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Defensive Driving Full Day - Mt Cotton

Highlights

  • Improve your driving skills with a full day defensive driving course in your own car
  • Be taught theory and practice from the most experienced instructors in Brisbane
  • Learn emergency driving techniques such as skid control

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?

  • All day defensive driving course

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.

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 skid control

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 from 9am-4pm
  • Run on pre-determined dates throughout the year

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

  • You must supply your own car for this experience
  • 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

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

This experience takes place in Mt Cotton, 30 minutes south of Brisbane and 45 minutes from the Gold Coast.

Reviews

4.5
38 reviews
5 stars 27
4 stars 6
3 stars 1
2 stars 3
1 star 1

Disappointing - Angry Instructor

Tania 12 April 2024

I booked this for my daughter who only had her P plates for 1 week prior. She was brave enough to go on her own but once there, she got nervous and parked too close to the next car. The instructor yelled at her and also said can’t you see everyone has reversed in. So in front of everyone, she had to reverse in, trying to use her mirrors like I taught her, while the instructor kept yelling ‘look at me’ as he wanted to direct her in. She was so nervous and afraid. She is softly spoken, easily intimidated young woman, and this set the tone for the rest of the day. While the instructor did come up to her later and apologise for yelling (blaming it on another lady who apparently kept back chatting just before my daughter arrived) , I feel this unacceptable. If you are in a position of instructing/teaching, you need to be in control of your anger and find a way to not take it out on innocent people. It left a sour taste on the whole experience for my daughter. I will not be sending my next 2 children through the course there.

Keerat

Hi Tania, thanks for your feedback, I am sorry to hear your daughter did have a good experience. I would like to discuss this with you further and will reach out by email.

14 April 2024

Lots of learning and fun

Kylie 18 July 2022

Great course to learn skills to deal with emergency situations. Highly recommend (and great present to give new P Platers!)

Informative and fun.

Kate 20 February 2022

This course should be compulsory for learners. I feel more confident in my driving skills after doing the practical and more knowledgeable about the road from the theory. Excellent balance. Excellent fun. The main thing missing was question time.

The Defensive Driving Day was awesome

Zara 21 January 2022

I had a fun day at Mt Cotton learning some skills I wasn’t taught when learning to drive. I loved the driving section with guidance from the amazing staff.

Everyone should do a defensive driving course

Fiona 10 January 2022

The course really taught me about my and my car’s capability. It was great to have the opportunity to try real life situations in a controlled setting!

Best Driving Course

Masilina 22 August 2021

Had the best time at the course with instructors Ian and John. They were both super friendly and very precise with driving feedback. Would definitely recommend this to my younger family members and youths.

** Absolutely Amazing Experience **

Karen 9 February 2020

Had the best day, learnt so much, instructors were so good, I know now how to save my self and my family in an emergency situation.

Awesome Day

Steve 23 May 2019

Very informative, well presented. Great Skills learned by both Trainers. Looking forward to doing the Advanced Course now.

great instructors with much wisdom to share

Desmond 13 August 2018

Half day theory and half day practical. Was great to be able to put yourself and your vehicle thru it's paces in a safe controlled environment and get get some constructive feedback on how to improve and when you did improve you could see and feel the improvement. Highly recommended

Great theory, would have enjoyed more driving.

Paul 16 May 2018

Overall I found the instructor very knowledgeable, comprehensive and engaging. This course would definitely be suited more to first time road users than people who have been driving for 20+ years. I feel The description of this experience needs to be re-worded. You don’t actualy drive on the skid pan in this course (located next door) performing my idea of what skid control would be or techniques for regaining control of your car if you loose traction or control of it in the wet.

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