Over 99% of the drivers in the world initially obtain their drivers' licenses and then seek no further training. They learn what they know from the school of experience. Some of what they learn is good, some is bad. Sometimes they do not learn enough to prevent a serious crash and the resultant injury or death.
In fairness, most drivers get it adequately right most of the time. The problems occur when confronted by one of the "uns": the UNUSUAL, the UNEXPECTED, or the UNPLANNED event. In these cases most drivers are UNPREPARED to react properly. Their responses may consist of a late response, a wrong response, or no response.
Almost all drivers overestimate their skill at driving.
A recent poll of some 1500 drivers picked at random resulted in a response by over 85% that their driving capabilities were above average. Statistically, this is impossible. However, the responses do indicate the magnitude of the problem of overestimated skills.
If you are reading this, I suspect that you are one of the very small percentage of drivers who have an interest in improving your skills at driving. In order to move toward this goal, one must first be honest with themselves about their current skill levels and where improvement is warranted. This is very difficult for all of us. Once you have determined where you are starting, then you can seek methods to move forward.
So then, what is performance driving?
First of all, it is not driving as fast as possible. The following terms are several that can be applied to performance driving. Perhaps you can also think of others.
