As you pass your
driving test you are permitted to drive on roads, but then also you are an inexperienced driver. As per the statistics roughly 20% new drivers are around 10 times more expected to be involved in an accident and unfortunately, two drivers under the age of 25 die each day in crashes in the UK.
Driving Standards Agency has designed a scheme which is called as Pass Plus. It is designed with coordination and cooperation of the driving instruction and motor insurance industries.
The main aim of this scheme is to gain a valuable knowledge to the drivers who are fresher, learn new skills and techniques, improve anticipation and alertness, learn how to diminish the danger of accidents and uphold a polite attitude on the road and also assist to build up existing skills.
Who can take part
Pass Plus is a quite latest post driving examination course. It is an exceptional thought for giving driving knowledge to a qualified person who has passes
driving test recently.
It has been observed that entirely new drivers are more often considerably more prone to mishaps, predominantly within the first couple of years of driving.
In this designed scheme which is designed by DSA is a final test that is modular and given you in 6 parts, which effects in creation of superior drivers who will respond promptly as well as more obviously to any sort of incident that they might come across while driving. In this way, together their aptitude and their self-confidence are improved, the effect being a less hazardous and more knowledgeable driver.
Purpose of the Pass Plus course
- To have a precise driving knowledge safe and sound.
- Get trained how to deal with a broad range of road and traffic situations, many of which you almost won't have come across before
- Upgrade on your existing skills and knowledge - it can take years to become a skilled driver. Instate Pass Plus helps you to get this by speeding up the learning procedure under the guidance of a professional instruction.
- Diminish your danger of being in a road crash - the training will help you to improve your consciousness and alertness on all kinds of hazards and help you in learning how to become an expert, sketch the hurdles and deal with them carefully.
- Pass Plus training also helps in boosting up your confidence whenever you feel nervous while driving on your own.
Pass Plus course overview
Pass Plus includes six practical modules that cover driving in town, in all weathers, on rural roads, in dark, in day light, on double carriageways and on motorways. Within the first 12 month of passing your test you can take this test.
It is in fact adapted for recently passed their driving test and require the knowledge prior to obtain by them. It has to explain that it is not only for those who have recently passed their
driving test, but for those also who have passed earlier and wants further experience in the same field.
Candidates who are obtaining Pass Plus 'P plates' is displayed on their vehicle, and have a series of six modules of at least one hour each. These cover:
- introduction and town driving
- all-weather driving
- out of town driving and rural roads
- night driving
- dual carriageways
- motorway driving
As a sign of the effectiveness of the scheme, latest survey accepted out for the Driving Standards Agency showed that 93% of people who had taken Pass Plus felt more confident on the road, and 80% considered that their driving skills had enhanced as a result of taking the course.
Choosing driving instructor
Talk to your instructor about Pass Plus course after the completion of your driving test. In the beginning, an instructor with an excellent explanatory skill is provided to each student.
Each driving instructor has to provide one hour to all of these areas of motoring; yet, some inexperienced motorists will require additional lessons. The instructor must possess and ADI green badge and also be registered as DSA
Pass Plus instructor, in order to teach the Pass Plus candidates.
Pass Plus course fee
You can reduce your car insurance premiums or get an additional no claims bonus with some insurance companies. Costing depends on the motoring organization and the actual amount of time spent on the candidate. Moreover, every part of the
country has its own costing system. One supplementary financial concern in passing your Pass Plus is the cut down in your motoring insurance premium.
We have now secured further funding to enable us to keep the scheme running until April 2011, in order to make sure the scheme does not run out of funding again we have made some changes to the way the scheme will be run.
Towards the cost of
Pass Plus the Cumbria Road Safety Partnership will be contributing £100.
Advantages of completing the Pass Plus-
After the completion of Pass Plus course you will be able to drive in town, in all weathers, on rural roads, at night, on dual carriageways and on motorways.
Pass Plus gives you an additional experience and reduces your
car insurance premium/discount.
More than 1,000 successful candidates per month have enjoyed the profit of highly developed training and
insurance discounts, since the scheme stated in February 1995.
Frequent driving scenarios and conditions are introduced to the new driver and this will surely improve his or her taken as a whole knowledge as well as skills.
