 PASS PLUS Pass Plus website. DRIVER & VEHICLE LICENCING AGENCY (DVLA) The Government Agency responsible for issuing driving licences www.dvla.gov.uk. If you're unsure whether you need to advise DVLA of a medical condition, check via DVLA Medical A-Z. If you have a driving licence issued in another country you can check whether you can drive in the UK using this DVLA driving entitlement link. DIRECT GOVERNMENT WEBSITE Government website bringing together the bulk of Government motoring information including applying for a provisional driving licence, applying for Theory & Practical Driving Tests and Pass Plus www.direct.gov.uk/motoring. "Know Your Traffic Signs" Booklet Availalable free of charge online. You can go to an individual section for images and information on traffic signs, signals and road markings. Or, you can download the booklet in full. Know Your Traffic Signs. iKube Young Driver Car Insurance iKube car insurance for young drivers offers discounts for young drivers who don't drive between 11pm and 5am. iKube also give discounts for Pass Plus. A blackbox called an i-kube is fitted to your car and if you drive between 11pm and 5am ("red hours") you will still be fully insured but an additional insurance premium will be charged. In the second year data that the iKube box has recorded over the first year of your insurance is used to provide you with an individual renewal premium. Your renewal premium will be based on things such as average speeds on different types of road, types of roads travelled on, actual annual mileage and how often if at all you've driven during the iKube red hours. Phone iKube on 0844 3460259 to learn more and apply! Collingwood Insurance Services Ltd (CISL) & Provisional Marmalade Learner Driver Insurance Collingwood Insurance Services Ltd (quote referral code 306373 to automatically receive discounted renewal rates) and Provisional Marmalade offer short term learner driver car insurance policies, which provide comprehensive insurance covering the learner driver whilst undertaking practice accompanied by a relative or friend and driving their car without risk to the car owner's insurance. With Collingwood Insurance Services Ltd you can use the policy to insure and tax a vehicle which belongs to the learner driver (i.e. where they are the registered keeper on the V5 document). Click on the Collingwood Insurance Services banner at the top of this page to learn more! Co-operative Young Driver Insurance Co-operative young driver insurance offer a pay how you drive policy where they fit a 'smartbox' into 17-25-year-olds' cars to monitor acceleration, braking, cornering and time of driving and charge you for insurance every 90 days. The price of the insurance will then go down by around 10% or up by around 15% depending on how well the car's been driven. "Severe" driving could see your insurance cancelled. There is an online dashboard where you can track your driving style daily and discover useful tips to help you improve your driving to reduce the cost of your car insurance. 2Young2Die Excellent interactive website from road safety charity Brake providing relevant, interesting and striking information on the impact of reckless and irresponsible driving together with how to stay safe when driving www.2young2die.org.uk. Includes an informative morning after alcohol calculator. DEADLY MATES Pass Plus Cymru website containing advice on dealing with friends who drive too fast and love the thrill of speeding in order to keep you, them, your friends and other road users safe www.deadlymates.com. TYRE CARE INFORMATION FROM DUNLOP TYRES It's vital that your tyres are properly maintained and replaced when appropriate since they are the only thing between you and the road. This webpage provides valuable information on tyre care www.dunloptyres.co.uk/ourTyres/car/tyreCare/. RoSPA ADVANCED DRIVERS AND RIDERS (RoADAR) RoSPA Advanced Drivers and Riders aim is to reduce road accidents by encouraging an interest in road safety, by improving driving standards, knowledge and skill. In order to do this RoSPA Advanced Drivers and Riders have over 50 local groups that will provide free training to help you improve your driving skills and prepare you to take the ultimate Advanced Driving or Riding Test. A pass at Gold grade is recognised as the highest driving award available to the public. INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS (IAM) Leading UK road safety organisation dedicated to raising driving standards through their Advanced Driving Test www.iam.org.uk. 2PASS Useful website giving information and guidance for learner drivers www.2pass.co.uk. DRIVER ACTIVE Useful website giving information and guidance for learner drivers which can be used to supplement your practical driving lessons. If any of my Pupil's would like to make full use of the course, let me know as I'm only too happy to give you a FREE voucher to access it for 90 days (RRP £6.99 for 90 days access)! www.driveractive.com. DRIVING TEST SUCCESS Useful website giving information and guidance for learner drivers www.driving-test-success.com. SUPERCAR DRIVING EXPERIENCES There is a time and a place to experience driving thrills and this is one of the best of the supercar driving experiences held at specially arranged venues around the UK; they also offer supercar driving experiences for youngsters! Prices from around £100. http://www.6thgearexperience.com/home. CAR & TRAILER (Category B+E) LICENCE If you passed your car (Category B) driving test on or after 1st January 1997, you will have more limited entitlements to tow a trailer than if you passed your test before this date. The regulations are slightly complex and can be found at Car & Trailer Practical Driving Test (MAM = permissible maximum weight also known as Gross Vehicle Weight. Unladen Mass = vehicles own weight when not carrying any goods or burden inclusive of the body and all parts which are necessary to or ordinarily used with the vehicle when working on a road, exclusive of fuel. Kerb Weight is the nearest readily available figure but will often include the weight of fuel, driver and possibly a luggage element). As an example, a Kia Sorento 4x4 has a Kerb Weight of 2065kg but, if you passed your car test on or after 1st January 1997, you can't tow a trailer with a MAM of 1435kg because the MAM of the Kia Sorento is 2640kg. You can only tow a trailer with a MAM of 860kg. WILTSHIRE COUNCIL MOT TEST STATION Concerned your car may fail it's MOT due to a garage wanting to generate business? If so, take your car to Wiltshire Council's MOT Station who will undertake MOT tests on cars owned by members of the Public. The benefit is they do not undertake repairs (you have 10 working days to undertake any repairs and there is no retest fee during this period)! Bookings by appointment (minimum one to two weeks notice but we recommend 29 days before your MOT expires so you have time to undertake repairs and the new MOT period will commmence on the date your current MOT expires provided you take the current MOT Certificate). They charge the standard MOT test fee. Wiltshire Council Works Depot, Horton Road, Devizes, SN10 2JJ. Tel. 01380 725854. Targetneutral UK Become Carbon Neutral, like Shamrock Driving School, and cancel out your emissions by supporting projects that reduce the equivalent amount of CO2 Targetneutral UK. |