Safer Driver Course

An engaging and interesting 3 hour workshop specifically designed for 16 to 25 year old learner drivers. During this part of the course you will learn how to identify potentially hazardous situations and strategies you can use to reduce or eliminate those risks. Module 1 is conducted by an experienced facilitator who is also a fully qualified driving instructor.

Research shows that drivers aged 17 to 25 years old are most at risk of having a serious accident resulting in personal injury or a fatality. During this course you will learn

• Why 17 to 25 year old’s are more likely to be involved in serious accidents.
• What risk factors contribute to those accidents
• How you can identify and manage those risks
• Understand how driver behaviour can increase the risk of a serious accident
• Identify how you can reduce the risks of having a serious accident

This is a two-hour in car coaching session that allows you to build on the knowledge you learnt in module 1. Under the guidance of a highly trained driving instructor you will learn how to apply safe driving strategies in a real life situations.

Some of the things you will learn in this course include

• Maintaining a safe following distance
• Crash avoidance spaces
• Gap Selection
• Speed management
• Hazard perception
• Decision making

Please note it is a Roads & Maritime Services condition that this part of the course be conducted with two learner drivers present. We will endeavour to place all learner drivers in their preferred transmission type (Automatic or Manual). However some manual drivers may be required to take this part of the course in an automatic car, due to student numbers and instructor availability