Hands-on safety training with IRST
Even experienced drivers have misconceptions about how to use ABS, anti-jack-knife and anti-rollover systems; what is more worrying is that many are unaware of the real causes of jack-knifing and rollovers. IRST (International Road Safety Training) is a training organisation that takes a unique way of dispelling the myths and showing drivers exactly what modern safety systems are capable of, and just as importantly what they are not capable of without the driver providing the correct response to a situation.
A day with IRST is not a day spent in the classroom, desperately trying to stay awake while watching videos and Powerpoint presentations. This is true hands-on training: taking a truck and tanker trailer to the point of where it will roll, and beyond; showing on a skidpan the correct way to emergency brake with and without ABS, and why the two techniques are different - so different that using the wrong one can have disastrous results.
