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Why Choose the Course
Drivers between 17 and 21 make up 10% of all licence holders
and unfortunately are involved in 20% of all injury and accidents.
A young male driver is 7 times more likely to be involved
in a fatal road accident than a middle aged man.
Every year 1000 people die in road accidents involving a young
driver. According to research by The Department of Transport
the problem is not immaturity, but rather inexperience.The
Pass Plus course was designed to help counteract this problem
and give the inexperienced newly qualified driver valuable
professional tuition.
The incentives are:Safer newly qualified drivers. (Older and
Younger.) Fewer accidents. Safer roads. Generous insurance
discounts, up to 30%. Fewer insurance claims. A certificate
is given to the driver on passing the course which they produce
to their insurers who participate in the scheme.
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Pass Plus Modules
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first module begins with an introduction to PASS PLUS, explaining
the course aims and the skills and knowledge to be covered. |
Town Driving
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The second part of the module is a practical session,
covering the different features of driving in town, such
as complex junctions and public transport. You'll will
concentrate on:
• Observation, judgement and awareness
• Eye contact
• Consideration for vulnerable road users
• Being cautious but not over cautious, and
• Keeping space around your car
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All
weather driving
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As much of this module
as possible should be covered in a practical session. You'll
focus on correct speed, safe stopping distances, plus seeing
and being seen in:
• Rain
• Sleet, snow and ice
• Mist and fog, and
• Bright sunshine
You will also look at skidding:
• What causes them
• How to prevent them
• Correcting slow-speed skids
• Braking on poor surfaces and Aquaplaning
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Out
of town Driving
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This module taken on country roads, will look at the
main differences between town driving and country driving.
• Observing the road ahead
• Making progress safely
• Bends, hills, uneven roads and dead ground
• Keeping a safe distance from the vehicle ahead,
and
• Safe overtaking It focuses especially on being
aware and showing consideration for
• Pedestrians, horse riders and animals in the road
• Farm entrances
• Slow moving vehicles
• Appropriate use of the horn, coping with mud and
debris on the road and how to use passing places are also
covered.
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Night
driving
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This module covers the essential aspects of driving in
the dark and also at dawn and dusk. You'll learn about:
• the importance of the correct use of headlights
• adjusting to the dark
• judging speed and distance
• the correct use of lights and keeping them clean
• dealing with dazzle
• road users who can be hard to see, and
• parking issues
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Driving
on dual carriageways
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Dual carriageways are high
speed, multi-lane roads where the two carriageways are separated
by a central reservation. They demand particular skills,
including:
• Effective observation, using your mirrors and checking
blind spots
• Judgement and planning ahead
• The need for a safe separation distance
• Joining and leaving a dual carriageway
• Overtaking and lane discipline, and
• The correct use of speed |
Driving on Motorways
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This module should be a practical
session if at all possible. If there is no motorway nearby,
it will have to be covered in theory: you should drive on
a motorway as soon as you can afterwards so you can put
the theory into practice.
The topics covered include :
• Planning journeys in advance
• Joining and leaving a motorway, using slip roads
• Safe speeds in different circumstances
• Effective observation all around your vehicle
• Signs, signals and markings • Overtaking and
lane discipline
• Courtesy to other road users
• Motorway fatigue
• Breakdown procedures
• Use of lights, including hazard warning lights
• Debris on the carriageway
• Crosswinds. |
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