Advanced & Defensive Driving Courses West Sussex
Our bespoke training is what separates us from other training providers. The thought of a rigid, tick-box, one-size-fits-all driving course fills us with dread. They’re uninspiring, boring, and don’t get the most out of a driver.
We approach training in the same way we approach our customers, whether business or personal; each one is unique. Every driver is different in their approach to driving, influenced by both internal and external factors. Internal elements include personality type, attitudes, and concentration. External elements include factors such as years of driving experience, mileage covered, positive and negative experiences, and others.
We have provided bespoke driving courses for numerous companies and private clients based in West Sussex, including those in Worthing, Bognor Regis, Chichester, Arundel, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, and Crawley.
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
For all our bespoke driving courses in West Sussex, we provide training on a range of roads and different areas, which can include:
Motorway training – Although West Sussex does not have any motorways (apart from a small section of the M23 near Crawley), it does contain many fast A-road routes where we can help train drivers in motorway driving skills. From Chichester, we can join the A27 towards the M27 and the A3, creating a route that takes in Petersfield to the east and continues onto the A272 through to Haywards Heath. The A272 links the A24 from Worthing to Horsham, and the A23 links Brighton to Crawley. These routes are ideal for teaching drivers how to use motorways and dual carriageways safely. Many drivers fear motorways; if you don’t use them regularly, they can be very stressful due to higher speeds and more lanes. The entering and exiting of junctions can be worrying, especially if you are surrounded by large lorries, which can cause some to miss their exit. Advanced motorway training can help address these issues and demonstrate how scanning the road and making the right observations can enhance your driving competency.
Rural Roads – With the south of West Sussex being mainly coastal, many rural roads link villages and areas of outstanding beauty, such as the South Downs. From Shoreham by Sea, you can take the A27, where you can meet the A280. This route will take in many minor B roads towards the coast, and this takes you through Worthing, Littlehampton and Bognor Regis, Chichester, and the South Downs. We can create any routes for training throughout West Sussex, and many drivers opt to take in rural driving to help with unfamiliar roads, many of which are single-track. Understanding how to drive safely in rural areas is essential, as they are statistically the most dangerous. Unfortunately, younger drivers are most at risk on poorly lit country roads. Rural driving can change with the seasons, from flooding to tree falls or icy, impassable roads in the winter. Knowing how to deal with adverse weather conditions is essential.
Urban Training – Apart from the larger towns along the coast, such as Worthing and Chichester, Crawley is the largest urban area in West Sussex and is a great location for undertaking urban driver training. Urban driving has its own set of issues, for example, rush-hour traffic and impatient drivers, numerous traffic lights and lanes, and navigating out-of-town retail parks. Crawley has a one-way system around the town centre with many A roads exiting from it. Urban driving can be stressful at the best of times. With a little extra driver training, you can better anticipate the actions of other road users, especially on large urban roundabouts or junctions without traffic lights. In addition to slower traffic, you must keep a special eye out for pedestrians, cyclists, and children crossing near schools. With some planning and road scanning observations, you can navigate urban routes confidently.
All our driving courses can be arranged to start from a client’s office or another location if required. For private clients, we can start from your home address if you require. We offer advanced driver training on a 2:1 and 1:1 basis.
For business clients, around 90% opt for the 2:1 advanced driving course. This is where one tutor trains one driver in the morning for 3.5 hrs and another for the same time, in the afternoon. The 2:1 format has significant cost and time savings. For private customers, we offer a wide range of courses, available in full- or half-day sessions.
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.
Driver Training Focuses on:
* 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
Please contact us today for a personalised quote for training yourself or your drivers, and learn more about how we can help you improve your road safety.