Young Driver Training Programme

At Happy Hour we are committed to education and recognition of local and national road safety issues, we also support many communities across the country in striving for safer driving. That is why we have a Young Driver Training Programme.

Happy Hour has been helping people in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling, Central Scotland learn to drive and develop their driving skills since 1989.  We are proud to provide you with the Young Driver Training Programme. This is an exciting opportunity to increase your road safety skills and to prepare you for the real-life road experience and provides driver training for 14-17 year olds.

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Young Driver Training

Happy Hour Driving School hope that you enjoy this Young Driver Training Programme proficiency course, designed to bring you useful information about the various types of licences available, about being on the road, and to learn about different jobs that require different licences.

Did you know that 80% of jobs revolve around driving?  40% of traffic on the roads is people driving at work.  A further 40% is people driving to and from their workplace. Whether you drive a taxi, ambulance or bin lorry, or simply drive to and from work, at some stage in your life you require training to gain a licence.

THE FACTS

  • Over 3000 car drivers aged under 25 are killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads each year.
  • Young drivers are much more likely to crash than experienced drivers.  Statistics show that each day on Britain’s roads there are 4 fatalities / serious injuries resulting from accidents involving young drivers.
  • One in five drivers crash within the first year of driving, with 1 in 3 male drivers aged between 17 and 20 years crashing in the first two years after passing the test.
  • Teenagers are more likely to die in a road accident than from the more widely publicised causes of drugs or drinking, or by gun or knife crime.

THE CAUSES

Research shows that major contributing factors are lack of experience, attitude, aggression, thrill seeking, fatigue, drugs and alcohol, peer pressure lack of hazard perception, gender and stress.  It may surprise some parents and young drivers that lack of confidence is a major stress factor.

TACKLING THE PROBLEMS

Fortunately, there are steps young drivers can take to minimise the chances of them adding to these depressing statistics.  At Happy Hour School of Motoring Limited, we are committed to helping young drivers become good drivers.  We have created a Young Driver Training Scheme, to enable young people to gain valuable driving education, skills and experience BEFORE applying for their provisional licence.

We aim to:- Highlight to young drivers how to drive well, safely and considerately; the pitfalls and how to avoid them and the best places to seek out further free advice and information.  We give advice on risk reduction using common sense (such as not being stressed before driving and giving plenty of time for journeys) and show how speeding doesn’t necessarily get you there much faster, but can contribute to you not getting there at all.  Young drivers will also get actual experience of driving a car and enjoy mastering the basics, or go as far as their new learned skill will take them.

Benefits will be:- As well as enjoying the driving aspects of the course, young drivers will learn about attitude, avoiding stress factors that contribute to accidents, the dangers of driving under the influence of non-prescription and prescription drugs and how to avoid the influence of peer pressure.

What parents can do: – Encourage your children to get involved with driving early, but impress upon them that driving is a responsibility as well as a pleasure.  RoSPA have a sample Safer Driving Agreement on their website www.rospa.com which asks you to consider enforcing rules by restricting car use/stopping allowance.

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DRIVING PROFICIENCY PROGRAMME

Objective:

  • To encourage young drivers to drive safetly
  • To highlight the rules & promote road safety
  • To offer pupils an insight into the best way to gain a driving licence
  • Raise confidence and expel myths that it's cool to act recklessly behind the wheel
  • Provide personal development  and life skills opportunities for young people

Programme Details:

The programme is aimed at young drivers aged 14 -17.

The course is designed to help each student gain a basic knowledge of the purpose and use of the main controls of the vehicle; each student will be assessed on their listening skills, co-ordination and knowledge.

Costs and Logistics:

Module 1 - 10 hour training programme - cost £200
Module 2 - 10 hour training programme - cost £200

For further details and a free consultaion please contact Rosemary Farrell on FREEPHONE 0800 052 54 56

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Happy Hour is the fastest growing driver training organisation in Scotland and are working closely with the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) the Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and VOSA (the Vehicle and Operators service agency). We offer driving lessons in Glasgow, driving lessons in Edinburgh and driving lessons throughout Central Scotland, with male and female driving instructors in both manual and automatic vehicles. Happy Hour driver training services can be contacted on Freephone 08000525456.

Did you know that 80% of jobs revolve around driving?  40% of traffic on the roads is people driving at work.  A further 40% is people driving to and from their workplace.

Whether you drive a taxi, ambulance or bin lorry, or simply drive to and from work, at some stage of your life you require training to gain a licence!