Welcome to Advanced Driving UK

September 8th, 2007 | by admin |

Welcome to the New Advanced Driving UK website. Hopefully you will find the information on the site significantly easier to access.

We have over 3000 pages of detailed information on Advanced Driving Technique and where to find an Advanced Driving School. Probably the largest online community of Advanced Drivers on the internet. Made up of Members from the IAM, RoADA, HPC and even contributed to by current IAM, RoSPA Examiners one of the HPC Gatekeepers, even current UK Police Class 1 drivers….where do you want to go for driving advice in the UK?

Advanced Driving (or Defensive Driving) has many advantages, the main one of course being that it makes people better, safer drivers. Offshoot benefits of this include reduced motoring costs due to reducing car insurance premiums though keeping your No Claims Discount (or NCD), cheaper maintenance because as an Advanced Driver, your usage of the brakes, clutch, gears will be much more smooth and in Sync with the car, and the road.

For some people taking an Advanced Driving Course will speed you up, for others it will slow you down. It will teach you how to better assess risk and to determine what is and is not an appropriate speed for any given situation. Many people do not assess risks and hazards to a level sufficient to drive to a high standard. But the majority of people would still claim they are a “good driver”. Purely because of 10 years or more of No Claims Discount. Those same people are the ones who will probably drive at innappropriate speeds in 30’s, well below a speed that is safe, legal and appropriate in 60’s. Purely due to a lack of observation, skill and awareness of what is actually going on around them.

Many people drive at 40mph in 30’s. Most of the time, given traffic density and hazards the speed would be wholely innapropriate. Of course as an example, driving past a school at 30mph at 3.30pm the speed would also not be appropriate. In the same view, many people also drive at 40mph in a 60mph limit. In many instances the 60mph limit could well be very appropriate given visibility, weather and road conditions. But still many people stay at 40mph, holding others up when there is no need to.

Any Advanced Driving Course will show you the “RoadCraft” way of dealing with hazards as well as gaining more progress. It will give you confidence to enjoy your driving !

Advanced Driving, when used properly will make you drive more Safely, in a Systematic manner much more Smoothly, at the right Speed. You should always be in the right gear, right position on the road at the right time. All this adds up to a much more enjoyable drive. Not boring, or slow, but quite often more swift, progressive and certainly more exhilarating than your average every day driver.

NOTE: Advanced Driving UK does not condone speeding on Britains roads by anyone, let alone Advanced Drivers. Advanced Drivers have a responsibility to know “better” and lead by example due to the effort and training recieved. This website is about improving driver education through Advanced Driver Courses using the principles based on Roadcraft – The Police Driver’s Manual, used by the Police since 1955. Service organisations such as The IAM, RoADA, HPC and of course DSA ADI’s all use Roadcraft as a “basis” for the training given.