Advanced & Defensive Driving Courses Shropshire
Shropshire has a range of challenging roads. Being a rural county, it has one of the highest prevalences of rural roads in the country.
These rural roads, typically B and unclassified roads, are where, proportionally, most fatal accidents occur. Therefore, it’s wise to ensure that your employees receive essential driver training on these roads to ensure their safety, and as an employer, you are demonstrating your duty of care.
We cover Shropshire + 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, based in Shropshire, are not just confined to rural roads. With our courses, we cover a range of roads, including the Motorway (The M54 is ideal for this in the county). We also provide training in town and urban driving, such as in and around Shrewsbury, Telford, and other towns in Shropshire.
We are a national company but are based in Shrewsbury.
Depending on your specific needs, we can develop a course tailored to your requirements. If a driver is having one too many accidents, it makes sense to receive coaching on a range of roads to get to the root of the problem and assess their performance on various roads. If they are only looking at motorway driving, we can adjust the course accordingly. However, around 95% of clients opt for training on a range of roads.
If the training is starting from Shrewsbury, we tend to offer training in the areas surrounding the M54 and Telford. However, depending on the location, we can also head out of the county into Powys on the A458 towards Welshpool.
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 method of training based on 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 various picturesque villages in the county. 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, which 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 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 be more aware of other drivers’ intentions. Pedestrians and cyclists can also be more prevalent when driving in the centre of towns. Speed limits will be lower in these areas, and you need to know the speed at which you should be travelling. These points can be learned relatively quickly by understanding the road furniture (lines and signs), and once you understand these, your overall driving will improve.
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.