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Posted in Advanced Driving Instruction on Feb 2nd, 2010
The British Home Office Approved Police Driving Schools has an advanced driving test which uses the ‘Roadcraft’ system of car control. The test is based on the overriding principle of ‘being in the right place at the right time at the right speed and having control of your vehicle at all times’.
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Posted in Advanced Driving Instruction on Apr 15th, 2008
It is a great idea to work yourself into driving gradually. Perhaps you could get a friend or family member that has a few years of driving under their belt to sit with you for the first couple of road excursions. Make sure that you dont plan any long, gruelling cross country trips straight away. [...]
Posted in Advanced Driving Instruction, Defensive Driving Basics on Feb 3rd, 2008
There are many excellent reasons to put your learning hat back on and seek out a local instructor for advanced driving lessons. After passing our tests many of us still feel as though there is something missing and actually plucking up the courage to get behind the wheel and pull out onto a major road [...]
Posted in Advanced Driving Instruction on Dec 14th, 2007
So maybe you are fascinated with NASCAR and would like to choose this as a career. How does one go about participating in race driver training so as to become a driver? There are drivers training schools but all are very expensive and there is no guarantee that you will become a real NASCAR driver. [...]
Posted in Advanced Driving Instruction, Defensive Driving Techniques on Nov 29th, 2007
If you’ve ever wondered whether those high-speed car chases in the movies are all computer generated, well, not, they are not. There are actual stunt drivers who really know how to handle cars in such a way that they appear to defy gravity, and live to tell about it.
While those levels of driving skill are [...]
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