Definitely +1 for car control. For a while, I have seriously thought that 1) US driver's license requirements should be much more rigorous, 2) we should have a second class of license for those who pass an even more rigorous "advanced driving" course (car control, threshold braking, wet / snow / ice, only manual trans, etc).
Funny enough, playing video games when I was younger helped me with the car control aspect. I had recently gotten my license and it had rained a little bit. I went to make a right turn and the paint was slick enough to dislodge the rear and slide a couple lanes of traffic. There was no hesitation when I turned into the slide like I had done countless times before playing racing games and it saved me from spinning out and possibly hitting oncoming traffic. +1 for videogames too.
It would be good if more drivers had these advanced skills.
I was amazed at the level of detail one of the referenced how-to's had on how to escape from a sinking car. Someone really thought that through, to the extent of mentioning to avoid possible falling debris or boats in the water once escaping the vehicle and swimming to the surface.
