A professional driver ? The following course has been designed so that you may be in a position to spend as much time on each slide as you deem fit. How you interact with your students and how they interact with you is of course down to your interpretation of the subject matter. Some of the films are quite graphic and hard hitting and will cause a shock reaction, it is therefore advisable to gauge your students ability to deal with these types of situations. As with all course content it is entirely down to the trainers experience and approach to the subject matter that gives the student the best benefit. We have tried to make it as easy as possible for you to do this.

Course contents Speed awareness Spacial awareness Seat belts & their use Hazard perception Fatigue & distraction Drink driving Drugs awareness It is advisable to give a general introduction talk on each subject and its place within the structure of the presentation/course

Speed facts; severity of injury is linked closely to speed If you hit a pedestrian in a car at: 2.5 % will be killed 20 30 20% will be killed These speeds are for the car industry and as such do not reflect the incidences of lorry and bus accidents. It is most important that you spend time on a discussion about the extra size of the larger vehicles and discuss the consequences therein 50% will be killed 35 40 90% will be killed

What would be the consequences? Loss of licence Loss of life Social effects Psychological effects Knock on effects with family and friends Inconvenience Insurance problems Fines Injury Loss of job Imprisonment Before and on each bullet point there should be an interaction with the students by having them first guess what they (the consequences are) before the reveal and then discussing the actual consequence listed. You may also wish to have the students “guess” what comes next. It may also be worth a mention to the students that each and every vocational licence holder will have to stand before the traffic commissioner before they get their (vocational) licence returned after any disqualification.

It is also known as depth perception Spacial awareness What is it? It is the ability to comprehend 2D & 3D space It is the cognitive reasoning to grasp the relationship and orientation of an object to its environment & any neighbouring objects It is also known as depth perception

Lets look at the next few pictures and gain a small understanding Lets look at the next few pictures and gain a small understanding! Which part of this picture is moving? No part of the picture is in motion. The human eye can only concentrate on one spot at any given time and the brain compensates on the complexity of the picture by giving the illusion of movement as we scan the whole image.

hazard perception relies on the four stages of L.A.D.A. Scanning the road, recognising at the first opportunity from the clues that a potentially dangerous situation might arise and adopting a driving plan to reduce the risk hazard perception relies on the four stages of L.A.D.A. LOOK ASSESS DECIDE ACT

We all think that we have good hazard awareness skills and that we are observant look at the next few slides and find out A general driving situation A picture on the M5 A street in the UK Discuss each one, you will find that you all have differences in your perception of a hazard

Facts 2014 1,115 deaths drink drive related 1,480 serious injuries drink drive related 8,050 drink drive accidents Just below the limit 4 times more chance of having a road crash At the legal limit 6 times more chance of having road crash 33% of men and 25% of women classified as hazardous drinkers.

Now lets have a look at exactly how much time HOW DO YOUR FIGURES STACK UP? 22.00hrs, 4th Pint (568ml) Premium beer/Lager @ 5% Alc/Vol, Added to the first 3 pints. = 11.4 units = 9.4 hours to expel Now lets have a look at exactly how much time 23.00hrs, 5th Pint (568ml) Premium beer/Lager @ 5% Alc/Vol, Added to the first 4 pints. = 14.2 units = 11.2 hours to expel We expel alcohol at the rate of 1 unit per hour after the first hour  Total consumed = 5 pints (2.84L) = 14.2 units From start to end of drinking = 4 - 4½hrs After the last drink of the evening it will take at least 11.2 hours to expel all of the alcohol and this means that the drinker will still have 7.2 units of alcohol in the body at 06.00hrs 10:12am Remember that your Maximum intake should be no more than: Daily Men 3-4 Units Women 2-3 Units Weekly Men - 21 Units Women - 14 Units And it is considered harmful if you reach: Men - 50 Units Women - 35 Units 21.00hrs, 3rd Pint (568ml) Premium beer/Lager @ 5% Alc/Vol, Added to the first 2 pints. = 8.5 units = 8.5 hours to expel 20.00 hrs, 2nd Pint (568ml) Premium beer/Lager @ 5% Alc/Vol, Added to the first pint. = 5.7 units = 6.7 hours to expel Take the time to understand the complexities of this particular slide as you must get the facts correct for yourself before passing on the knowledge and discussing the facts with the students. 19.00hrs finished the 1st Pint (568ml) Premium beer/Lager @ 5% Alc/Vol = 2.8 units = 3.8 hours to expel