I've been thinking about taking an Advanced Driving course, purely for my own benefit.

What I would like to know is, is there anyone that can recommend anywhere in the West Yorkshire area, or somewhere close to there?

Cheers!

Institute of Advanced Motorists | 4 - North East England | North East England

yes something like IAM, you might also want to look at getting the roadcraft police drivers handbook and dvd too

Or a friendly copper to teach you it.

only traffic drivers have been on the advance, the plod beat car driver just gets an assessment. have a look in the advance driving section of the site for info and ideas etc.

I had a Class 1 pursuit traffic officer teach me. Very beneficial !

I learnt to drivre for the London Fire Brigade in 1967 and the police Roadcraft book was essential reading back then.

I think one of the important things is to learn about potential dangers, over the obvious ones.

Here's an old fire service example, based on actual happenings. You are belting down the road with blues and twos,

an old lady is standing at a bus stop. She happens to be fairly deaf and really shoud be wearing her specs. She sees you and thinks,big red thing, my bus, and it dosen't want to stop. So she steps out in front of you with her hand out.

Edited 16 March, 200917 yr by merseadog

Look for your local IAM or ROSPA group.

Membership of the IAM includes a copy of RoadCraft - or I did when I joined all those years ago!

Membership of the IAM includes a copy of RoadCraft - or I did when I joined all those years ago!

The IAM now have their own version of Roadcraft called "How to be a better driver" I think. Imho, it's pitched at the wrong audience and Roadcraft is a much better reference book.

I'd agree with other posters about joining your local RoSPA (RoADAR) or IAM group as a good starting point, but keep an open mind and question everything until you're satisfied you're doing it because it's the best way and not "just because".

I'd also recommend having a nose around the Racing and Advanced Driving forum on here

Chris

Edited 17 March, 200917 yr by ScoobyChris

Luke - a couple of links to RoSPA (RoADA)

Main site - RoSPA Advanced Drivers

West Yorks group - http://www.wyg-roada.org.uk

I'm in the RoADA group in North Yorkshire and currently working towards my advanced test.

John (TaviaRS) isn't around on here much these days, but he was involved in the South Yorks group, and took me out for a taster session to give me a flavour of what its all about. Might be worth seeing if he's still doing it.

only traffic drivers have been on the advance, the plod beat car driver just gets an assessment.

From what I've gathered, there are three levels - standard, response and advanced. Standard is just an assessment to drive a low-powered marked car (usually with guidelines on the exemptions they're allowed to use). Response and advanced are both taught to the Roadcraft syllabus and, according to a police instructor friend, even a standard response-trained driver is well above the standard required to achieve a RoSPA Gold.

Chris

In my experience the difference between standard (intermediate) and the advanced is you are limited to 100mph on the first, plus you are encouraged/expected to 'go' for more overtakes on the second (a more powerful car helps). To be honest the speed limit is only relevant on motorways and fast A-roads/dual carriageways. Both are taught to roadcraft, though you are expected to score higher on the written tests on the advanced.

Bottom Line, any instruction = huge benefit

always something i think they should add to the IAM one is a written test.