Troitskoye village)

ASport school

ASport School in Moscow invites drivers to extreme driving courses, developed in accordance with domestic road realities. The teaching activities at ASport are carried out by top-class professionals with numerous achievements in motorsport.

The school has developed an advanced methodology for teaching driving from scratch, with an emphasis on quick and accurate response to emergency situations. ASport instructors train drivers to instantly make the right decisions, avoid collisions, and minimize damage in case of accidents. After completing the ASport extreme driving course, the driver will feel confident on any road and in any traffic situation.

The educational program is compiled individually, taking into account the preferences of the client. Before concluding an agreement with the school, the driver has the opportunity to take a free test lesson. Training takes place on Ford Focus III and Mazda MX5 cars.

The cost of training on a client's car is 3,500 rubles per hour, on a school car - 4,500 rubles per hour.

Address: Moscow, Autodrom "Khodynka", Stupinsky proezd
School website: safetydriving.ru

The level of responsibility of a modern driver simply rolls over: he is responsible not only for himself and his vehicle, but also for passengers, as well as for pedestrians and fellow drivers. An emergency situation can arise on the road at any time, so the person behind the wheel must be ready for anything. To improve driving skills, numerous courses of emergency or extreme driving have been developed. So how useful can such a product be?

Simple numbers for complex problems

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

Only professional athletes can use the full potential of their car

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We started talking about the potential of the car is not accidental. The fact is that situations may arise on the road that will require us to maximize the return of not only our own strength, energy, concentration, reaction and ability to think soberly when “shells are exploding” around, but also full return from the car. Can courses of counter-emergency driving help us with this?

Extreme or counter-emergency driving: terminology difficulties

Drivers often 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 counter-emergency driving. But extreme driving can be called a “quasi-sport”, when the driver drives his car using the techniques of rally racers. So there can be no talk of extreme driving on public roads.

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

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

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

The essence of counter-emergency driving

To put it poetically, the road is a ribbon with which a box is tied, fraught with a lot of surprises. And it depends only on the driver whether these surprises will be pleasant or not. Here, for example, every year at the beginning of winter, the whole of Russia celebrates the "Tinsmith's Day", when the statistical diagrams of accidents begin to prop up the ceiling. What is the problem? Unprepared for a sudden change of season? Lack of time to replace summer tires with winter ones? Driver indiscipline or inattention? Failure of biological rhythms? No! The issue is the lack of driver skills.

Group lessons 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 out of trouble.

Moscow drivers quite often have to get into emergency situations

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Moscow is a very demanding city, which can charge the driver with such a bill that it is better not to think about. And the more people who are trained to act in extreme situations on the white-stone roads, the less these same situations will disturb the evening news releases.

Stages of the "countervariant"

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

Collision driving - a specific type of guarantee

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First, 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: use of passive safety elements (principles proper fit behind the wheel), in-depth training in working with car controls ( different techniques steering, fast gear changes, engine braking techniques), the use of active safety features (efficient acceleration, emergency braking, cornering techniques).

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

Interesting Facts

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

Whatever extreme driving courses in Moscow you choose, the main tasks in emergency training will be: revealing your driving capabilities and improving 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, understanding that everyone can act at the level of the subconscious and muscle memory, self-confidence and the competent distribution of their strengths and knowledge. And then you will be able, like your driving instructor, to work wonders while driving your favorite car.

Brief overview of extreme and counter-emergency driving courses in Moscow

Programs	Car park	Autodrom	Price learning
12 courses of emergency driving for experienced drivers and pros	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	Tushino airfield	Courses "Sliding" and "Extreme driving", 12 hours, 35400 rub.
Course "Counter-emergency training"	GAZ-3102, Mercedes-Benz S, Mercedes-Benz E, Ford Focus	Autodrom FSO of Russia	Basic program, 2 days, 8 hours, from 22 thousand rub.
Initial emergency response 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, high-speed, intensive courses	BMW: 120d, 320d, 328i xDrive, 528i, 528i xDrive, 750Li xDrive, X1 xDrive20d, X3 xDrive30d, X3 xDrive35i	BMW Driving Experience site, Sorochany ski complex	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	Official FSO training ground	Advanced training, 1 day, 18 thousand rub.
Defensive driving in cars, trucks, buses, special equipment, basics of off-road traffic	personal, company or rental cars		Defensive driving course, 8 hours, from 5500 rub.
Practical counter-emergency course	Renault Logan, MINI Cooper, Peugeot 407, Subaru WRX	Academy's own circuit	Course of 5 lessons, from 1500 rub. per lesson (depending on the rented car)
"Basic emergency training" for beginners and experienced, "Safe driving style", "Stabilization of the car on asphalt", "Active driving techniques"	Personal car	Own autodrome with an area of 30,000 sq.m.	Course "Stabilization and active management techniques", 23200 rubles.
Counter-emergency training, "Lady at the wheel", "Four-wheel drive", "Off-road vehicle", sports training, Improving driving skills	Toyota Corolla, Subaru Impreza 4WD	Autodrom in Tushino	10 hour course - 25 thousand rub.

Extreme car driving

Extreme driving has gained considerable popularity. The number of cars on the road is growing, the car has become not a luxury, but a means of transportation. And no one, not an experienced driver, and even more so a novice, is immune from an extreme situation. Ability to properly assess critical situation on the road, reacting with lightning speed saves not only property, but also the health and life of the driver, passengers, and pedestrians. It is these skills that are taught in extreme driving courses. Extreme driving courses will help predict the trajectory of movement, teach you the intricacies of overtaking, and give you the basics of rally training.

driving on ice

Driving on ice is a challenge for most drivers. And given the climatic features of the region, it becomes quite a tangible problem. Extreme driving courses will help you learn how to drive safely on ice. It is these courses that will help to avoid panic, reflex paralysis when driving on ice. A driver who has successfully completed such courses knows how to reflexively apply the correct braking techniques on a slippery road, how to stabilize the car if it starts to spin on ice, and just safely take turns on an icy road. After learning extreme driving on ice, the phrase: “Today we won’t go - ice!” Will go away forever.