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Defensive Driving Full Day - Lakeside

Highlights

  • Take on a full day defensive driving course in your own car
  • Learn emergency lane changes to emergency braking and cornering
  • Receive tuition from the most experienced instructors in Brisbane

Do Queensland's best Defensive Driving Day with serious professionals. Get fascinating insights into defensive driving, and understand your car and the variables of the road. On a proper skid pan, you'll learn everything from emergency lane changes to emergency braking and cornering.

What's included?

  • Full day defensive driving course
  • Professional tuition from experienced instructors

The aim of this first-level course is to provide post-licence driver training to raise awareness, skill levels and assess attitude and the potential dangers of the road. You'll mix theoretical and practical driving sessions conducted at normal road speeds in your own vehicle. Life-saving skills that everyone should know will be covered in a purpose-built training facility. A friendly theory session will explain what 'defensive' driving is all about, and identify the most important principles.

Following an explanation of the correct braking techniques we will put you to the test in a various practical emergency braking situations on a variety of wet surfaces. After a lunch break (BYO), the afternoon session will cover vehicle dynamics and emergency braking and cornering.. For the afternoon a combination of exercises will include vehicle balance and smoothness, and basic emergency braking and cornering. A final short lecture will recap the day, re-assess the driver’s attitude before certificates and course notes are handed out as recognition of having completed the day.

Theoretical subjects covered will include:

  • Defensive driving - what it means and how it is achieved
  • Evaluation of the main part of the car - the driver!
  • Driver attitude
  • Practical road safety tips
  • Explanation of safety features of modern cars and how to use them
  • Tyres and their importance in driving safety
  • Vision skills
  • Basic vehicle dynamics and emergency braking and cornering

Practical exercises will be conducted in:

  • Assessment of vehicle condition
  • Seating and steering
  • Emergency braking with and without ABS
  • Emergency lane changes
  • Reaction times and their effects on stopping distance
  • Vehicle handling/ steering techniques
  • Basic skid control

Important information

  • This experience is seven hours in duration 9am-4pm
  • Run on pre-determined dates throughout the year

Note: Learner drivers must have a Licenced Driver with them during the practical components.

  • This experience is great for everyone's education, from L-platers to 80-year's experienced
  • Most vehicles are suitable, from teeny-tiny minis to light commercials and 4WDs.
  • 14 DAYS NOTICE: CHANGES ALLOWED - NO PENTALY
  • 7-13 DAYS NOTICE: CHANGES ALLOWED – 50% FEE
  • WITHIN 7 DAYS: ABSOLUTELY NO CHANGES – 100% FEE
  • We appreciate your understanding that within 7 days of any event, the business is unable to re-fill your position and has already incurred the full costs of hosting the event. As such we are unable to accommodate any changes.

There will only be up to ten people per instructor.

This experience is not affected by weather - your defensive skills are even more valuable in the wet!

Enclosed footwear, appropriate for driving, should be worn. Much of this course is conducted outdoors, so dress for the weather, including sunscreen and hats.

Make sure your tyres are inflated to about 10psi above your vehicle manufacturer's recommendations

This experience takes place at Lakeside Park Kurwongbah, 30 minutes north of Brisbane.

Reviews

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This was an informative and fun experience

Kerrie 17 April 2016

We started off with some facts and videos about driving. Then the fun began we go to drive in our own cars and test our brakes. First going down the hill at 60km and then slamming on brakes. Scarey at first but a few more tries became more confident. We then drove aroundabout fast and had avoid an obstacle by using brakes and steering. After lunch , which you can get at the shops only 10mins away or bring your own, we did the important changes to road rules you may not know. Again more fun in your car this time after go down the hill slow down and turn and slam on your brakes. More fun driving through witches hats who hasn't wanted to do that. This also gave you a one on one with the instructor to make sure you have your car set up right.

Great driving experience, would definitely come back again!

TheThirdSun 28 June 2014

The instructors were awesome, easygoing and easy to talk to, the theory was spot-on and encouraged people to express opinions and get into the conversation, and the practical driving was a very good experience for me (as a P2 license holder) to understand the physics of my car and the road. This is something I'd come back to in 5 years time to brush up on my skills, and furthermore I'll be going onto the second stage of the Defensive Driving course as soon as I can. I would highly recommend this course to anyone, from Learner permits up to 15+ year open license holders!

I learned a lot of valuable drivng skills.

VFGirl 17 December 2013

The course was fantastic and the instructors were very good looking too :-)

A great gift for a new driver, educational and incredibly fun!

catn2kittens 22 June 2013

I bought this experience for both of my sons when they got their P Plates. They absolutely LOVED the day - it had just the right combination of theory and practical. My boys came away well educated and much more aware of road safety and how to handle the car in difficult conditions. They had a fantastic time during the practical exercises, of course! Who doesn't enjoy hooning around on a skid pan in the family car? They came away with a certificate in defensive driving, a great thing to add to the resume. They were taught a great deal before getting behind the wheel, and it has made them both much safer, more aware and educated drivers. I would HIGHLY recommend this course as an excellent educational experience that also happens to be amazing fun!

This was a great experience

Katrina82 7 December 2012

I'd recommend this to all drivers. I became a little complacent in my driving skills and it was a great refresher. Also helped alot with my patience and tolerance levels with other drivers on the road and recognising things I wouldn't have normally

Recommended

null 7 March 2012

Instructor was very thorough and easy to understand. I will be approaching my driving in a very different way from now on, especially when considering my tyre pressure and maintaining safe breaking distance and my general awareness of other vehicles while driving.

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