The road into advanced driving
Discussion
First post here! I'm Young1 an 18 year old driver. I passed my test last October (3rd time lucky in Sidcup) and have clocked up a tiny 1000 miles. I'm very picky at myself for driving and looking at ways to improve, Reg and Roadcraft have really helped me to learn the things I would probably have never learnt, but I know I'm miles away from where I want to be in terms of driving. So 3 months in I'm looking at an IAM driving course (Orpington if anyone has been?) Am I taking too steep a learning curve here? Should I add more miles to my driving before considering it or dive in and learn advanced driving and build from the skills learnt? Sadly for me I'm the sort of person who won't deal with just adequate driving and want to improve my journeys for passengers and myself in terms of progress on the road and safety. Thoughts?
Wow! I seriously didn't expect to get this response if any! Thank you all so much for the tips and advised reading/watching. I never knew roadcraft made a DVD so i'll definitely have a look at that. Seems like there are more advanced driving experiences than just ROSPA and IAM that I might try beforehand. Did anyone benefit from the non-compulsory meetings IAM (and ROSPA i assume) hold? Any advice on YouTube or this site for brief overviews into mechanical features of cars? It would be nice to know the reasons behind the mistakes I call myself out for such as jerky gear changes and dry steering, as well as having an idea to the sounds and odd features my 03 Punto makes under the hood.
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