Driving courses should not be something optional for the driver. Driving schools such as the Audi Driving Winter Experience serve to improve the safety of our roads. An experience as fun as it is instructive in a natural setting of high value.
Security is not at odds with anything. Every time we get behind the wheel of a car, we expose ourselves to infinite circumstances that will put our integrity and that of others at risk. Improving safety at the wheel is a constant concern of manufacturers. The improvement in safety elements and the increasing presence of driving assistants minimize the dangers behind the wheel, but in the end it all depends on the skill or experience of the driver.
The Audi range offers a wide range of models. From electric to thermal units with restrained powers, passing through the beloved S and RS ranges that raise the pulsations when starting the engine. In recent decades, Ingolstadt has been concerned with reducing the number of fatalities in traffic accidents. Their cars are among the safest in each category, but engineering is of little or no use if we don’t make the right decisions behind the wheel.
In this scenario of concern, the Audi Driving Experience is presented. After a break caused by the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, the Spanish division resumes its famous driving courses for all audiences. Conferences distributed throughout the country that will improve the skills of drivers that they attend. A security lesson disguised as experience that highlights the work that our public bodies should undertake.
Our politicians fill their mouths every time they talk about reducing accidents. This very positive fact has little or nothing to do with the measures taken by the General Directorate of Traffic, which opts for criminalization and punishment rather than training and prevention. More money is earned by sanctioning certain attitudes than by investing in improving the skills of Spanish drivers. It is a reality, and therefore it is up to brands and companies to take on that informative task that is always carried out by the concerned driver.
Leaving aside this small criticism of the safety policy of our politicians, Audi once again launches an apprenticeship program that should be mandatory for everyone. The course offer includes three different levels/experiences: Progressive, Performance, Sportscar and Winter. Each event has its own location, covering almost the entire Spanish geography and bringing to the general public a formation that is almost impossible to find.
From simple but vital dodge maneuvers or understeer control to high speed exercises in controlled scenarios
like the Ascari circuits, for example. Each level serves to learn something new, always at the controls of the brand new and characteristic range of the four rings. During these days you will be able to drive from an Audi A3 to an Audi e-tron through the almighty Audi R8 with its immeasurable V10 engine thundering behind you. An experience full of sensations.
Within the catalog we find the Winter Baqueira Beret experience. The most powerful vehicles in the range in the most complex circumstances that a driver can face. This experience is replicated in the Sierra Nevada facilities. An ice rink that will be the ideal setting to learn maneuvers that would otherwise only be possible to learn under high-risk conditions. To round it off, for those who like skiing, special discounts on fortaits and equipment are included to make the trip even more profitable.
The available range is made up of the Audi S3 Sportback, Audi RS 3 Sportback, Audi RS 4 Avant, Audi RS 5 Coupé and Sportback, Audi S5 Sportback and Audi RS Q3 Sportback. A whole fleet of high power that adds thousands of horses at our disposal. With such artillery, different high-level exercises are carried out: braking distance calculation, tight turns in low-grip situations, body roll through back-to-back turns and a speed circuit where all the lessons learned can be put to the test.
The program starts the day at 8 in the morning, after the accreditations and a theoretical class of half an hour, 9 am is set as the exact time for the start of the driving tests, time to apply the knowledge acquired during the briefing. During three hours that fly by, the announced exercises will be carried out and at 12 o’clock the accreditation certificates will be delivered that will confirm having passed the demanding driving course.
Soon these driving courses will provide two additional points on the driver’s license
Anyone can sign up for one of these incredible days by accessing the Audi Driving Experience website. It is as simple as entering and booking the date that best suits you. Regarding prices, Audi sets a cost of 350 euros for non-Audi customers, and 290 euros for those customers who have an Audi in their garage. The price does not include the transfer or accommodation, which will be borne by the client. A cost that in some way should be borne in part by that Government that sticks out its chest every time the accident rate drops.
In the end, the Audi Driving Experience days are not only an experience and a fun day, they are vitally important lessons that help us control our car better and that one day can mean the difference between having an accident or not. Any means is little to increase safety when driving. Thanks to these courses one sits behind the wheel in a different way, with a greater sense of security that is priceless.