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DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSES OF ROYAL DRIVING!

One sure way to give yourself an edge, and move you from a restricted to a full licence 6 months sooner (3 months if you are aged 25 years or over), is to take the Royal Driving School's Defensive Driving Course. This comprehensive, nine-hour course will add a range of safe driving strategies to your skill set, and teach you to recognise the hazards, circumstances and influences that commonly lead to accidents. It is an intensive, interactive course that includes classroom theory modules and an in-car practical session. It is designed for anyone in search of safer driving skills that will last for life.

IN-CAR DRIVING COURSES

SESSION 1: ORIENTATION

Pre-Driving checks

Control Devices, Controls, Accelerations, Brakes

Accessories and Gauges

Starting and Stopping the engine

Driving Forward and Braking techniques

How to use your eyes, where to look

SESSION 2: MANOEUVRING

1 Hour

Backing the car, different directions

Turing a corner

Residential driving, Kinds of Stop signs

Right of Way observance

Hand Over Hand steering

SESSION 3: CITY DRIVING

Right turns, Smith System of Defensive driving

How to change lanes, Mirror checks

Speed Control

SESSION 4: DRIVING IN TRAFFIC

Following distance rule

Three point turns

Two point turns

U-Turns

Turning around the Block

SESSION 5: INTERSECTIONS

Lefts Turns, Choosing the right Lane to drive

Right Turns, Speed Control while Turning

Heavy traffic driving, Lane changes

Space Management

SESSION 6: REVIEW

Review of the past Five Session

SESSION 7: PARKING

Review of the past Five Session

Angle parking

Perpendicular parking

Parallel parking

Parking on a Hill (Up and Down Hill parking)

Emergency Parking

SESSION 8: DRIVING AT NIGHT

How to Drive and Observe while driving at night

Following distance at night

Low Beam, High Beam use at night

Road Signs reflection at night

SESSION 9: HIGHWAYS

Highway Curves and Shoulders

Passing on a Two-Lane Highway

Freeway driving

Entering

Lane changes

Exiting

SESSION 10: ROAD TEST

Preparation for G2 Road Test

Test Recap

Review of any of the past Manoeuvre upon the Student Choice

IN-CLASS DRIVING LESSONS

DRIVING LESSON 1

The benefit of Driver Education Course/a responsible driver

Traffic Laws, Signs, Right of Way

Driver Observation, Checks: Outside/Inside

Traffic Collisions/Crashes

DRIVING LESSON 2

1 Hour

Smith System of Defensive driving, Driving along, using your Eyes

Demerit Points System

Changing Directions, changing Lanes

Parking, driving Strategically, looking Effectively

Moving In and Out of Traffic, Intersections

DRIVING LESSON 3

Controlled and Uncontrolled Intersections

Left and Right turns, special city driving conditions

Space Cushion driving, Following Distances

Communicating, Sending Messages, Receiving Messages, Eye to Eye Contact with other drivers.

DRIVING LESSON 4

Highway/Country Roads, Passing, Being passed

Highway maneuvers, conditions on country roads

The Dangers of Rural driving, Construction zones

School Buses, Trucks, Slow moving vehicles

DRIVING LESSON 5

Driving on the Freeway, Characteristics of Freeways, Freeway Emergencies

Entering a freeway, driving along on a Freeway, changing lanes, Exiting

Poor driving Conditions, driving at night, rainy weather, winter driving

Slippery roads, Skidding, Collision Avoidance, Force of Impact, Seat Belts

DRIVING LESSON 6

Air Bags, Human Collision, what to do at a Collision Scene

Drinking and Driving, Alcohol and Law, B.A.C. (Blood Alcohol Concentration)

Emotional and Physical Impairments, the consequences of Collisions

Mechanical Failures, Tires, Batteries, Tractions, Preventive Maintenance