Location Overview – The city of Truro is a fascinating place to live and visit and is the county town of Cornwall. It grew from mining with the tin industry and its port and is the southernmost city in the UK. Attracting thousands of tourists each year, its leading economy is now based on tourism and, at times, can be pretty congested with commuter traffic, especially in the summer months. Truro has everything you would want to expect from a modern, well-connected city, great shopping, great entertainment, and fabulous restaurants. Truro’s heritage is very evident in its historic architecture, delightful parks, and public spaces, and at the same time, it is contemporary, quirky, and unique. In Truro, vibrant, local independent shops rub shoulder with the larger national retailers in an eclectic mix. Truro has a crisscross of cobbled roads, browsable streets and charming mews. Since 2011 we have helped many private and corporate drivers become the safest drivers they can be in the Truro area and across the rest of Cornwall, including Treliske, Buckshead, Calanick, and Shortlanesend.

During a session, we typically look at the following:

* Developing an improved attitude towards motoring
* Car control (gears, steering, use of signals)
* Understand your own limitations and at-risk factors – most of which you won’t be aware of
* Undoing years of ingrained bad habits
* Become a more skilful driver on all road types
* The system of car control – IPSGA
* Manoeuvres and driving in restricted areas
* Coping with bad weather
* Learning how to anticipate the actions of other road users better
* Driving in busy urban environments
* Learn how you and other drivers think when behind the wheel
* Understanding observational elements of driving (seeing) and building these into your driving plan
* Coping and defusing with road rage
* Learning why skids can happen and how to control them
* Learning to see and not just look when driving

Once the training is complete, a PDF report will be sent to you with things assessed, such as confidence, forward planning, attitude, vehicle control, and more. This report is beneficial as it’s completely bespoke to the driver and provides valuable tips and insights for future safer driving. Each report is thoroughly verified and documented – proof you’ve had driver training with a DVSA-registered professional.

There are many benefits of taking driver training with Drivers Domain UK:

* All training is on-road based
* Detailed reporting for each driver – with notes from the tutor who provided the training and course verification on each report
* Bespoke training based on a driver’s specific needs
* We come to you for the training – not the other way round
* 7hr and 3.5hr options
* Handpicked tutors
* Full UK coverage
* Personal account manager

Truro is 6 miles from the A30 trunk road, to which the A39 links it from Falmouth and Penryn. Passing through Truro, you will find the A390 between Redruth to the west and Liskeard to the east, when it joins the A38 for Plymouth, Exeter and the M5 motorway. Truro, the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, is just under 232 miles west-south-west of London. Newquay, Cornwall’s main airport, is just 12 miles north of Truro. Advanced Driver courses with us are different from other providers, we will come to you, and our highly trained and professional tutors will take you out on the road in your own vehicles, with detailed driver reports on completion.

Half or Full Day?

Our half-day option works best if you want to train several drivers back-to-back. It’s cheaper per head, and your business has less downtime. As a private client, a half-day is ideal if you need a short refresher.

A full day is more suited if you or a driver has specific issues, such as limited confidence, complaints about their driving (company drivers) or if you’re a private client and want more than a half-day training session but want to get the training done and dusted in one day.

We find many clients opt for the full-day session – and book one driver in the morning and one in the afternoon – there is no additional charge for this, and it works well for business clients.

Here to help:

We have several training options and packages. Please call us for more information. The team member you talk with will, more often than not, manage your enquiry right through to training if that’s what you decide on doing. This includes private individuals and also business customers.

Road Safety Risks and Information – Truro

Truro is Cornwall’s capital city, located in the Southwest between St Austell and Falmouth along the A390. It is a very busy city, especially during the summer when thousands of extra visitors arrive yearly.

The A390 links to the A39 at the Newquay Road traffic lights, then travels into the city centre via Tregolls Road. This route is laden with collision sites, some of which are very severe and, sadly, fatal at times.  Accidents occurring around Truro often involve drivers unfamiliar with the area, a factor that significantly increases the risk. It is crucial that you are aware of other drivers and their intentions. If you can see them struggling, you can hold back to help avoid needless accidents.   The A390 intersects with St Austell Street at the Trafalgar roundabout, and from here, several roads travel into the town centre, such as New Bridge Street and Old Bridge Street, and they join up with Duke Street and Frances Street, running along the City Centre. There are numerous accidents across the city centre. Although the speed limit is lower in urban areas, some collisions have been severe, suggesting that cyclists and pedestrians may have been involved.

The A390 encircles the City Centre and links the A30 at Three Burrows, along Higher Besore Road. This is an especially hazardous route with high collision rates. Again, this could be attributed to non-local drivers exploring the area while on holiday. Many a well-deserved break has been ruined by a collision. There is also a higher number of motorhome and campervan drivers in the area during the summer, and some drivers are not as confident as they should be when driving a bigger vehicle. Therefore, it is vital to give them a wider berth, especially if it looks like the drivers are struggling with directions. This short six-mile stretch of road contains more accidents than the rest of Truro combined, highlighting the need for safer driving practices and increased awareness of the road conditions, especially near Highertown and Trelisk.

If you frequently travel on specific roads in the Truro area and are interested in understanding the risk of collisions on these routes, we encourage you to contact us. We offer a free-of-charge service that includes a personalized risk assessment of your travel routes and recommendations for safer driving. This service is available to all, and we strongly urge you to utilize it to enhance your safety on the road.