Advanced & Defensive Driving Courses Bedfordshire
We offer advanced and defensive driving courses in Bedfordshire that are designed to make drivers safer and more observant. Especially, we look at the following:
* Awareness and planning
* Improved confidence
* Car control
* Understanding the rules of the road
* Developing a positive attitude
Apart from demonstrating your duty of care. The additional benefits of our advanced driving courses for fleets in Bedfordshire and around the UK include:
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* Fewer road traffic collisions
* Improved fuel economy
* Lower insurance premiums
We cover Bedfordshire + All of the UK – We come to you for the training:
We provide bespoke advanced/defensive driver training to companies and private individuals using our national network of DVSA-registered advanced driving instructors.
Our advanced driving courses in Bedfordshire are designed to provide training on a number of roads. In the county, depending on your location, we can cover rural, urban and motorways – mainly the M1.
Our Range of Courses:
Our tailored driving courses include a variety of formats, including:
* Company driver training – for van and car drivers in your fleet
* Young drivers – Confidence-building sessions for younger or newly qualified drivers
* Pre-court driving courses – speeding and other pending convictions.
* High-powered vehicle training
* Confidence driving courses
* Motorhome confidence courses – Focused training to build confidence driving larger leisure vehicles
* Advanced and defensive courses – bespoke to your needs
* Motorway confidence training – Helping drivers feel safer and more in control on motorways
* UK Familiarisation – for drivers new to the UK
During a session, we typically look at:
* Forward planning and observation
* Speed Awareness
* Developing a positive attitude towards safer driving
* How to become a safer driver on all roads
* Car or van control (gears, steering, foot controls, signals)
* Rules of the road
* Dealing with road rage
* Reversing and manoeuvres
* Dealing with adverse weather
* Town and urban defensive driving
* Driving in heavy traffic and allowing adequate space
* Skid control theory and learning what causes skids
* Eco-safe driving (effective use of speed, gears, and planning)
* Anticipation – Learning to see and not just look
* Understanding other road users and their intentions
Remember – We build all our driving courses from scratch and are built around your specific needs. This applies to both business and private customers all over the UK.
Our advanced driving courses in Bedfordshire can be arranged to start from your office. With over 250 tutors across the UK, we can accommodate a training plan of any size. To date, we have provided advanced driver training to numerous companies in Bedfordshire, including those in Bedford, Leighton Buzzard, Flitwick, Dunstable, and Biggleswade.
For all our bespoke driving courses in Bedfordshire, we provide training on a range of roads and different areas, which can include:
Motorway training – Bedfordshire is crossed by many fast A-road routes, and there are a few motorway routes within a short distance from the county. Motorway driving is challenging for many drivers, and although statistically, they are the safest roads to travel, the amount of traffic and the speed can be very daunting. We can use the A14 to access motorway routes across Bedfordshire, creating a course that will give you the confidence to navigate motorways. This includes learning how to enter and exit motorways safely, helping you avoid being boxed in by heavy road traffic, and demonstrating how good forward planning can ease motorway anxiety.
Rural Roads – The majority of Bedfordshire is rural, and many smaller towns and villages are served by them. For example, the minor roads in the triangle between Northampton, Wellingborough and Bedford are accessed by the A428. There are many concerns when driving rural routes, including inadequate lighting and speed limits, as well as challenging road topography.
Urban Training – The largest cities in Bedfordshire are Northampton and Bedford. Driving confidently and safely in urban areas is crucial, especially if you are not accustomed to navigating high-volume traffic. There are many more hazards when driving in urban and town centre areas, such as being aware of pedestrians and cyclists, watching out for bus lanes, and anticipating the actions of all other road users. Many town centres are pedestrianised, featuring one-way systems and ring roads to improve traffic flow. Knowing how to navigate unfamiliar urban roads is essential. We can build a course that will help create safer and more aware drivers. We offer numerous urban courses for prospective delivery drivers and private individuals who want to be as safe as possible on the roads.
Please contact us for more information and for a personalised quote for training your staff.