Driver Safety Awareness (Online Course with Assessment)
Duration30 minutes worth of content
Team PD eLearning
Driver Safety Awareness (Online Course with Assessment)
It is important to consider how you can drive as safely as possible for your own and other road users safety.
About the Course
This is an interactive course where you will gain the information needed to understand: the causes of driver behaviour, planning a journey and how to show better consideration for other road users. It also covers areas such as driving without proper control of a vehicle, for instance using a mobile phone or sat nav while driving or not having a comprehensive view of the road or surroundings.
The aim of this course is to raise driver safety awareness and put a STOP! to driving-related accidents.
Key Insights
• In-car safety. • Defensive driving skills. • Recent changes in legislation to using a mobile device. • Speed awareness. • Consequences of your actions. • Hazard awareness. • Driver and passenger responsibilities and liabilities. • Common causes of accidents. • Challenging risky behaviour. • Roadside maintenance and emergencies. • Dealing with distractions. • Check a vehicle for roadworthiness and basic vehicle maintenance. • Planning a journey. • Setting up the vehicle. • Driving environments including weather and ice. • Fatigue & drink driving whilst driving. • Green driving. • Attitude to driving.
Who is it for?
Employers with occupational drivers and employees have a duty of care to carry out driver risk assessments. Not only are driver risk assessments a legal requirement, but they can also help prioritise the individuals most in need of driver training, thus saving money in the long term. This course is aimed at employers and employees who use a vehicle to travel around for their job.
Course format: There's 30 minutes worth of content
The interactive course includes bite-size learning chunks in the format of animated explainer videos and a question knowledge summary quiz. This will be a multiple-choice test and candidates will need to achieve 80% in order to achieve the pass mark.