A recent survey of drivers in Europe showed that not only did they overestimate their driving skills, but they were unwilling to accept even the most obvious errors as their fault.
It's sad to say, poor driving is all too prevalent on Hong Kong's roads. Bad lane discipline, reluctance to use indicators, speeding, inability to merge on motorways, and inattention to other vehicles and road conditions can been seen daily. While accident fatalities have dropped over the years, this can be attributed to the increased safety features of modern vehicles. The number of accidents has barely fallen during the same time, despite government road safety campaigns.
This shows the best way to improve safety on the roads is to improve driver skills. But finding the limits of your driving abilities, and the limits of a sports car, is foolhardy, dangerous and most likely illegal on public roads. To improve skills and road safety, the Porsche Sport Driving School was established in 1974. Since 2005, Porsche Centre Hong Kong has been organising beginner Precision and intermediate Performance courses at the Zhuhai International Circuit (ZIC).
Just north of Macau, ZIC was designed to be the mainland's first Grand Prix circuit, and hosts the Hong Kong Touring Car Championship, the Macau Touring Car Championship and the FIA GT Championship.
The two-day Precision course is a combination of driving theory and practice that enables participants to get the best out of their Porsches, finding the limits of both themselves and their cars.
With expert guidance from professional Porsche-trained racing drivers, skills such as precise steering, effective braking and cornering, correcting understeer and oversteer, understanding weight transfer dynamics and acceleration out of corners are monitored and corrected as needed.