“The single biggest thing I can tell anybody is to slow down.”
~Instructor Mark Osborne
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Wintertime driving can be challenging, and even deadly. It makes a lot of sense for Michiganders to spend a some time and thought on staying safe behind the wheel in wintertime. The Keweenaw Research Center Winter Driving School was the subject of a recent Washington Post feature that may help with that. They explain that:
Courses offered at the Keweenaw center, part of Michigan Tech University, are designed to help avoid some of the common mistakes that produce fender-benders and more serious crashes. Veteran and novice drivers alike are welcome.
“Any little tip you learn could save your life,” says Dave Somero of nearby Houghton, whose 15-year-old daughter, Marissa, is one of my three classmates on a recent Saturday. After slipping and sliding my way through the program, I’m a believer.
Osborne and fellow instructor Toby Kunnari started the school in the 1990s. It’s a sideline; their main job is running the research center’s “proving ground” — a set of courses for test-driving vehicles with new technology and equipment.
Read on for more and check out this detailed video on safe winter driving from the KRC:
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