Winter Driving Course

On completion of this course learners will.

1. Know the dangers of winter driving.
2. Understand how to prepare your vehicle for winter driving.
3. Learn best-practice driving techniques for low light and slippery road condition.

All those who drive – for work and/or in leisure time during winter months.

Despite driving being a routine and seemingly harmless activity that many of us do every day, getting behind the wheel still carries a significant risk of serious injury or even death.  And in the absence of compulsory re-testing or training, many road users will not have received further instruction since passing their initial driving test.

This Winter Driving course is especially important for anyone who drives for work, helping employers to:

• manage occupational road risks
• save money (e.g. protecting insurance premiums, avoiding incident or breakdown costs)
• discharge their legal duty of care towards staff and other road users
• protect and enhance their reputation
• influence safe driving behaviour beyond the workplace

More road accidents happen in the summer than the winter due to greater congestion during summer months.  But winter brings different set of hazards.

We’ve listed the main winter driving hazards below.  When some of the factors are combined together roads can become very dangerous.  Particularly when dangerous behaviours like SPEEDING and TAILGATING are also introduced.

• Black Ice
• Low light reducing visibility
• Late for meeting or appointment
• Pedestrians waiting to cross the road
• Child playing by the site of the road
• A broken-down car with hazards lights on
• Zebra crossing sign obscured by ice and snow
• People crossing the road obscured by a parked car
• Snow banks cause the road to narrow
• Tyres lacking traction under breaking

The online Winter Driving course is designed to help organisations and individuals manage the additional risks which driving in the winter months can bring.  Its engaging content is suitable for anyone who gets behind the wheel – for work, commuting or in leisure time.

The legal duty of care employers owe to staff extends to driving for work.   Even for very experienced motorists, driving is likely to be the single work task with the highest risk of serious injury or even death.  Echo3 Winter Driving training can also help organisations to avoid criminal and civil legal sanctions – and protect their reputation – should something go wrong.