Speed Awareness Course

Perhaps you should leave at 6am merlot to avoid the temptation to speed!!

I've been on 2. There were about 20 people on each course, of varying ages. The course lasted for about 3 hours, and the main discussion was about preventing accidents/how accidents occur when someone is driving too fast.

Take something for lunch, as they only provide drinks.

I could kick myself because I was driving along a road I knew well. On week days the traffic would be nose to tail so you'd be lucky to get to 20mph let alone past 30.

It was the May bank holiday Saturday so for once there was nothing much on the road and I allowed my speed to creep up to 36 without thinking.

Never mind.

They remind you of a few of the rules of the road you have probably forgotten and tell you how awful it would be if you hit a young child while driving over the speed limit. I asked them why the parents weren't supervising these young children in the first place to stop then running into the road!!

I found it very informative and useful. It did make me think differently when I drove afterwards.

I have done one. Caught doing 37 in a 30 road back from Northumberland. Great course. One useful thing I learnt was always drive in 3 rd gear in a 30 zone , rather than 4th and then it is harder to speed.

we,ve just sent off the paperwork following my hubby being caught. We are waiting for info on the course. I am angry with him as i can ill afford £100.00 and I am sick of telling him to slow down. he thinks nothing of doing 90 down the motorway and I dont feel safe, i have told him, but yet he carries on. I,m glad he got caught!!!

I don't feel so guilty now kitty.

Thanks for that, both of you. I passed my test in 1964 so will probably learn a lot.

I've done 3 I have found that the leaders are lovely bit there is always some one moaning that it's not fair that they caught!

Despite the fact that I have done 3 (over about 10 years!) I think they are good and very informative.

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My DH did this last year. He said it was fine and informative. He as been driving for many years but said he learnt things on this course that he had no idea about.

Oh bless you Merlotgran. I have done this Course and I promise you there are no recriminations or any way will you be made to feel shamed. The ‘teachers’ were friendly and absolutely there to help us. I honestly felt that everyone should do this course - I passed my test in the 1960’s and after so long there was truly so much useful advice. Just enjoy the course and get lots out of it - I did.

I've got to leave home at 6.30am to get there in time.

That's punishment enough!!