As a national advanced driver training business, we have tutors all over the UK, although we provide a lot of bespoke training to private individuals and companies in Nottinghamshire. To date, we have provided training in Worksop, Mansfield, Newark-on-Trent and Nottingham. As we have full UK coverage, we are able to come to you for the training anywhere in the UK and all parts of Nottinghamshire. On an advanced driving course in Nottinghamshire, we sometimes head out of the county westbound towards the Peak District National Park, using a wide range of roads both urban and rural. For motorway training, we have easy access to the M1 and can head north towards the M18 or south towards the M69 or M6.
In the county of Nottinghamshire, we provide a lot of training on A-roads such as the A614, A1 and A60; many of these busy A roads have quick access to some really good rural roads, which are really beneficial for advanced driver training for drivers at all levels. On rural roads, we can help a driver improve their car control and commentary driving. Commentary driving is when you talk out loud about what you can see in front and behind you when driving. It really helps a driver observe and plan what they see much more effectively.
Remember – All our courses are bespoke to your own needs. For both business and private clients.
All our courses are bespoke to the needs of the driver, so we can adjust a course to fit with what they want, for example for a motorway course, we can dedicate a session to just motorways, for confidence training we can use a wide range of roads or just roads that a client is having specific issues with. For company clients, we can offer a 3.5hr session a driver (or a 7hr session). With the 3.5hr sessions, which around 90% of companies opt for, we can train one driver in the morning and one in the afternoon if training is to be from one location.
During our advanced training, we cover a wide range of things, bespoke to the needs of each driver:
- Looking at a driver’s own specific driving style, mileage, types of roads and driving history to make a bespoke training plan
- Creating increased powers of anticipation and planning
- Being aware of speed limits and controlling speed
- Improving a driver’s attitude
- Improved driving on motorways,
- Increased skills on rural roads
- Dealing with driving in the town, with cyclists and pedestrians
- Better understanding the reasons for road rage
- Manoeuvres
- Driving in dangerous weather such as ice, snow, fog, rain, poor visibility
- Save money at the pumps! An advanced driving style can save 20% on your fuel bills
- How to better anticipate the actions of other drivers – to help prevent things from “just suddenly happening” !
Why take advanced driver training with us? (Personal benefits)
- Further enhance your levels of driving skill and confidence
- Feel generally happier about driving
- Have the knowledge you have completed training with a registered DVSA advanced driving instructor
- Single out and remove any bad driving habits
- Look at specific issues that may be impacting your driving
- Improve all aspects of car control
- Learn how to get more miles from your tank – 20% improvement is not uncommon!
If you are looking for fleet driver training for your team, the benefits of our training cover:
- Taking charge of your occupational road risk
- Demonstrate your Duty of Care towards staff
- Save money on your fleet insurance premiums
- Identify and effectively manage drivers who are having issues with their driving
- Reduce your overall car/van fuel bills, sometimes by up to 20%
You may have more questions about our courses, so please get in touch. We reply to emails within 1hr during working hours. Our team can also help look at dates for training or to send you more information on our courses, and if needed, an example of one of our post-course driving reports. You can also book online quickly and conveniently if you are looking to train between 1 and 4 drivers for both private and business clients at – www.advanced-driving.co.uk/book/
Road Safety Risks and Information – Nottinghamshire
The M1 skirts the southwest of Nottinghamshire from Leicester through to Sheffield and is the only dedicated motorway in the county, but many fast A road routes also cross the county. All routes have high accident figures, and caution should always be taken when using such roads.
Several severe accident sites are found along the M1 near junction 26 and the intersection of the A610. The roundabout junction 27 of the meeting of the A608 is also another area of concern, as many collisions have been noted on both sides of the carriageway here. This stretch of motorway is extremely busy with commuters during rush hours and a lot of haulage traffic too. The A46 is a bustling route that joins Nottinghamshire near rural Willoughby-on-the-Wolds and carries on through to Lincoln; it is littered with fatal and severe life-changing accident sites. The stretch of road between the dual carriageway near The Fosse at Kinoulton and the Owlthorpe Road crossing is an area of concern. The Meeting of the A46 and the A1 and the A17 to the north of Newark on Trent has also seen many accidents on this challenging junction, so it is wise to be fully aware of your route, the lane you need to be in for your exit and an idea of where the risk of collision is higher than usual. By learning how to read the road with advanced driving techniques, you can spot accident risks far ahead of the average driver.
Other fast A road routes crossing Nottinghamshire are very high-risk accident sites, such as the A60 between Nottingham and Mansfield. This is exceptionally high for such a small distance – showing that many risks are taken with speed; many of these are along Mansfield Road and involve multiple vehicles. The A60 splits to the A614 at Ollerton Road and carries on to merge into the A1 at Upper Moreton, and the accidents found along this route tend to be in the more rural areas where minor lanes cross the fast main roads. This can happen due to obstructed vision from hedges or too much speed. Extra caution should always be taken on fast A routes crossing rural landscapes. To the north of the county, the A614 and the A631 are very much the same, with most of the accidents being near the meetings of rural lanes.
Nottinghamshire has its fair share of rural accidents, and unlike many counties, it is not necessarily down to tourism and drivers unfamiliar with the area but drivers who may live in local villages and be tempted to take risks. This, unfortunately, includes newly qualified drivers who venture into quiet areas without speed cameras for the thrill. A high-risk area is in the villages between the towns of Bingham, Grantham and Melton Mowbray, where the volume of serious accidents is very high compared to the size of the area.
These are only a very broad outline of collision sites in the county. Please contact us if you have any specific roads you travel on in the area and are keen to discover what parts are at higher risk of collisions. We offer a free-of-charge service to anyone who is interested.