(CBS DETROIT) – A driving program in Ypsilanti is training teens to be ready on the road.
B.R.A.K.E.S. shows teens what it feels like to to handle five of the most common dangerous driving experiences. Modules include panic braking, skid recovery, crash avoidance, distraction and drop wheel.
“These are lifesaving skills,” said Brendon Short, B.R.A.K.E.S. trainer. “To learn how the vehicle operates and to how weight transfer play a big part in braking or skid recovery. That’s what we’re really here to teach.”
Mikaiya Rawlins completed the course and she said she’s thankful her first experiences with these scary driving moments happened in this controlled environment and not on an actual roadway.
“When we were doing the distracted driving, my instructor had us put on ‘impaired goggles’ and he had these books and was like read these books,” Mikaiya Rawlins said. “I was trying to read them out loud and I was trying to drive at the same time and I ended up hitting the poster of the person. I know if it was real life, if it was raining or snowing, it would have been much worse than it was today.”