{"id":3152,"date":"2016-11-28T12:53:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T17:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shaundejager.com\/?p=3152"},"modified":"2016-11-28T13:12:41","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T18:12:41","slug":"crash-took-my-confidence-how-i-got-it-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shaundejager.com\/road-safety\/crash-took-my-confidence-how-i-got-it-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash took my Confidence: How I got it back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier in 2016 I worked with a crash survivor who needed help building confidence after a scary incident. After working with her privately and having her join our CarControlSchool, here’s what she had to say about us along with the story of what led up to her meeting us:<\/p>\n

“In June of this year, after 35 years of incident-free driving, I was in a high-speed collision on the 403 when a car \u2013 traveling recklessly over the speed limit \u2013 careened into our lane as the driver attempted a last-minute lane change in a distracted attempt to exit the highway on a nearby off-ramp. He succeeded, but not as he\u2019d intended. He veered off the highway in front of us into the ditch in a nose-over-tail flip and impacted our car in the process. \u00a0As he did, I lost control of my vehicle with my 88 year-old mom in the passenger seat beside me.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t see this coming. I didn\u2019t know what had hit me and I didn\u2019t know how to react. \u00a0Quite simply, I thought it was game over.<\/p>\n

Happily, my mom and I survived that collision, as did the driver of the other vehicle. \u00a0\u00a0After having my car repaired, however, I had a new problem: I could no longer comfortably (or even uncomfortably for that matter) drive on the highway. \u00a0I felt as if my car was going to be impacted by every passing vehicle and I became incapacitated with anxiety. \u00a0Driving home from Muskoka later that same month, I actually needed to exit the highway and drive home on the back roads. Arriving home 7 hours later I decided that I needed some help. I did an online search for \u201ccar\u201d and \u201ccontrol\u201d and that\u2019s where Ian Law and Shaun de Jager stepped into the picture.<\/p>\n

The IRL Car Control School<\/a> \u2013 led by Chief Instructor Ian Law \u2013 specializes in ProActive driver training. \u00a0Shortly after my collision, I attended their in-depth daylong program, which lived up to their promise of providing the highest level of defensive driver education in North American. \u00a0The program was divided into in-class lessons and in-car sessions. Both the lessons and the practical driving sessions were invaluable.<\/p>\n

The in-class lessons were led by Instructor Shaun de Jager \u00a0(more on Shaun later) who managed the near-impossible task of making an entire Saturday of learning FUN. \u00a0Think of the technical expertise of Lewis Hamilton presented with the deadpan comedic timing of Bob Newhart, combined with the physical hilarity of Rowan Atkinson, all delivered by a professional driving instructor and you\u2019ve got Shaun de Jager. \u00a0The in-car lessons were taught by the IRL Car Control\u2019s team of highly skilled and personable instructors through a series of individual one-on- one sessions in the student’s\u2019 own cars. Throughout the daylong program, I learned things I didn\u2019t know; I relearned things I should have known. \u00a0And I learned things I never could have known. I finished my day of instruction wondering how any driver should be licensed to drive without this critical level of instruction and knowledge.<\/p>\n

To complement my program at the IRL Car Control School, I did two hours of highway instruction in my own vehicle with Shaun de Jager (instructor extraordinaire at the Car Control School). \u00a0In addition to being a classroom instructor, Shaun is a road safety specialist and professional driving instructor (oh yes, and an award winning race car driver) who also offers individual driver training for an entire spectrum of driving situations and needs. \u00a0Over the two hours of instruction in my car, Shaun focused on vehicle control with all instruction specifically tailored to my situation and needs. \u00a0Shaun provided me with a series of invaluable tips and tools to help me feel and be in better control of my vehicle. \u00a0\u00a0These are tools which I now employ daily and which I\u2019ll have for the rest of my driving days. \u00a0I now would see a potential collision in the making. \u00a0And I now would know how to react.<\/p>\n

Thank you IRL Car Control School. Thank you Ian Law. \u00a0Thank you Shaun de Jager. \u00a0Not only has every student that you\u2019ve ever taught benefited from your instruction, but every other driver on the road that your students have driven with has unknowingly benefited from your instruction too. \u00a0You\u2019re making our roads safer, one student at a time.” -Wendy M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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