Advanced & Defensive Driving Courses Shropshire
Our bespoke driving courses in Shropshire, for fleets and private clients, are tailored for drivers who want to strengthen their skills, boost their confidence, and enjoy greater peace of mind on the road.
From refresher lessons and motorway driving to overcoming specific driving concerns, our experienced instructors provide personalised, one-to-one coaching that’s built around your needs. We also deliver bespoke driver training for businesses across Shropshire, helping organisations improve driver safety, reduce risk, and support employees who drive for work. Whatever your experience or objectives, we’ll create a flexible course to help you drive with confidence.
We are a national company based in Shrewsbury.
We can tailor the course to meet your specific needs and objectives. For example, if a driver has been involved in multiple incidents, we typically recommend training across a variety of road types. This gives our trainer the opportunity to identify the root causes of any issues, assess performance in different driving environments, and provide targeted coaching that delivers lasting improvements.
If your focus is solely on lets say, motorway driving, we can adapt the course to concentrate exclusively on that. However, around 95% of our clients choose our comprehensive mixed-road programme, as it provides the most complete assessment and the greatest opportunity to improve driver safety and confidence.
Training can be on a 2:1 or 1:1 format. A 2:1 format is where one driver goes out for half a day (3.5 hours) and another in the afternoon for the same time period. This is a very popular training method for its cost and time savings.
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
We provide full UK coverage and come directly to you. All training is delivered in your own vehicle and is fully tailored to your individual needs, whether you’re a business or a private customer.
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.
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, planning)
* Anticipation – Learning to see and not just look
* Understanding other road users and their intentions
After completing the course, you will receive a driving report for each driver, detailing what was covered and their overall road risk.
For all our bespoke driving courses in Shropshire, we provide training on a range of roads and different areas, which can include:
Motorway training – The only motorway in Shropshire is the M54, which merges from the A5 at Cluddley and into Birmingham. Still, we use many faster roads when undertaking motorway courses. Motorway driving presents its own set of challenges. Many people have improved their motorway confidence with us.
Rural Roads – Shropshire boasts numerous rural roads, including those in the beautiful Shropshire hills and around the county’s picturesque villages. Rural driving is a skill that many people lack for various reasons. Perhaps they are urban drivers who have not had much practice on small country roads.
In Shropshire, there is a range of very narrow rural roads to much faster, more challenging ones that are still considered rural, such as Longden Road, which leads out toward Pulverbatch, or the A528, which heads north of Shrewsbury towards Harmer Hill. You must be aware of all the hazards rural roads pose, especially when driving at night.
Urban Training – The larger towns in Shropshire, such as Shrewsbury and Telford, can be pretty challenging if you are not used to busy urban traffic. Rush hours and diversions can make urban driving quite stressful, but with our driver training, we can help. Being aware of your direction and knowing which lane to be in at large traffic-light junctions, such as the Meole Brace roundabout, can help you better gauge other drivers’ intentions.
Get in touch:
We have a number of courses and price options. Please email us for more info, and a member of our team will be in touch. You can also book and pay online at www.advanced-driving.co.uk/book/ should you wish.