I did a driving safety course. It was the biggest waste of money of my life.
And not just any driving safety course, I was at the Linthe driving safety center in Brandenburg, Germany, one of the biggest and most advanced in Europe, run by the ADAC, Germanys automobile club and Europes biggest motoring association. You may remember them from that one TopGear special where the trio had their cars inspected by the ADAC in a state-of-the-art mobile inspection center. The training I did went beyond a basic driving safety course, it was called "intensive training for frequent drivers". So I figured it would be well worth the 200€ (about $240 USD) price tag and I would surely learn something about myself, my car and car control in general. Boy, was I wrong. So if you consider doing a driving safety course yourself but money is a very finite ressource for you, please read this. The first hour or so was just introductions. The trainer introducing himself, us introducing ourselves, questions, expectations, experiences, blah blah. Afterwards we finally went to