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Feb 18, 2007 | 11:36 PM

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fbx22

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From: Anchorage, AK

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Originally Posted by AlpineRAM

Over here a drivers course for snow is mandatory for all young drivers in the first year after they get their drivers license.

I see good results from those courses and think that in our region they do pay off. I found out that being able to control your vehicle well under these circumstances helps in avoiding stupid drivers trying to hit you.

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I think they should require that here also in Alaska.

and especially require the military base wives to take it too

Feb 19, 2007 | 01:16 AM

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Ph4tty

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Originally Posted by fbx22

winter driving school

Im in winter driving school every day 7 months a year

I hear you. I lived up on hillside when I was learing to drive. Rabbit Creek Dr was always fun in the winter =P

Feb 19, 2007 | 06:35 AM

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Interesting... I have one seen one hummer off road and that was a video of it breaking... I didn't know people took them off the pavement.

Looks like it would be fun, just not $5000 fun. I can take my truck and a buddies jeep and do less than $5000 worth of damage.

That vid has been around for a while, and the driver mats the throttle, thats why it breaks. Those trucks use a traction control system that is not effective at WOT. OE-operator error.

Feb 19, 2007 | 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by chromegrill

That vid has been around for a while, and the driver mats the throttle, thats why it breaks. Those trucks use a traction control system that is not effective at WOT. OE-operator error.

Is there any other way to drive than WOT?

What kind of people take your class?

Feb 19, 2007 | 06:31 PM

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we have had about every kind of person through the class.

Feb 19, 2007 | 06:49 PM

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Interesting. I had always figured it was the mid life crisis ladies that thought they might take their "car" off road again.

There is a lady (mid 50's) that walks the treadmill next to the stairs I use in the mornings. She has a Landrover discovery loaded, her husband drives an H2, she said she put her landrover in 4x4 the other day for the first time (it had snowed). She considered taking the landrover school when she got the truck, but never did. Seems like a waste of a good 4x4 to me...