Training curbs combat skid mishaps.

AuthorWilliams, Robert H.
PositionSafer Driving

The Army's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center's national automotive center and General Motors are working to curb injuries and deaths caused by skid driving conditions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The upshot is the integration of skid platform technologies on a standard humvee that permits soldiers to experience a 60 miles per hour skid in a vehicle that is only going 15 miles per hour.

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