Burnout son...Lesson one

[SavVYute]

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Dad teaches son how to do a skid.
Good idea?

 

[commodore665]

Oh dear god , why would you do something like that , what sort of a role model is that man .

 

[Rajesh Koothrappali]

Just to clarify, it's burnout right? Not a skid. Skidding is when a tyre that's not rotating slides across the road surface (hence it's called anti-skid brakes). Whereas a burnout is when the tyre is rotating on a single spot.

 

[Cava454]

Doesn't concern me so why should it concern others.

 

[Grennan]

Meh.

When I was a kid I learnt how to drive in my dads VK SS. Back of his factory lot. If it teaches his kids proper respect for the time and place to do these things and control of a car, than fantastic.

 

[88GreenVN]

Wish my dad had a car that would do a burnout. Sigma's failed badly

 

[SavVYute]

Just to clarify, it's burnout right? Not a skid. Skidding is when a tyre that's not rotating slides across the road surface (hence it's called anti-skid brakes). Whereas a burnout is when the tyre is rotating on a single spot.

Yeap...sorry, was using a bit of slang there.

"going out for a skid" could mean taking the car out for a drive up to the shops.
"going to the skids" means heading out to the local drag meet.
"doing a skid" sort of covers tyre rotation in my book.

 

[ephect]

So the hoon law can have ur car impounded while in use on private property? Wtf..

i as driving by the age of 5 on our block.. I wish everyone had a chance to drive on decent land without worry of hitting or injuring anyone else. Good to learn some skill and practice when things go wrong. i have no issue with this on private land

 

[Immortality]

Learning to control a car that is out of control, in a safe/supervised environment is called advanced driver training/skid pan training. People pay a lot of money to do this (but seems it is illegal as it could be considered "hoon" behaviour).

At the end of the day kids doing this in a controlled environment is a lot better than sneaking dads car out and doing it out the back of some industrial estate.

 

[BOOST666]

I see no problem at all, way safer than putting your kid on the footy field or letting them on a motorbike and doing junior motor cross at the age of 5, a guy I know let his son do that and now he doesn't have a son anymore, sad but true