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Driving Courses

The Theory Courses are conducted in a friendly and relaxed manner in a classroom type setting where all the knowledge and techniques of advanced driving are presented and discussed. Questions are encouraged and willingly answered so everyone is happy with their understanding of them.

Everyone who attends finds them informative and very beneficial, particularly as they do not have to concentrate on driving at the same time. If however you can’t attend any of the sessions, your observer will go through the techniques during your in-car observed drives.
Solihull Advanced Motorist's run 3 courses each year - mid January, mid April & mid September

Each course offers:

* 5 weeks of classroom based theory sessions to learn the techniques.
* Allocated Observer for all your in car drives preparing for the IAM test.
* Up to 10 in-car drives of around 1 1/2 hours duration each (Associates drive their own car).
* A pre-test activation check drive with a senior observer prior to taking the IAM test.

Course Dates:
September 2010 Course:

Session 1 6th September Session 2 13th September Session 3 20th September
Session 4 27th September Session 5 4th October

January 2011 Course:

Session 1 17th January Session 2 24th January Session 3 31st January
Session 4 7th February Session 5 14th February

Theory Course Sessions:

Session 1 - Driver Attiudes, What is Advanced Driving, Alertness & Concentration, Vehicle Stability, Vehicle Controls
Session 2 - Hazards & Hazard Management, Observation & Anticipation, System of Car ControlSession 3 - Progress, Overtaking, Steering
Session 3 - Road Positioning, Making Progress, Negotiating Bends, Overtaking
Session 4 - Signalling, Commentary Driving, Motorways
Session 5 - Cockpit Drills, Reverse Manoeuvres, The Advanced Test, Course Review