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What is Advanced Driving?
Advanced Driving is defined as the ability to control the position and speed of a vehicle safely, systematically and smoothly, at all times. It works with existing road and traffic conditions to allow reasonable progress to be made unobtrusively, with skill and responsibility. It requires a positive, knowledgeable, courteous and all-around good attitude, and creates a high standard of driving competence based on concentration, effective all-round observations, anticipation and planning. These aspects must be coordinated with good handling skills.
Advanced Driving is based on the System of Car Control, which in turn is defined as "a system or drill, each feature of which is considered, in sequence, on the approach to any hazard." In other words, the vehicle must always be in the correct lateral position on the road, at the right time, traveling at the right speed, with the correct gear engaged, and always able to stop safely in the distance that can be seen to be clear.
A hazard is defined as anything that may cause a driver to change speed or course. Hazards include obvious features such as curves and intersections, plus other vehicles and pedestrians, but also include less obvious instances such as a minor movement sideways to avoid a small object on the road surface.
In simpler terms, Advanced Driving is a way of approaching and dealing with all hazards that is methodical and safe, and leaves absolutely nothing to chance. Its one overriding aim is to give a driver time to react and to deal safely with the situation, whatever the circumstances.
Anybody who has already passed their state or provincial driving test can learn advanced driving. For details of corporate courses click here, and for the full range of courses for individuals click here.
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