Speed awareness courses
Discussion
You know how some camera businesses will try and sell you a "course" -- meaning that they earn a bit more profit from the sting yet allow the customer hold on to their licence for a bit longer hopefully securing a bit of future business?
Well are such courses offered to people who actually crash? The camera businesses are happy to stand behind the questionable assertion that speeders are crashers, but there's no doubt that crashers are crashers.
What's the story? Are we missing a trick?
SM
Well are such courses offered to people who actually crash? The camera businesses are happy to stand behind the questionable assertion that speeders are crashers, but there's no doubt that crashers are crashers.
What's the story? Are we missing a trick?
SM
supermono said:
You know how some camera businesses will try and sell you a "course" -- meaning that they earn a bit more profit from the sting yet allow the customer hold on to their licence for a bit longer hopefully securing a bit of future business?
Well are such courses offered to people who actually crash? The camera businesses are happy to stand behind the questionable assertion that speeders are crashers, but there's no doubt that crashers are crashers.
What's the story? Are we missing a trick?
SM
dont give them ideas Well are such courses offered to people who actually crash? The camera businesses are happy to stand behind the questionable assertion that speeders are crashers, but there's no doubt that crashers are crashers.
What's the story? Are we missing a trick?
SM
I had an at fault accident in 2004 ( lost control on a corner, hit a car, spun into a tree and then back into the road to pick up another car).
This was an opportunity for a DWDCA charge, £1000 fine and 6 points.
However Hampshire
offered me the chance to go on a course for one and a half days, for £150 (and of course it cost me one and a half days holiday as well).
If I'd had another similar accident (potential DWDCA) within 3 years I'd have got the book thrown at me and no offer of another course, but I am outside that period now.
Wasn't technically a speed awareness course - more of a driver education type thing - but did involve actual driving with an IAM instructor and others in the car so wasn't 1 to 1..
Steve
This was an opportunity for a DWDCA charge, £1000 fine and 6 points.
However Hampshire
offered me the chance to go on a course for one and a half days, for £150 (and of course it cost me one and a half days holiday as well).If I'd had another similar accident (potential DWDCA) within 3 years I'd have got the book thrown at me and no offer of another course, but I am outside that period now.
Wasn't technically a speed awareness course - more of a driver education type thing - but did involve actual driving with an IAM instructor and others in the car so wasn't 1 to 1..
Steve
I think I would rather take the points (but I do have a clean license so can "afford" it so to speak) rather than be patronised about driving at 65mph in a 60 limit etc.. or worse still, 75mph on a motorway...
I can't imagine I would pass the attitude test when I asked them whether it was safer to travel at 28mph in thick fog or 34mph on a dry, clear day....Not to mention the braking distance of the TVR etc...
I can't imagine I would pass the attitude test when I asked them whether it was safer to travel at 28mph in thick fog or 34mph on a dry, clear day....Not to mention the braking distance of the TVR etc...
Well I've just been offered one after being flashed doing 39 in a 30 on a dual carriageway.
I take it easy around town as there are so many cameras around Manchester, so I was gutted that I got caught when I usually stick to the limit.
Think it's £87.50 instead of £60 and 3 points - I'm much happier to take the 6 hr course (3 on the road) than have to put points on my clean licence. I may even learn something!
I take it easy around town as there are so many cameras around Manchester, so I was gutted that I got caught when I usually stick to the limit.
Think it's £87.50 instead of £60 and 3 points - I'm much happier to take the 6 hr course (3 on the road) than have to put points on my clean licence. I may even learn something!
I got offered a course instead of DWDCA after I flipped my company car many moons ago...
the course is a load of old tosh really, 1.5 days, £130 so some of you are getting off lightly! The first morning was spent in the classroom looking at dodgy videos of potential accident situations. Speed awareness (sheesh!!) and braking distances. Most interesting was finding out why everyone else was there!!
Afternoon was spent with the instructor and two others in the car so you only get about 45 mins driving whereupon you are scored and any improvement areas noted.
Next morning you go out again and must show an overall improvement in your score from the previous day.
It was easy for me as I "deliberately" drove to the letter of the law, the instructor picked me up for not overtaking on the dual carriageway the day before, so all i had to do on the second day was make good progress within the speed limit. pointless!!
Take the course instead of the points and try to be sensible for the next 3 years is the motto!!
the course is a load of old tosh really, 1.5 days, £130 so some of you are getting off lightly! The first morning was spent in the classroom looking at dodgy videos of potential accident situations. Speed awareness (sheesh!!) and braking distances. Most interesting was finding out why everyone else was there!!
Afternoon was spent with the instructor and two others in the car so you only get about 45 mins driving whereupon you are scored and any improvement areas noted.
Next morning you go out again and must show an overall improvement in your score from the previous day.
It was easy for me as I "deliberately" drove to the letter of the law, the instructor picked me up for not overtaking on the dual carriageway the day before, so all i had to do on the second day was make good progress within the speed limit. pointless!!
Take the course instead of the points and try to be sensible for the next 3 years is the motto!!
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