Autotesting involves a series of tests, generally around traffic cones, to measure precision driving skill. Traffic cones, also called toddlers, road cones, safety cones, construction cones, pylons, Driving is the controlled operation of a land Vehicle, usually a Motor vehicle such as a Truck or a car. The tests often include stopping with the front and rear wheels straddling a line, and always end stopping in a garage (usually marked out with cones). A residential garage is part of a home or an associated building designed or used for storing a vehicle or vehicles Sections of each test are usually completed in reverse. Cars involved can be standard road cars or ones specially built for autotest. In either case, the sport is cheap, with entries to events usually costing between £8 and £25.
Autotests can take place on either grass or hard surface. Grass Autotests are popular for club events as they are more gentle on tyres and transmissions. Many Clubs run their Grass autotests without any reversing. Championship Autotests in the UK are normally on a hard surface.
Each event consists of between three and six tests, with each test completed twice with the faster of the two counting for the results. The tests are timed with a stopwatch, with penalties of 10 seconds given for each cone hit. A stopwatch is a handheld Timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed from a particular time when activated to when the piece is deactivated A wrong turn in a test results in a maximum time, which is usually 30 seconds slower than the fastest time in class. The winner is the driver who completes the tests in the shortest time (including penalties). Each test usually takes around a minute to complete, and often turns into a test of memory as well as driver skill. Most of the autotest layouts are symmetrical and the drivers do get the chance to walk the course.
Autotests are conducted in the UK and Ireland and are similar to Motorkhana in Australia and New Zealand. Motorkhana is a low-cost form of motorsport, unique to Australia and New Zealand but similar to Autotesting in the UK and Ireland and somewhat Cars compete one at a time and speeds are low so safety is high. Autotesting is also a little similar to autocrossing in the USA, but the slower speeds, frequent handbrake turns and reversing are all major points of difference. This page is about the sport as practiced in the United States
Important skills to learn for autotesting include:
- The Handbrake turn
- The J-turn or Reverse Flick
- Reversing at speed
External links
- Maxim Masiutin driving Ford Sierra 2. The handbrake turn is a driving technique used to deliberately slide a car sideways either for the purpose of negotiating a very tight bend quickly or for turning around well within the A J-Turn is a driving maneuver used to reverse a backwards-traveling vehicle so as to continue driving in the same direction but with the vehicle pointed forward The Ford Sierra is a Large family car built by Ford Europe from 1982 until 1993 0 100 BHP in an autotest
- Paul Swift British Autotest Champion
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