Advanced & Defensive Driving Courses Inverness

We offer advanced and defensive driving courses throughout the UK.

We can train between 1 and 100+ drivers. We already help provide driver training in other Scottish cities, including Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

Here is a list of our most popular courses, available UK-wide for private and business customers:

* Company car driver training – for van and car drivers
* UK Familiarisation – for drivers new to the UK
* Young drivers
* Motorway confidence training
* Motorhome confidence courses 
* Pre-court driving courses – speeding and other pending convictions.
* Confidence driving courses
* Advanced and defensive courses – bespoke to your needs
* High-powered vehicle training

With nationwide UK coverage, we bring on-road training directly to you, conducted in your own vehicle. Each course is individually tailored to meet the unique requirements of both business and private clients.

Course Content:

During our advanced and defensive driving courses, we cover the following:

* Observation and forward planning (including advanced mirror use)
* Vehicle control
* Adapting to various road types
* Dealing with emergency situations
* Remaining safe in adverse weather conditions
* Learning the System of Car Control & Limit Point
* Speed awareness
* Rural, Dual Carriageway and Town driving
* Coping with road rage
* Developing a positive attitude to driving

Our courses are designed around the needs of the driver. We don’t offer a standard out-of-the-box course, but rather one tailored to the needs of your driver or drivers. After the course, we provide a comprehensive report for each driver who takes the training. All our tutors are DVSA (Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency) approved fleet/advanced driving instructors. 

Remember – Each driving course is totally bespoke to your own specific needs and requirements. This applies to both our business and private client courses.

For all our bespoke driving courses in Inverness, we provide training on a range of roads and different areas, which can include:

Motorway training – The nearest motorway to Inverness is the M9 towards Sterling. Still, the faster roads of the A9, which continues to Thurso, the A82 down to Crianlarich, and the A96 to Elgin and Aberdeen, are ideal for practising motorway driving. For those unfamiliar with motorway driving, it can be very worrying due to the high speed and the large number of other vehicles on the road at the same time. There are specific challenges associated with motorway driving, including entering and exiting junctions at speed, changing lanes, and avoiding being boxed in by lorries and high-sided vans.

Motorway driving is statistically safer than most other roads. Still, the high speed can make accidents quite severe, so it is vital that every driver understands how to use good observation skills and can move out of the way of trouble.

Rural Roads – Being set in rural Scotland, the minor roads around Inverness can be hazardous, especially in the winter months, when they can become impassable due to snow and ice. Understanding rural road driving is essential for all who live in the Inverness area, as it is located in a rural setting.

For example, the A862 past Buncrew has seen some fatal accidents very similar to those on the A96 toward Nairn. Although you can never account for other drivers’ actions, you can be in a position where you can observe the road ahead well and move away from potential issues. We teach advanced driving techniques such as the ‘Limit point’, which is ideal for driving on very winding roads.

Urban Training – The A82 and the A9 converge at the north of Inverness at the Longman Road roundabout, and these are very busy urban routes; by using these, we will teach drivers to become more confident with busy city driving.

Toward the city centre, you will find the B861, which is particularly accident-prone, especially in frustrating rush hour traffic. Urban driving requires patience and great observation, as well as learning how to predict the actions of other drivers, especially around junctions and roundabouts, where drivers do not always indicate their intentions in good time. Although accidents in urban areas tend to be less severe due to lower speeds, they can still be a real problem.

Availability:

We can normally arrange a course with around two weeks notice in Inverness, although this can vary. Please contact us for availability and a quote by using the contact form located at the top right of the screen.