Defensive Driving
An Advanced Driver is a person who drives to avoid collisions in spite of the actions of others or the presence of adverse conditions.
What is Defensive Driving? Defensive Driving is an attitude, a responsible way of thinking and reacting on the road. It is a frame of mind in which we ensure that we drive with the highest degree of skill, safety and consideration for other road users.
The features which distinguish drivers from others is the ability to maintain required levels of concentration and to anticipate, assess and respond appropriately to potential hazards continuously over long periods.
Defensive driver training raises the level of a driver’s overall effectiveness by increasing awareness, placing more knowledge at a driver’s disposal and sharpening skills of observation, perception and forward planning.
Added to this course, hijack prevention techniques will be included during the practical.
Duration: One day (theory & practical)
Vehicles: Client to provide
Venue: Your premises
Certification: A competence certificate will be issued (valid for 2 years)
Course Outline:
This course comprises of a theoretical session followed by practical on-road driving with an instructor carefully watching every manoeuvre.
• Vehicle inspection – exterior & interior
• Seating position & Steering position
• What is a hazard?
• System of vehicle control
• S I P D E system: Scan, Identify, Predict, Decide, Execute
• Commentary driving
• Fatigue management/Driver fitness
• Method of over overtaking at night.
• Reaction time/Brake distance recognition (ABS)
• Following distance/Stopping distance
• Sense of acceleration/Speed according to circumstances
• Tyre safety & grip/Tyre sidewall lettering
• Economical driving
• Load & speed rating
• Hijack Prevention:
• Driving in and out of the driveway
• How to approach traffic light/stop sign
• Filling station/Parking area e.g. Shopping Mall
• Bogus Police/Traffic Officers
• Debrief and Certification
