3 more young lives lost....

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Originally Posted by MAV50L

Advanced driving courses are a double edged sword.
People who have done will will push harder on the roads because they have been trained and think they know what they are doing.
Totally different environment but when you do come unstuck on a surburban road compared to a skid pan.
Years ago when the advanced driving courses started to become to thing to do a photocopier service company in Sydney put all their service drivers through one as their insurance company offered a discount on their fleet insurance if they all did it.
In the next 12 months the companies claims actually increased by 300% as the drivers pushed harder because they knew what to do.
Imagine giving a 18 year old who knows everything anyway that extra knowledge............. some times too much education and knowledge can be even more dangerous.

Sorry buddy I cannot agree.
Too much generalisation in your quote.
The advanced driver courses that Ian Luff conduct are stepped .
First is a Driver Safety course . ( theory and practical)
Second is advanced car control.
Very informative days and thought provoking.
The safety course revolves around defensive driving that gives punters the knowledge of what can happen and how to react in the situation.
You don't just fang a car around a skidpan .
Perhaps the increase of claims via the copier company was as a result of one particular driver ? I cannot comprehend that the majority of their external employees ,after a advanced driving course,became reckless on the roads ....surely not.