Advanced driving courses
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As a condition of my current work I had to do one of these. With the usual grumbling 'tsssk waste of my time after 17 years driving etc' off I went.
In the event I was amazed at how much I learnt, not the basic stuff, just little tips and tricks, things like increasing the distance to the vanishing point on a single track road, pulling out to take a peek when considering overtaking without fully commiting to the manouvere, leaving an escape zone between you and the car in front at traffic lights etc.
At the end of it I got a driver risk assesment, mine was fine :).
Should these courses be mandatory for all motorists, and in that case could insurance premiums be linked to the score on your risk assesment, surely this would make a far more logical way of determining your premium than looking at type or car, postcode and age? And to boot I am sure that it would be far more effective at preventing accidents than putting scameras all over the place.
In the event I was amazed at how much I learnt, not the basic stuff, just little tips and tricks, things like increasing the distance to the vanishing point on a single track road, pulling out to take a peek when considering overtaking without fully commiting to the manouvere, leaving an escape zone between you and the car in front at traffic lights etc.
At the end of it I got a driver risk assesment, mine was fine :).
Should these courses be mandatory for all motorists, and in that case could insurance premiums be linked to the score on your risk assesment, surely this would make a far more logical way of determining your premium than looking at type or car, postcode and age? And to boot I am sure that it would be far more effective at preventing accidents than putting scameras all over the place.
timmy30 said:
As a condition of my current work I had to do one of these. With the usual grumbling 'tsssk waste of my time after 17 years driving etc' off I went.
In the event I was amazed at how much I learnt, not the basic stuff, just little tips and tricks, things like increasing the distance to the vanishing point on a single track road, pulling out to take a peek when considering overtaking without fully commiting to the manouvere, leaving an escape zone between you and the car in front at traffic lights etc.
At the end of it I got a driver risk assesment, mine was fine.
Should these courses be mandatory for all motorists, and in that case could insurance premiums be linked to the score on your risk assesment, surely this would make a far more logical way of determining your premium than looking at type or car, postcode and age? And to boot I am sure that it would be far more effective at preventing accidents than putting scameras all over the place.
Glad you enjoyed your course and found it valuable! I agree that more training is better than scameras too...
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