On the day.

After meeting your tutor they will check all your details before getting things underway.

The Initial drive – Your tutor will spend around 30 minutes assessing your driving. This will help them see what sort of driver you are, and pick up on any minor faults. All faults and observations will be recorded on one of our marking sheets.

Our marking sheets will record how you performed on the initial drive and also what standard you go up to at the end of the course. The marking sheet allows your tutor to assess and help you improve areas of your driving such as:

Observation, Awareness, Anticipation, Car Control, Attitude, Car Sympathy, Positioning, Use of Mirrors, Accelerator sense, Steering Control, Driver Confidence and much more.

Apart from becoming a safer driver, you will also save up to 20% on your fuel bills. Increased forward planning will mean fewer wasted gear changes, and less last minute braking - which greatly help towards reduced fuel costs. Developing a better understanding of accelerator sense will also help drive down your fuel costs.

The Initial brief – Once the initial drive is complete, your tutor will go over what they thought of your initial drive, and this will form the learning background for the rest of the day.

Main part of course – Once the coaching begins, you will be driving on a range of roads ranging from motorways, dual carriageways, and both town and rural roads. During this section of the course you will be introduced to a range of advanced driving techniques, aimed at making you safer and more skilled on the roads.

A great deal of focus is placed on forward planning, anticipation and observation which you will learn to apply on all sorts of roads and situations. You will also learn how best to handle your car, taking into consideration road surface and type, weather conditions, and a range of constantly changing variables. During the course there will be plenty of time to take brakes and reflect on how your training is going.

Debrief (Driving Report Course)– At the end of the course, your tutor will reflect on how your driving was when you started out that day, and how it has developed since. They will highlight areas where you excelled and also areas which you will need to continue to work on - now that you have learnt the necessary techniques. After the course you will receive a report on your driving sent via email.

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