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Comments there have been that channeling Yoda lately, I seem to be. Lean into that with this post, I shall. Technical aspects to driving besides steering, there are, that many drivers never learn. Taught in courses like Skip Barber and Bob Bondurant, they are. In normal driver ed courses, taught they are not. Weight transfer. How to hold the steering wheel (forget that 10 and 2 and hand-to-hand stuff, you must). Circle of friction. Late apexes. Heck, even apexes. Skid pad work. Car placement. Dealing with understeer in low-speed corners. Dealing with oversteer in any corners. Rev matching. Double clutching. Heel and toe. How firmly to hold the steering wheel (a great description of that, Jackie Stewart had). Recovering from a spin. Simultaneous application of throttle and brake in front-wheel-drive cars. Learn these things, most people never do. Indeed, that these things even exist, most people know not. Yet on public roads, they drive, and safely, for the most part, they do. But a…

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