If you take the Pass Plus course after you have passed your driving test, you will not just be a better and safer driver but may be entitled to discounts from your insurance company.
The Pass Plus course consists of six one hour modules. There is no test at the end of the course, but your Pass Plus registered instructor needs to sign off that you have completed the course and that you have achieved or exceeded the required standard
The six modules to be covered on Pass Plus are:
- Town Driving:
Observations, judgment and awareness
Eye contact
Consideration for vulnerable road users
Keeping space around your car - All-Weather Driving:
Correct speed
Safe stopping distances
Seeing and being see in rain, sleet, snow and ice
Skidding, cause and prevention, correcting slow-speed skids, braking on poor surfaces, aquaplaning - Driving Out Of Town:
Observation of the road ahead
Making progress safely
Bends, hills, uneven roads, dead ground
Keeping a safe distance from the vehicle ahead
Overtaking safely
Being aware of and showing consideration for pedestrians, horse riders, animals in the road, farm entrances and slow-moving vehicles. - Night Driving:
The importance of the correct use of headlights
Adjusting to dark conditions
Judging speed and distances
Correct use and care of lights
Dealing with dazzle
Road users who can be difficult to see
Parking - Driving on Dual Carriageways:
Effective observation
Use of mirrors and checking blind areas
Judgment and planning well ahead
Safe separation distances
Joining and leaving dual carriageways
Lane discipline
Overtaking
Correct use of speed - Driving On Motorways:
Planning journeys in advance
Joining and leaving motorways
Using slip roads properly and effectively
Safe speeds for varying circumstances
Effective all-round observation
Signs, signals and markings
Overtaking and lane discipline
Courtesy towards other road users
Motorway fatigue
Breakdown procedures
Use of lights and hazard warning lights
Debris on the carriageway
Crosswinds
Although you will already have had instruction and experience in most of these situations during the course of your driving lessons in Leicester with Dr1veschool, the aim will be to help you to think more about these situations and give you more experience in them.
Please chat through with your instructor if you want any more information about Pass Plus.
