Banks love minimising risk and my bank is no different.
Tomorrow, we’ll be driving 4WDs up the Cape to camp for
three nights so we need to know how to handle these beasts on a dirt track when
a ute comes flying around a corner out of control at your vehicle. No, really.
I’m all kinds of nervous as we sit through two hours of
theory with driver trainer Peter Roggenkamp, showing some rather
disturbing photos of previous accidents.
By the time we get to Cairns Showground for six hours of
practical training, my legs are shaking. Roggenkamp puts us through our paces
and we slam on breaks from speeds of 60, 70 and 80 k’s an hour then do it all
again on a corner, then all again on a soaking wet corner.
I’m happy to report, we all passed. Yay!!
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