Defensive Driving Courses
From fleet managers through to all staff, we have the driver training course for you.
TEK's driver training courses can help you reduce accident rates, save money and improve performance.
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What is the defensive driving course?
Our TEK Defensive Driver Development is the perfect way to ensure your drivers undergo continuous professional development by receiving a qualification in defensive driving.
This one-day defensive driving course qualification will address driver behaviour as the root cause of most traffic incidents and will encourage safe decision making, as well as promote an understanding of defensive driving principles.
Why take a defensive driving course?
The picture that has emerged in traffic accidents that have occurred in our country since 2015 is frightening. From 2015 to June 2020, there were tens of thousands of accidents, thousands of injuries and hundreds of deaths.
ACCIDENTS ARE FEARING SIZE… Between January 2015 and June 2020, a total of 20,463 traffic accidents occurred in our country. While 16,683 of these accidents were avoided with damage, 3,694 resulted in injuries. As a result of the accidents, 5 thousand 106 people were injured slightly or seriously, 147 of them died. According to statistics, 3 thousand 907 traffic accidents occurred in 2015, 3 thousand 864 in 2016, 3 thousand 939 in 2017, 4 thousand 142 in 2018, 3 thousand 575 in 2019, and 1 thousand 36 traffic accidents until the end of June 2020. came. In 5.5 years, the most accidents occurred in 2018 with 4,142. (https://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/kibris/trafikte-kahreden-bilanco-h93801.html)
On average, tragically, five individuals currently alive in TRNC may lose their lives tomorrow due to road collisions, with countless others facing severe injuries. Regardless of whether you oversee a fleet of cars, vans, or LGVs for your organization, our defensive driving course offers a refined solution to enhance safety and reduce costs. This course is meticulously crafted to empower each driver with proficient strategies for handling hazards and employing defensive driving techniques, thereby enabling them to mitigate risks while on the road. These invaluable principles are universally applicable, encompassing driving scenarios in towns, rural areas, and motorways alike.
What does the defensive driving course cover?
Attending our defensive driving course will allow individual drivers and drivers at your organisation to learn the principles of defensive driving and develop strategies to minimise occupational road risk.
Your drivers will learn how to recognise their own driving behaviours and manage their response to the behaviours of others, as well as developing defensive driving techniques and coping strategies to help them minimise their risk.
The defensive driving course will cover:
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Recognising the role of human factors and driver behaviour in managing occupational road risk
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Understanding the importance of planning to improve safety
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Demonstrating safe driving behaviour in all driving environments
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Understanding how conducting pre-journey checks can reduce occupational road risk
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Conducting pre-journey driver and vehicle audits.