LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Teen Car Control Clinic scheduled for this Saturday, Oct 20, at the Lakeside Family Fun Center parking lot on Lakeport Boulevard has room available but it’s best not to wait until late to register.

Go on the Web site, www.nasacarcontrol.org , to register for this weekend’s event.

Parents – do you have a teen driver with a permit or who is newly licensed? This is exactly what most folks agree is the best way to prepare a teen for Lake County driving.

Active participation is encouraged, as is having teens drive their own car or their parents’ car. They will be driving for their first encounters with the local numerous two lane roads and their narrow, soft shoulders.

Each student is offered a chance to parallel park, back through cones, do heavy braking that activates the anti skid system most cars have today. Additionally, they also get to try out the figure eight skid pad to feel their car’s handling in the wet. The skid pad is wet down to simulate winter weather driving.  

In the two wheels off exercise, they encourage the drivers to feel the experience of two wheels off the roadway onto the shoulder and practice the proper technique of easing off the throttle, bringing their car under control and back onto the asphalt and then brake. This is simple but often not done right unless practiced in a controlled situation with an experienced driving coach doing the coaching.

The cost is $99 (scholarships are available).

Register at www.nasacarcontrol.org ; call Officer Kory Reynolds at the California Highway Patrol’s Clear Lake Area office, 707-279-0103; or call driving coach Eric Wheaton at 707-279-4840.  

This is the last teen driving clinic of this year.  Don’t miss out.