Drive & Survive

Defensive driving 101

For most of us, driving is the most dangerous activity that we regularly engage in. The aim of this online course is to present a road map for reducing road risk and beginning to become a better and safer driver.

Drive & Survive provides insightful ideas and top tips for developing your driving and increasing your safety margins. This defensive driving course features 4K video to illuminate the way ahead. The lessons in this course demonstrate that safety is no accident.

Lessons include:

  1. the essence of defensive driving
  2. the need for a defensive driving style
  3. pillars of driving safety
  4. fitness to drive
  5. benefits of a systematic approach to driving hazards
  6. prior planning prevents poor performance
  7. how to think like a defensive driver
  8. multi-tasking and driver distraction
  9. blind spots
  10. time to react
  11. 2-second rule
  12. safety bubble technique
  13. link speed to vision & grip.

Tutors

Course tutors

Mark Kendrick

Principal

The Driving College's principal

Guided Learning Hours

Investment

£39 (plus VAT)

Enrol from 1st March 2025