How to Avoid Accidents in the Real World

Driving out in the real world presents a lot of risks. From animals running in front of you to debris flying around in the road and distracted drivers, people need to be prepared to avoid these potential accidents at any moment. This week, Team O'Neil instructor Drew Crowley goes over three different techniques and scenarios of accident avoidance on the Team O'Neil slalom. Feel free to ask questions and make sure to like, share and subscribe.
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[@coldmoonlight6361]

Step one: Know your car and it's limits. Step two: Treat everyone on the road like they're absolutely incompetent and trying to kill you. Step three: Be cautious and aware.

[@The_True_]

Exactly right!

[@gaveintothedarkness]

Step 4: Profit

[@NerdyCatCoffeeee]

But everyone on the road IS incompetent

[@coldmoonlight6361]

@@NerdyCatCoffeeee Except for me of course 😉

[@Tiberiumfreek]

This guy be my clone. Couldn't have said it better.

[@aravindais]

"Eyes dictate what happens" and releasing the brake when you want to turn, absolutely most important two rules in driver training, really appreciate what you guys are doing. keep it up. and all the best.

[@The_True_]

Nice job on this topic! I need to work on my pedal control while left foot braking for sure, but knowing the limits of my Focus and working on depth perception to pass through tight spaces without panicking and braking too hard has prevented many accidents for me. Awareness of how close you can get on either side of the car is a skill worth learning that many overlook, so they swerve too severely and skid on hard braking, which can cause a bad situation to become worse in traffic. Anyway, great video as usual guys! Your tips have improved my driving and increased the fun!

[@davejenvey3598]

Son of a Wyatt! Good stuff.

[@davejenvey3598]

P.S. if i ever come for a course please don't let me meet that knob at the end.

[@Tiberiumfreek]

Left foot braking, has saved my ass 100+ times as a courier driver. I just drive with my foot over the brake ALL the route (expect highway.) I've done it long enough, that my foot doesn't get soar anymore. If you don't know left foot braking, stop hesitating and just do it. It's the most basic but oddly, the most rewarding part of getting ready to avoid an accident.

[@babaarcuszatir]

That is why I love cruise control, left foot on clutch, right on the brake pedal all times.

[@UncleAron]

Thank you Drew, very cool!

[@lorenzop.8249]

this channel is gold, even for someone who has been driving for quite a while

[@Joeytheknife905]

Good job Drew

[@AlexN2022]

Don't use techniques for emergency that you don't use normally. If you normally use right foot for breaking - do that. Else you'll switch to clutch at the last moment and crash. If you think it's crazy, know this: in the aftermath a deadly FBI shoot-out, it was established that the agents were picking up their brass - while being shot at - simply because that's what they had been doing in range practice. Under stress, System 1 takes over, and System 1 always does "the usual thing". What you *can* do is irrelevant to emergency - it's not automatic. Only what you *always* do is relevant.

[@lorenzoweed2473]

Very informative!

[@pengdu7751]

the "release brake to turn" is pretty much impossible for normal driver to do. Releasing brake when car is about to hit something is counter intuitive and takes training to pull off.

[@mr.thammisses6119]

He's releasing the break so the wheels stop locking and the car can actually turn otherwise it would just slide into the obstacle. That concept isn't that complicated I think a normal driver with that knowledge could pull it off just fine.

[@xnopyt13]

@@mr.thammisses6119 unless you have training it’s hard to go against your instincts

[@pengdu7751]

@@mr.thammisses6119 understand. most drivers don't have that knowledge.

[@ZsomborZsombibi]

Depends on practice. If you have a chance to try it on a safe road, muscle memory will help.

[@mr.thammisses6119]

Sounds like y'all have never had a little fun with your car on the backroads.

[@lordlasanheiro]

miiiiiister crowley

[@toothpicdinosaur3777]

I was driving through the last spring storm and a tree hit the car in front of me and fell right in front of my subaru. I stopped right in the tree. Going backwards down hill at 4am wasn't an option, so I pushed forward and mowed that pine down. Surprisingly the car was only scratched. Had to be the worst drive yet.

[@Marween]

How this works with an actual road pavement.

[@ZsomborZsombibi]

More or less the same, of course concrete and asphalt have better traction for braking and turning. When I attended a driving technique course, we practiced on a very slippery synthetic resin surface. When asking the same question, we were told we can expect similar results in real life at a high speed.

[@Teamoneilrally]

The same principles still apply on pavement. Some of the extra nuance that exists on gravel isn't present on tarmac but all these techniques work on all different surface types.

[@throughlydruxy8501]

We have to do this maneuver for our ambulance driving certification. Drive at about 35 mph then the instructor says "left" or "right" and you have to do it without hitting cones.

[@Bdoserror]

It could be helpful to include camera on the driver's feet too, in the future.

[@CORNDODGER]

So what do you think about building a 76 MONZA for rally Cross

[@arrris8083]

I swear this fiesta is euro spec

[@Teamoneilrally]

You'd be correct on that! Most of are Fiestas are ex pre production cars that are European spec.

[@arrris8083]

@@Teamoneilrally this is awesome

[@tyroner.4521]

Brake and avoidance is also dangerous especially if it's a instant reflex. Much more dangerous in a highway.

[@stephenmartin5766]

In straight line you could just pop it in neutral to also not stall it of course