Confidence Training
Discussion
Not certain if anyone can help but we have a member of staff who has just moved house and now has a longer commute.
She has been driving for years but is highly nervous and getting in a right tizz about the journey which she needs to take along the A27 and up the A/M23 (Brighton to Gatwick).
The issue is dual carriageways and motorways (especially the A27) and she is getting flustered by hard charging types (possibly of the PH persuasion!).
I am very keen to keep her and thought perhaps some level of advanced driver training might be something we could offer her to provide coping mechanisms.
Does anyone know of any courses or instructors based on the South Coast who you could recommend? She isn't looking to become a stunning wheel smith or to learn to heel and toe, just to be more confident about dealing with high speed roads.
She has been driving for years but is highly nervous and getting in a right tizz about the journey which she needs to take along the A27 and up the A/M23 (Brighton to Gatwick).
The issue is dual carriageways and motorways (especially the A27) and she is getting flustered by hard charging types (possibly of the PH persuasion!).
I am very keen to keep her and thought perhaps some level of advanced driver training might be something we could offer her to provide coping mechanisms.
Does anyone know of any courses or instructors based on the South Coast who you could recommend? She isn't looking to become a stunning wheel smith or to learn to heel and toe, just to be more confident about dealing with high speed roads.
Most driving instructors can do “pass plus”, did it 20 odd years ago when I passed to get cheaper insurance but it’s designed for 2 training sessions of city driving and also motorways (and can be extended to bad weather or night time driving). Most instructors would happily design something to suit
First off, well done for being a thoughtful employer who values and sensibly wants to retain good staff, chapeau.
My ex hated being on busy roads for similar reasons, long after we'd parted the ways we had to travel a long distance together due to a family tragedy, we were in my Landcruiser and she noticed being in something higher and er more robust the inevitable tailgaters and road bullies she no longer really noticed or cared about.
Few weeks later she bought herself a SUV, it worked for her and all her subsequent cars have been similar, last time we had reason to meet she was running a Santa Fe.
Not suggesting that advanced training won't be helpful, but if she's in a small and/or low car then the inevitable Aldi/RR pillock rushing up at intimidation speed to less than a car's length will still be there filling the mirror, another benefit of being higher up is the less effect high mounted superbright headlights the usual tailgaters have.
My ex hated being on busy roads for similar reasons, long after we'd parted the ways we had to travel a long distance together due to a family tragedy, we were in my Landcruiser and she noticed being in something higher and er more robust the inevitable tailgaters and road bullies she no longer really noticed or cared about.
Few weeks later she bought herself a SUV, it worked for her and all her subsequent cars have been similar, last time we had reason to meet she was running a Santa Fe.
Not suggesting that advanced training won't be helpful, but if she's in a small and/or low car then the inevitable Aldi/RR pillock rushing up at intimidation speed to less than a car's length will still be there filling the mirror, another benefit of being higher up is the less effect high mounted superbright headlights the usual tailgaters have.
Smint said:
....
Not suggesting that advanced training won't be helpful, but if she's in a small and/or low car then the inevitable Aldi/RR pillock rushing up at intimidation speed to less than a car's length will still be there filling the mirror, another benefit of being higher up is the less effect high mounted superbright headlights the usual tailgaters have.
I've recently changed to a supermini sized car and noticed that the rear view mirror makes cars behind you seem much closer than they did in the mirrors of larger cars. I can't believe that more people are tailgating me in this car, but the view from the mirror makes it seem so.Not suggesting that advanced training won't be helpful, but if she's in a small and/or low car then the inevitable Aldi/RR pillock rushing up at intimidation speed to less than a car's length will still be there filling the mirror, another benefit of being higher up is the less effect high mounted superbright headlights the usual tailgaters have.
Gassing Station | Advanced Driving | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff