With its wide range of rural roads, motorways and urban driving routes, Kent is a good location to conduct advanced driver training. We have a large number of tutors in Kent who provide training for business and private clients in this county, and also in London. Our training is UK-wide, and in Kent, we have provided training in locations as far north as Dartford to as far south as Dungeness. In the last 10 years, we have provided driver training for private and business clients in Ashford, Maidstone, Tonbridge, Canterbury, Dartford, Dungeness and Tunbridge Wells.
Remember – Each driving course is totally bespoke to your own specific needs and requirements. This applies to both our business and private client courses.
During an advanced driving course in Kent, we can provide training on the M20, M2 and M25 as part of a motorway training element. For rural road training, which often makes up a key part of advanced driver training, we can go out on a range of A and B roads across the county.
During our driver training, we cover a wide range of elements, including:
- Advanced observation
- Speed control and limit awareness
- Creating a positive driver
- How to adapt your driving for safety on all types of roads
- How rules of the road can be applied and easily understood
- Dealing with stress and how to defuse potential road rage situations
- Manoeuvres, parking and driving in restricted spaces
- Driving in poor weather
- How to become a defensive driver in urban traffic
- What is a skid, types of skids and how defensive driving can reduce them from happening
- Learning eco-safe driving
- How to better read and understand the actions and potential actions of other road users
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Benefits of advance/defensive driver training (personal):
- Improve skill and confidence
- Iron out bad habits
- Address issues specific to you
- Improve overall car control
- Reduce wear and tear on your car/van
Benefits of advanced driver training from a business perspective. If you are considering driver training for your fleet, there are a number of advantages:
- Reduce the collision rate among your drivers
- Save up to 20% on fuel costs
- Save on fleet insurance bills
- Show your employees you are dedicated to a safer working environment
- Allow your employees to enjoy a higher level of driver skill in works vehicles
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Get in Touch:
Whilst we have tried to outline our courses as much as possible, you may have more questions. Please email or call us and a member of our team will be delighted to help you. We always aim to respond to all email enquiries within 1 hour during working hours. If you are ready to book a course for between 1 and 4 drivers, you can do this online for both business and private customers. Please go to www.advanced-driving.co.uk/book/
Road Safety Risks and Information – Kent
Kent is an extremely busy county that contains the port of Dover and many coastal locations along with bustling towns such as Maidstone and Royal Tunbridge Wells. Kent has a lot of commuter traffic due to its close location to London and is served by many fast A roads and three motorways, the M2, M20, and the M26 leading to the M25 London Orbital route.
The M20 running from Swanley to Folkstone has seen many severe and sometimes fatal collisions involving multiple vehicles, and between junctions 9 and 11a toward Folkstone, have seen the most problems. The M2 that links the A2 and the A229 is also fraught with fatalities for such a small stretch of road, and the most affected spots are around the junctions. It is always wise to be aware of accident hot spots when navigating a regular or new journey, as extra caution can be lifesaving. There is a challenging intersection to join the M25 London Orbital motorway as it also filters traffic from the A21 – it is the junctions where most collisions are found.
The A2 and the A256 to and from Dover suffer exceptionally high collision rates; this could be due to drivers who are unfamiliar with the roads if departing the port of Dover; these accidents will also include more haulage vehicles and possibly foreign drivers. The A2 brings a lot of tourist traffic from London to the coastal towns of Margate and Broadstairs via the A28, and the stretch of road between Canterbury and Sarre has seen the highest rate of casualties. The A21 links the M26 to Hastings, another busy route, especially during the summer. The A229 from Staplehurst to Wilsley Green is also another accident hot spot. The busy town routes through Folkstone, the Cherrington Road linking to the A259, have seen far too many urban collisions, and the A20 leading to the port in Dover is also rife with accident spots.
Kent is both rural and coastal in parts and has a high tourism industry in the summer months, with many second homeowners from London commuting at weekends year-round. The roads linking Hearne Bay, Westgate on Sea, Margate and Ramsgate are fraught with severe crash sites involving multiple vehicles. This is a similar story to the roads towards the Isle of Sheppey and the A249.
We offer a free-of-charge service to anyone interested in discovering accident hot spots in Kent, as this is just a very small outline. Please do get in touch with us.