DRIVER & OPERATOR TRAINING

About Driver Training

Transportation Research Center operates one of the world's premier driver training and development programs, renowned for instructing automotive professionals in testing, evaluation and performance driving. We offer specialized training designed to equip your staff with the essential skills for safe, repeatable, and efficient vehicle development.

TRC has developed specific class curriculums that delve into the complex relationship between the driver, the vehicle, and the road environment. Our team of experienced instructors delivers comprehensive training covering basic driving skills and defensive maneuvers all the way through to the highest levels of limit handling.

Through a blend of classroom training and hands-on experience on our testing facilities, participants will gain in depth knowledge of vehicle dynamics, subjective evaluation and data analysis and develop the skills to execute a wide range of vehicle testing.

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Winding Road Course

Vehicle testing on the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) winding road course with wet and dry pavement capabilities provides input for vehicle handling. This course also contains two depth-controlled hydroplane test areas as well as a 203-foot (61.8m) radius wet vehicle dynamics handling area. Driver training and “ride and drives,” as well as driver distraction and collision avoidance studies, can be performed on this course.

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Winding Road Course

Dynamics Handling Course

TRC’s proving ground offers a 1.75-mile (2.8 km) asphalt course consisting of a variety of slow, medium, and high-speed corners, slight elevation changes, and turns of varying camber. This facility is used for vehicle dynamics studies, performance evaluation, and driver training.

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Dynamics Handling Course

VDA1

17 acre flat concrete pad completely enclosed with privacy barriers. The proximity of this facility to the Control Building makes it an ideal location for events and tests which require large support teams.

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VDA1

VDA2

22 acre, flat concrete pad with run-up road. Low Mu surface coming soon.

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VDA2

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