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Collision Avoidance Training (CAT)

Union EMS, Safe Communities, and South Piedmont Community College have teamed up to provide Collision Avoidance Training Courses in Union County. 

Overview:

The Collision Avoidance Training (C.A.T.) program is an advanced defensive driving and vehicle control program designed for teenage drivers. The two-day program is designed to provide young drivers with the knowledge and understanding of vehicle dynamics and human kinetics -the forces created by an automobile and the effects of the forces on the human body. Drivers must have valid, NC Driver's License.

Skills and Techniques:

Five basic skills, actions and/or techniques of driving are identified as areas that teens need experience or training to safely operate a motor vehicle. Steering, acceleration, deceleration, backing and skid control/skid recovery are the tasks addressed in this program. Training exercises used in this program have been adopted from the law enforcement training manual and approved by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission.

Student drivers must master the following exercises:

  • Evasive maneuvers
  • Threshold/emergency braking
  • Forward serpentine cornering
  • Backing
  • Skid recovery

All classes are conducted under the direct supervision of certified high liability driving instructors. Instructors ride with each student and students move to the next exercise only after the instructor feels the student has demonstrated a reasonable degree of skill. C.A.T. students receive the same behind-the-wheel training as police officers.


COURSE REQUIRES:

  • Proper attire for all participants.
  • No open toed shoes.
  • Vehicles used by students can not be lowered, lifted or be equipped with oversized tires.
  • Completed Minor Release Form REQUIRED before participation.  (See SPCC Website to download Form)

 

To Register ONLINE - Link out to the SPCC CAT website @
   http://www.spcccewd.com/personalinterest.php?id=119