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The Car's MOT'd - how about the driver?

It is generally agreed that drivers pick up bad habits as they progress through their driving careers. They also become unwittingly complacent – observing less and being generally less attentive. The IAM DriveCheck is designed to gauge a driver's current standard of performance and advise whether training is recommended.

Bad Habits

There are good reasons for drivers investing in an occasional DriveCheck, for example:

  • Driving conditions vary greatly year on year – not everybody can keep pace without assistance
  • People don’t have to be old to suffer deterioration in their faculties – eyesight can worsen without warning, hearing can become impaired for countless reasons and general judgement can wane as a result of ongoing stress and fatigue

DriveCheck costs £35 (currently discounted to £25) and takes a mere hour to undertake – a priceless investment if it helps to avoid mistakes in the future. If nothing else, it’s a way of buying peace of mind, especially for parents driving children, sports organisers driving teams, charity workers driving people to hospital etc – ie anybody with other people’s lives directly in their hands.

For further information log onto www.iam.org.uk.

MATLOCK (Derwent and Hope Valleys)Group of Advanced Motorists

Tel 01629 812732

IAM Group No. 4191