Sounds very good and worth doing.
Do you have to put your foot down and first break the speed limit and get a fine to go on one or can you do it without?
Maybe they need to do a bit of reverse thinking, put folk on it before they break the speed limit?

You may well laugh, but these courses are big in the corporate world and companies send their drivers on them to "improve" their safety, so NO you can just pay the £80 or so and go on one without being a scum of the earth speeding maniac.

Slightly off topic, I know, but of the two proper accidents I've had since I started driving in 1981, the most serious happened when I took my eye of the road for just long enough to check my speedometer! It was just long enough to not see the car in front do an emergency stop in time

Still, at least I was able to tell the police exactly what speed I was doing at the time of the accident!

What did I learn from this? Keep your eye on the road first and on your speedometer second....

Do the course, tell them you will never be a bad boy again...and listen to what they say
And if your lucky you might never have an accident ,

my personal thoughts are

EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE 2 DAYS IN THE CAB AS A PASSENGER OF AN ARTIC

then you would see things from a different angle ,how other drivers try to cut up the
wagon driver ,and it teaches you to look further ahead and read the road better
(had more than 20 years on the road in a truck, never a speeding ticket , seen more accidents than I care to remember ..!)

Best accessory fitted to the freelander is cruise control, at 30 slip it to 28-29mph job done .!!
(works well for MPG AS WELL) and do not forget where the brake pedal is ... Wales
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mudslinger wrote:

my personal thoughts are

EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE 2 DAYS IN THE CAB AS A PASSENGER OF AN ARTIC

....and it teaches you to look further ahead and read the road better
(had more than 20 years on the road in a truck, never a speeding ticket , seen more accidents than I care to think..

Drove my mates 1litre saxo to northampton once - same thing, it was so slow you had to plan any manoeuvre a mile in advance.. And made you think more

If you ask me it is slow inconsiderate drivers who cause accidents...

I had one tonight, I was doing 50 down the lanes (national speed limit) and an old woman in a banged up escort and coming toward me was concentrating more on trying to wave her hands in a gesture to slow down rather than looking at the road ahead causing her to swerve into the middle of the road

There was no hazard and No reason for her to warn me of anything, but still I went into the ditch slightly to avoid her  Freelander 2 TD4 Auto, SE, Narvik Black, Alpaca full leather, Rear Headrest Entertainment System, 6 CD, 18 HSE Wheels, Privicy tints

Did the course myself a couple of years ago, on the day quite funny really, the presenter ask each of us why we were speeding, quite a few of the others, especially the females said it was because they were being pushed by big intimidating 4x4's tight on their rear bumper, we were then on a show of hands asked how much we were over the limit, 15mph, 12mph, 9mph etc all the way down to 5mph, two of us stil hadn't put our hands up, we were then asked why we hadn't, "because you haven't called a speed yet" we were both 3mph over the limit and also the only two that drove a 4x4, he had an RRS.

I did the course two months back, when asked speeds over, one guy said 43 in a 40, the instructor wet himself and said, " you poor sod, the threshold is 45"
Course itself makes you think but does it sink in...........

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hi twodogs getting caught speeding by a camera is bad enough last w/end i was working an evening shift at the emergency doctor service as a driver i was in a 20mph zone in a marked car and this copper had followed me for approx 1 mile so i knew he was behind me about 1/4 of a mile past the school on went the the blue lights so over i pulled. he came to the window and said would you like to know what i have stopped you for? yes i said THE REPLY WAS BECAUSE I SEEMED TO BE DRIVING RATHER SLOW AND CAUSE OF THE AREA I WAS IN HE THAUGHT I MAY HAVE HAD A DRINK!! HE ASKED ME WHERE I HAVE BEEN MY REPLY WAS ALL OVER SO I SHOWED HIM MY CALL SHEET AND HE ASKED WAS I WORKING?? it dose not take to much common sense as the doctor was sat at the side of me so who says you have to have brains to be a copper not in manchester you dont  rainy-city
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Oh dear, oh dear! Words fail me on that one....

I was "caught" by a camera doing 32 in a 30, and the reason for my momentary inattention? my wife was in the passenger seat having a heart attack and I was taking her to hospital A&E.
god bless this fine land of ours.