BMWCSA Introduces Street Survival!

The BMWCSA Club is pleased to announce the first Tire Rack Street Survival (TRSS) School in Calgary.

Saturday June 9, 2018

Tire Rack Street Survival Teen Driving School
Calgary Police Service Training Grounds

Registration now open:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2018-bmwcsa-tire-rack-street-survival-driving-school-tickets-43511894247

If you would like to be a volunteer and help out during the event, please follow the link below.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tire-rack-street-survival-volunteer-registration-tickets-45842739869

If you would like to be an instructor during the event, please follow the link below.

Real world.  Hands on!

The Tire Rack Street Survival School starts where traditional “parallel parking” driver education programs leave off.

Rather than studying driver’s manual theory, the primary emphasis of the program is a “hands on” driving experience with in car skills development in a very safe, purpose built, closely supervised training environment.

When your teen driver, or those with less than 10 years of driving experience, attends a Street Survival school, they learn to control their own car in dynamic exercises that can’t be learned from books or games. They experience the physics of motion in exactly the types of situation that can cause a loss of control! They learn how to make good driving decisions and react more quickly. They become more aware of their own limits and learn to begin anticipating the actions of other drivers.

How important is it that new drivers learn Street Survival skills?   Consider these facts:

• Stats Canada reports that motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among drivers in their first 10 years of driving.
• They account for over 70 percent of accidental deaths in that age group.
• A 16-year-old is 20 percent more likely to be killed in a crash than an adult.
• Nearly 50 percent of teen-driver fatality accidents involve a single vehicle!

The School is held at the Calgary Police Service Training Grounds. Cost is $125 including EventBrite fees for a full day of training, lunch and refreshments.

TRSS is a program developed to train newer drivers who have up to ten years of driving experience, with preference given to the 16 to 21 age group.  The event is designed to equip the next generation of drivers with real-world, behind-the-wheel skills that will help to keep them safely on the road.  The program includes instruction by experienced driving instructors, in the classroom and one-on-one with each student while they learn and practise emergency braking, accident avoidance, proactive vision, car placement, and car control on slippery surfaces.  Students will also get help with how to sit properly in their car and how to adjust mirrors for maximum visibility; they will see an actual truck blind-spot demonstration, and more.

Parents are encouraged (but not required) to spend the day with their student.   Students bring the vehicle that they normally use and, as a result, learn and understand the response characteristics of their individual car.

BMW ownership or BMWCSA membership is NOT REQUIRED.

The Club is organizing TRSS in Calgary as a community service initiative and we envision this training becoming an annual event – over 1000 schools have been held across Canada and the US to date.

Two great videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trKWDq8rwdk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKgLX1xAeoo

FAQs:
http://streetsurvival.org/schools/frequently-asked-questions/

Registration:

The cost for a full day of training, lunch and refreshments is only $125, including Eventbrite fees. Directions to the Calgary Police Training Grounds will be sent to all registered participants.

Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2018-bmwcsa-tire-rack-street-survival-driving-school-tickets-43511894247

What to Bring for Each Participant:

• A valid Alberta Class 5 Driver’s Licence, or equivalent. A Class 7 (Learner) licence is acceptable with a minimum of 25 hours road experience.
• A car (alternatively, one car can be shared between 2 participants).  Cars are NOT provided. Participants are encouraged to use the car they normally drive so they learn how their car would perform in an emergency.
• Signed waiver. Registration kit includes a waiver for those over and those under 18. Participants under the age of 18 must have the waiver signed by parents(s) or legal guardian(s).
  Download waivers here:   Adult Waiver   |   Guardian’s Waiver   |   Minor’s Waiver

Volunteer:

As is typical with club-supported events, volunteers create the foundation on which successful events are built – even if you do not have a student participating, the gift of your time will go a long way towards making a new driver a better driver, and maybe even saving a life down the road. Contact Gary Coleman at coleman@bmwcsa.ca

Help Spread the Word:

If you know anyone who might like to sign up as a student or a volunteer, please invite them.

If you’d like to give someone the gift of a lifetime (literally!) an I.O.U Gift Certificate, which says that you’ll pay for his or her registration when it’s time to register, can be found here: I.O.U Gift Certificate

For now, simply print it, fill out the details in the upper right corner, and give it as an I.O.U. To spread the word at your office, print several copies of the I.O.U. Gift Certificate for your lunchroom so your co-workers will see it.

The program is open to the public.  Help save lives!

Thanks to Our Local Sponsors of the Street Survival School 2018

• Calgary Police Services
• BMW CCA Foundation
• The Tire Rack
• Michelin Tires

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2018-bmwcsa-tire-rack-street-survival-driving-school-tickets-43511894247

Organizers: Gary Coleman, Josh Carter and Neill Taniguchi