High-Risk driver training & commercial risk management
Delivered at our Thruxton (Andover) base, our Programmes combine skidpan training and skid steer training to master winter skid avoidance and vehicle handling—perfect for high-mileage and novice drivers, as well as those with incidents or points, in cars, vans or trucks.
For high mileage or novice drivers and those with incidents/points.
Car, van or truck.
Including:
Comprehensive fleet driver assessment and training sessions featuring pre- and post-training tests
Safety workshop, including dedicated spatial awareness training
Skid-pan winter skid-avoidance driving exercises
Slow-speed paddock exercises paired with our fleet driver risk training to enhance control and confidence, supporting your broader commercial driver risk-management strategy
(Ideally partnered with a pre-course on-road assessment)
HIGH RISK DRIVER COURSE
Venue: Thruxton (Andover) skidpan and workshop suite
Vehicles: Client’s own work vehicle
Duration: 1 day. 18 drivers maximum per day
Qualification: Certificate of attendance, personal assessment sheet with Low/Medium/High risk score, pre and post course knowledge test result
This course should be offered in partnership with the on-road assessment/intervention.
The full day course includes workshops, skid/loss of control and speed/spatial awareness; all designed to compliment company safety rationale and provide true understanding of real-life situations that could result in vehicle damage, serious injury or worse.
High Risk Driver course
Some key points include:
- 360 degree awareness (Observation Without Limits)
- Anticipation (what-if…)
- Slow speed, spatial awareness exercises
- Demonstrate that the driver causes loss of control
- Demonstrate it can and WILL happen to ANY driver
- Understand safety systems, vision, distraction, ‘space is safe’
- Understand that preventing loss of control is crucial
- Understeer/Oversteer cause and correction
- Stopping distances, vision, anticipation, concentration, awareness
- Distractions
- Fatigue, drink/drugs
- Working with the public
Who should attend?
For high mileage or novice drivers and those with incidents/points.
Car, van or truck.