{"id":1155,"date":"2014-02-26T14:58:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T14:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carpages.ca\/blog\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2019-10-03T18:22:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T18:22:58","slug":"young-drivers-of-canada-hosts-first-ever-winter-driving-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carpages.ca\/blog\/2014\/02\/26\/young-drivers-of-canada-hosts-first-ever-winter-driving-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Drivers of Canada hosts first ever Winter Driving Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Woodbridge, ON — <\/strong>Young Drivers of Canada encourages drivers both new and old to attend winter refresher courses they offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI strongly suggest people take a (winter) refresher whenever they get the chance,\u201d said Angelo DiCicco, Director of the GTA region of Young Drivers. \u201cWe do 120,000 lessons a year, including 500 with corporate clients.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that in mind, YD recently held the first Winter Driving Challenge at Dynamic Tire in Woodbridge for media and lucky members of the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The public was asked to send their most interesting winter driving tales to YD. The winners got to attend the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There, they would have the chance to win prizes like a set of winter tires from Sailun tires, movie passes, YD lesson vouchers and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tests ranged from attacking a snow-covered slalom course in YD cars, to a parking test used to determine how well you knew your vehicle\u2019s dimensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the slalom events, the faster the time, the better. If you hit a cone used to mark the course, you\u2019d lose time. A separate brake-and-avoid test had a similar time-based structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the parking contest it was all about how precise your maneuvres were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These exercises are also taught in regular YD driver training programs, but there\u2019s no guarantee they will be in the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why there are those electing to take the winter-specific course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For us, the slalom event was the most interesting. We went through twice in the same car, once on snow tires, once all-seasons. It\u2019s a rare opportunity that does a good job of showing the difference, as our times with the snow tires were quite a ways better than those without.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DiCicco\u00a0hopes to make the Winter Driving Challenge an annual event, so check out YD.com and start practicing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n