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Bespoke Motorway Driving Courses – UK Wide

We offer bespoke motorway driving courses for motorists who wish to improve their level of skill and safety on these busy roads. We already help people from a range of backgrounds and driving experiences, including:

1. Newly Qualified Drivers – Those who have recently passed their driving test, have never driven a car alone on a motorway, and want expert tuition. More info on this course

2. Motorway Anxiety – Drivers who have a specific anxiety about using a motorway, which they want to overcome. More info on this course

3. Post Motorway Collision/RTC – Motorists who have been involved in a road traffic collision (either on or off a motorway). More info on this course

4. Need To Use Motorways – Those who need to use the motorway more and want to ensure their skills are up to the challenge.


Your Motorway Anxiety – Resolved:
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Motorway anxiety is much more common than most think. Despite them being the safest of all UK roads, the speed, congestion and often complex junctions leave many dreading the thought of driving on them. This is why we have designed our bespoke motorway course, designed for drivers who want to regain their freedom and take control of motorway driving once and for all.

Our motorway courses are similar to our very popular nationwide advanced driving courses. The first thing we do in all our motorway courses is to listen to you, discuss your anxieties, talk about things you’re okay with, and also things that really concern you about motorway driving. Listening means we can much better bespoke the training to your own specific needs.

Course Content:
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Below is what we cover on a typical course, although it does often vary from driver to driver:

1. How to safely enter and exit a motorway
2. Keeping a safe distance from other motorway users
3. Dealing with adverse weather (rain and wind mainly) on a motorway
4. How to cope with and defuse road rage on motorways
5. Learning to safely manage speed on motorways
6. How to remain alert on a long journey
7. How to recognise driver fatigue
8. Anticipate the actions and intentions of other motorway users
9. Rules and motorway signals
10. What to do in the event of a breakdown on a motorway
11. Observation and advanced planning

Read our motorway driving tips.
Learn more about what “bespoke training” is all about.

Our motorway driving courses are delivered by DVSA (Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency) registered advanced driving instructors, who all have an extensive level of experience in delivering driver training to full licence holders.

Key Points:
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1. We have over 200 tutors all over the UK
2. We come to you for the training
3. All training takes place in your own car or van
4. A tutor vehicle can be supplied for an additional cost if needed
5. A full report is produced for each driver taking the course

Enjoy 12 Months FREE Concierge Service  – When you take a course with us, you also enjoy a 1-year free membership with our Drivers Concierge service, providing a personalised, one-to-one helping hand for a range of motoring and driving assistance that you may need.

Learn more about what course duration is best for you – more info.
Learn more about the high-quality standard of our tutors – more info

You can book online at www.advanced-driving.co.uk/book/ selecting any full or half-day option, but in the notes section, mention it’s a motorway course and more details about what you want from the course.

On the Day:
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Talking & Opening Up: On the day of the course, you will meet your tutor for a further informal, non-judgemental chat before the driving starts. We have a carefully set of questions we ask at the start, designed to get a better understanding of you and how best we can help. We ask insightful questions such as:

  1. How do you rate your driving
  2. What are your main fears and concerns
  3. What you want to achieve from the training
  4. What has motivated you to do this training
  5. What sort of driver you would love to become

The things you discuss here will form the pathway to improved driving confidence, which will be referred back to during your training with us.

If appropriate, there will be an initial drive where you will drive without any coaching from the tutor. This allows the tutor to assess your current strengths and weaknesses. A short debrief takes place before the training begins.

If you have not driven on a motorway or are specifically anxious about motorways, we will start slowly. A member of our team will be happy to discuss any specific issues you may have before booking.

What Next?
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You can book online. But should you feel this motorway driving course is for you but have a few questions, please email us using the contact form on the upper right of this page for a speedy response. You can also call us. We are able to arrange a course with around two weeks’ notice usually.

Driving Awareness Courses

Please Note:

This driving awareness course is not for motorists who have been caught speeding via a speed camera and have had notification of such in the post. We don’t offer this type of course. Please go to www.ttc-uk.com

We offer driving awareness courses for companies and private individuals across the UK.

Companies and private individuals often look for a driving awareness course for a range of reasons, including:

1. A company has identified a problem employee, who appears to be having a number of complaints against them, and you want to address this problem in a constructive and beneficial way.

2. An individual recognises the need to improve their driving after a road traffic collision or similar.

3. You have been advised to do a driving awareness course due to an impending court hearing related to speeding, careless or dangerous driving, and you want to demonstrate to the court that you are keen to improve your level of driving.

Driving Awareness Course Content:

To start, there is a chance to chat with your tutor in a non-judgemental, friendly way. We are here to help and support, not judge. After the chat, where we would have learnt more about you and your driving, we go on an initial drive to assess what level your driving is up to.  We then mark you in 25 key areas of driving.

From then, the coaching starts where we cover the following:

* Essential tips on how to become a more aware, observant driver
* Developing effective observation and planning skills
* Creating a positive and responsible driving attitude
* Dealing with unfamiliar roads – often where driver awareness is critical
* Dealing with familiar roads – often where many collisions occur due to drivers “driving on auto-pilot”
* Learning advanced and defensive driving techniques
* Know when it is safe to use speed, and when to hold back

DVSA Registered Tutors:

All our driving awareness course training is delivered by DVSA (Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency) advanced/fleet driving tutors, all of which have significant experience in delivering driver training to full licence holders, from young drivers to drivers with 40+ years of experience.

After the training:

After the training, you will receive a full driving report, which will outline the driving standard both before and after the training. We measure a driver in 20+ key areas and score them either excellent, very good, good, adequate or poor. We do this at the start and the end, so you can see the improvement and in what areas. There will also be notes from the tutor too. 

This report (and course) will be completed by a professional DVSA (Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency) registered advanced driving instructor. The tutor DVSA registration number will be recorded on this report. As you may have seen from our website, we come to you for the training, which takes place in your own car.

Cost:

The cost for a half-day is £250 + vat (3.5hrs), and a full-day is £370 + vat (7hrs)

What Next?

You can book online here or you can request more info by using the form on the right of this page. We can usually arrange a course, which will take place in your own car, within 2 to 3 weeks notice.

Driver Awareness Courses, Speed Awareness Courses

Please Note:

This course is not for motorists who have been caught speeding via a speed camera and have had notification of such in the post. We don’t offer this type of course – Please visit www.ukroed.org.uk if this is you.

We offer a full or half-day speed and driver awareness advanced driving course for business customers and private individuals, who wish to become safer drivers, and are not needing a course as part of intended prosecution. There is a number of reasons for a speed awareness course, which include:

From a Business Perspective – You Maybe…… 

1. Noticing an employee is accumulating points on his or her licence, and you want to take action to ensure they become aware of their speeding.

2. Becoming aware that an employee is driving too fast. Either through points, damage to company vehicles or from passenger reports.

3. Starting to form a company H&S policy, where effective management of speed, and creating a safer workforce is a current and ongoing objective.

4. You have a driver who generally needs to become a safer more responsible driver.

From a Private Individual Perspective – You Maybe…..

1. Advised by a solicitor to take training as you are facing a court appearance after being caught speeding. Taking our speed awareness course can help demonstrate to a court that you have taken the time to become aware of your speeding issue and that you have taken the time to invest in improving your driving.

Note – this course is not designed for people who have had a notification in the post, after being caught exceeding the speed limit by a speed camera, and have to do a National Speed Awareness Course.

2. Having a growing awareness that you are simply driving too fast, and you want to learn how to become a safer, more speed aware driver. This is valid whether it is for yourself or a loved one.


Course Content:

To start there is a chance to chat with your tutor, in a non-judgemental, friendly way. We are here to help and support, not judge. After the chat, where we would have learnt more about you and your driving, we go on an initial drive to assess what level your driving is up to. Courses are either speed awareness, which focuses on speed more than anything else, or general driver awareness courses, which looks at speed control plus additional coaching on safer, defensive driver training.

Speed Awareness Courses:

* Essential tips on how to avoid speeding
* Developing effective observation and planning skills to help manage speed
* Creating a positive and responsible driving attitude
* Dealing with unfamiliar roads – often where speeding occurs
* Understand the link between stress and speeding
* Learning advanced and defensive driving techniques
* Know when it is safe to use speed, and when to hold back
* How to enter and exit areas with varying speed limits – often where people get caught speeding

When the training is complete, we will mark you again in the 25 key areas of driving, this will enable you to see how you have improved and your overall ability as a driver. This marking format makes it very easy to see how well you performed and improved on the day.

Driver Awareness Courses:

* Forward planning and observation
* Speed awareness
* Advanced cornering techniques
* How to become a safer driver on all roads
* Car or van control (gears, steering, foot controls, signals)
* Car handling dynamics and techniques
* Rules of the road
* Dealing with road rage
* Commentary driving
* Reversing and manoeuvres
* Dealing with adverse weather
* Dealing with emergency situations
* Vehicle stability and control
* Motorway driving
* Town and urban defensive driving
* 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 


Costs
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A full day is £370 + vat (7hrs) and a half-day is £250 + vat.


Enjoy 12 Months FREE Concierge Service  – When you take a course with us, you also enjoy a 1-year free membership with our Drivers Concierge service, providing a personalised, one-to-one helping hand for a range of motoring and driving assistance that you may need.

Key Facts:
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* All training is in your own car or van
* All our tutors are DVSA (Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency) registered advanced driving tutors
* Training is all on-road – not classroom-based
* We come to you for the training (we have over 200 tutors around the UK)
* We provide a full report after training send via email
* To book or enquire more please use the contact form on the upper right

Please use the contact form on the upper right, or call us – a member of our team will be able to help with any more questions you may have, and look at possible dates we are free for this training, based on your UK location.

Driving Confidence Courses

A lack of driving confidence or a fear of driving can be truly debilitating. We know. We have already helped a wide range of drivers of all backgrounds and experiences to become safer, more confident drivers. We offer a bespoke driving confidence course based all over the UK to help address your own specific needs.

A lack of driving confidence can include a fear of motorways, busy roundabouts, worrying that other drivers know you’re doing something wrong, fear of driving alone, fear of aggressive drivers, worrying that you’re going to have a collision and much more.

All our courses are car-based, and we offer a range of sessions.

Our Typical Customers Include:

  • Post Accident – Those who have had an RTC (Road Traffic Collision) and wish to take additional driver training to help address their anxieties and give them back their control when driving. View our bespoke Post RTC Driving Course.
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  • Fear of Driving – Those that have developed a fear of driving for any reason that they wish to address.
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  • Needing to Drive More – Those who generally lack confidence in driving, and as part of their job (or any circumstance) need to drive more, and so want to arm themselves with increased skills and added confidence.
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  • Lack of Confidence – For those who simply find themselves lacking in confidence and need help.
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Read Our Confidence Case Studies – Learn about clients we’ve helped.

Whatever your reasons, we have a team of caring, non-judgemental DVSA (Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency) advanced driving instructors who can help you with a one-to-one, bespoke course designed perfectly around what you want.

“As part of my job, I needed to do a lot more motorway driving. I hated motorways! My training gave me the confidence to tackle them, and I now no longer dread them.”
Ms A. Jennings, London

How We Are Different:

Our confidence driving courses are designed for those who want much more than a few hours of training with a learner driving instructor. It’s vital that you get the very best confidence training possible, as the wrong type of training or training that is not properly delivered can actually set you back further. Here is how we help:

1. Specialist Courses – We have created a bespoke course for those looking specifically at confidence driver training. We have already successfully provided bespoke confidence training for thousands of drivers all over the UK and have outstanding results, which often have transformed the lives of clients. A lack of driving confidence can have such a negative impact on your life.

View our Trust Pilot reviews to read more about those who have already taken our confidence courses.

2. Expert Tutors – With us, you’re not completing a course with a driving instructor you perhaps see teaching only learners. Our tutors are highly experienced in delivering confidence driver training for full licence holders. Training a full licence holder is very different from instructing a learner.

3. Support Before, During and After – You’re not fitted into an hour-by-hour slot like you do when you’re a learner. Our clients have support before, during and after training with us. You will have a course manager who will personally deal with you. You also have a full 12-month concierge support with us from the moment your course finishes.

4. Post Course Report – After your driving course, you will receive a detailed driving assessment, which looks at your driving and how you improved, which also includes written notes from your tutor.

5. Training in Your Own Car – We mostly provide training in a client’s own car. Although we can supply a car, most prefer discreet training in a car they are familiar with.

We Have Full UK Coverage – And Come To You


How a Course Runs:

All training starts from your home or office. We come to you for the training, not the other way around. We can also provide training on the weekend too. After you book a course, your tutor will call you to introduce themselves and to discuss your situation and circumstances in more detail.

Talking & Opening Up: On the day of the course, you will meet your tutor for a further informal, non-judgemental chat before the driving starts. We have a carefully set of questions we ask at the start, designed to get a better understanding of you and how best we can help. We ask insightful questions such as:

  1. How do you rate your driving
  2. What are your main fears and concerns
  3. What you want to achieve from the training
  4. What has motivated you to do this training
  5. What sort of driver would you love to become

The things you discuss here will form the pathway to improved driving confidence, which will be referred back to during your training with us.

The Driving: If appropriate, we let you drive in a way you normally would for a short time so you can relax and so our tutor can get a feel for what you are like as a driver.

We then spend some time talking over what the tutor observed on the initial drive and what the rest of the day will focus on. If you are having issues with motorways and overtaking, for example, then the course will be focused more on that. Our courses are different as they are bespoke to your exact needs. We don’t just offer an “off the peg” course to fit all drivers.

At the end of the course, there will be a full debrief, along with tips and advice for the future. During the day, there will be plenty of times to stop and discuss various aspects of driving and, most importantly, your driving and anxieties. You won’t be driving continuously for a full or half day.

Driving Phobias:

We help motorists who suffer a wide range of driving phobias. A phobia is generally more than just “anxiety” when driving. If you suffer a distinct phobia where driving is very difficult, we would recommend receiving some form of therapy, such as CBT, to help you manage your feelings before any driver training.

We can then more successfully help you with your driving. For drivers with significant phobias, we are more of a complementary service to assist and work in partnership with other therapies. We would never claim to be able to “cure” a phobia through driver training alone; to do so would be unfair and irresponsible.

What we can do is provide strong building blocks to help you address and more successfully manage your phobia through safer driving.

Driving Confidence Course Content:

The bespoke courses do vary based on your circumstances and situations. However, below is a range of things we typically cover:

1. Forward planning and observation
2. Anticipation
3. Rural road driving
4. Dealing with adverse weather
5. Advanced car control (including cornering)
6. Speed Awareness
7. Understand your confidence issues & how your driving style could have been a factor – if appropriate
8. Dealing with road rage
9. Helping you face your fears – in a caring and understanding way. This can often involve working with you to face your fears, whether that is just driving in general or something more specific like fear of motorways, driving under bridges, left (or right) hand turns and so on….

Learn more about what we mean by “bespoke”
Learn more about the high-quality standard of our tutors – more info

“I needed a refresher/confidence course after a serious accident. Motorways terrified me. I not only regained my confidence, but I also eliminated some rather bad habits, which I didn’t realise was putting me at increased risk.”
M. Hickman, Kent

All training takes place in your own car or van.

Learn more about what course duration is best for you – more info.
Not ready to book yet? Why not take a look at our comprehensive list of driving confidence tips.

Enjoy 12 Months FREE Concierge Service  – When you take a course with us, you also enjoy a one-year free membership with our Drivers Concierge service, providing a personalised, one-to-one helping hand for a range of motoring and driving assistance that you may need.

Start Your Journey To Increased Driving Confidence:

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You can now conveniently book online at www.advanced-driving.co.uk/book/
If you have any specific questions please contact us, outlining your specific fears so we are able to further assist you.
Read a few confidence case studies – More Info

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