http://www.co.alameda.ca.us/sheriff/trainingctr.htm
a couple people asked, so here's the website.
the autocross course is a little small, but it has a neat feature where they
can flood part of the course so you practice going from dry to wet to dry
pavement. i should contact them again as their planned road course sounded
fun too. another fun feature was a random lane change exercise- two lanes
with speed triggered lights over them, two green, one green one red, or both
red. react appropriately.
we got to drove the corvette powered cruisers, and it is amazing they can
catch anyone in those monsters. soooper soft suspension.
anyway it would be a good course for non-autocrossers to get comfortable
with a new car. i arranged it for our car club, and they tailored the
course to us to a large extent.
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: Kenneth Allan Mitchell <nokones@kenmitchell.com>
> The CHP does not have an advanced driving course in Dublin. All the
> driving training, their instructors, and their training cars are in West
> Sacramento at the CHP Academy. I just happen to have some inside
> information on this subject.
>
> James Creasy wrote:
> >
> > CHP are trained on an autocross type course. i know i took their
advanced
> > driving course in dublin.
> >
> > we got to chase the instructors in their patrol cars on the course. in
my
> > PGT is was no contest, i could lap him in about 3 laps. those things
have
> > no LSD.
> >
> > haha we had mike camicia there too. :)
> >
> > -james c
> >
> > PS the link is dead...
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Giles Douglas <giles@vy.com>
> > To: Vitaly Iourtchenko <vitaly@nuance.com>
> > Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 2:28 AM
> > Subject: Re: Curse of the Boondoggle?
> >
> > > I was sent this one:
> > >
> > > http://albumh.photopotnt.com/j/Vi/w?u=840811&a=6112317&u=39444277
> > >
> > > Someone else said he did 62.x, pretty respectable on street tires
without
> > > a course walk!
> > >
> > > Giles
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