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CONGRATULATIONS!
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| You've passed your Driving
Test and can now drive on your own. |
However, have you thought about how you can become an even
safer driver AND reduce the cost of your car insurance?
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PASS PLUS |
Is a road safety initiative developed
by the Driving Standards Agency, which aims to improve
your skills as a novice drivers, giving you extended training
to make you safer when driving.
A six-part training course, PASS PLUS
gives you the extra skills and confidence to drive in
situations that may not have arisen during your driving
lessons.
These include driving at night or in harsh weather conditions,
motorway driving and driving on unfamiliar roads. |
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STREETWIZE School of Motoring is
a registered Pass Plus instructor. |
| Through both theory and practical lessons, I
will provide you with the extra skills to make you a better,
more improved driver. I will be looking for a good standard
of driving across each of the six areas and expect to see improved
observation, care, courtesy and consideration of other road
users and the ability to anticipate hazards and take appropriate
action. |
Don't worry, there's no
test - if you have completed the course successfully I will
sign-off your training form and send it to the DSA who will
then send you a PASS PLUS certificate.
Once you've completed your Pass Plus programme there are a number
of insurers who support the scheme and will give you substantial
discounts on the cost of your car insurance. |
PASS PLUS MODULES |
| The six PASS PLUS modules are as follows: |
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Town driving |
| Driving in town can be daunting: rush
hour traffic, complicated junctions and traffic systems.
STREETWIZE will help you learn the skills
to deal with all these and more. |
All-weather driving |
| Rain, fog, bright sunshine, snow and ice:
We will show you how to drive safely in all the different
weather conditions you'll face on the road. |
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| Driving out of town |
Country roads can harbour all kinds of hazards,
from sharp bends and potholes to farm vehicles and animals
in the road. I will show you how to spot hazards quickly and
adapt your driving to keep you safe. |
Night driving |
| Dealing with dazzle, judging distance and speed,
using your lights correctly - these are just some of the areas
I will cover in this module. |
Driving on dual carriageways |
| To drive safely on fast, multi-lane roads you
will need all your skills of observation, concentration, anticipation
and lane discipline. I will show you how to overtake safely,
use the correct speed and how to join and leave a dual carriageway. |
Driving on Motorways |
| Motorways are like no other roads: learn how
to drive on them safely and correctly under my supervision to
keep you safe on some of the UK's busiest roads. |
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PASS PLUS PLEASE CONTACT STREETWIZE
SCHOOL OF MOTORING.
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YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT THE PASS PLUS WEBSITE AT www.passplus.org.uk
YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE PASS PLUS PUPIL'S GUIDE ON YOUR
FIRST LESSON, WHICH GIVES YOU FULL INFORMATION ON
THE PASS PLUS PROGRAMME.
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Ex-Student Driver Diary Notes |
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"I'd got a lot from Pass Plus,
but knew I needed more time
to put it all into practice
for myself." |
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| I'd got a lot from Pass Plus, but knew I needed
more time to put it all into practice for myself. Driving to
Oxford with friends for reassurance (plus map reading!) seemed
fairly ok. But the evening before I was setting off, when I
was suddenly going on my own seemed really daunting. It was
going to quickly show me how important Pass Plus had been. The
wonder that is Google Earth helped me understand the confusing
bits of the route. So knowing where I was going, I set off over
the Wolds in the pitch black. A country road, lorries - several
times I had it made very clear just how blinding and frustrating
it can be facing a car refusing to dip their headlights. |
"One of the big things I got from Pass
Plus was the idea of protecting my own comfort space around
the car. I was reminded of the idea that any confidence
I had in myself was irrelevant without allowing time for
other people's amazingly unpredictable actions." |
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On the motorway, I was surrounded by either more lorries or
Audis, BMWs and Mercs who seemed determined to get down south
as quickly as possible. One of the big things I got from Pass
Plus was the idea of protecting my own comfort space around
the car. I was reminded of the idea that any confidence I had
in myself was irrelevant without allowing time for other people's
amazingly unpredictable actions. I was beginning to settle down
though and get reasonably comfortable with passing lorries,
bits of lane changing and that. Then I hit roadworks. The lanes
were reduced to barely a car's width, definitely not a lorry
wide, and no hard shoulder. All this at about the same time
as it began to rain heavier than I have ever known. I could
barely see more than blurred tail lights - a very sudden reinforcement
of the lesson about keeping distance, looking beyond the vehicle
in front and taking it really, really steady.
I was faced with my first very close escape from an accident
and it all became quite scary. I realised just how important
the 'stop for breaks' part of motorway driving was. I needed
time to stop shaking and calm down! After a sleep, coffee and
a check of route, a bit more of a drive, my car mysteriously
took itself to Silverstone circuit, but I couldn't blag my way
in! Coming off the motorway, I had a massive roundabout to deal
with. The time planning the route paid off - I understood it
and knew exactly which lanes I needed. But then from serious
motorway I was back on tiny little country lanes. Turnings that
I needed were badly signposted and several times other cars
were on my side of the road. Whilst during the Pass Plus it
had seemed a challenge to go through really tight country tracks,
I was pleased about it now. |
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"I made it to (and
back from!) Oxford but it without a doubt showed me how
much
the Pass Plus course
had taught me…. So if you're thinking about
it, I'd say go for it. Worth more than I realised, especially
at 3am on the M1 with lorries either side of me!"
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