Pass Plus
Do you want to be a better driver and potentially
save hundreds of £££s on your car insurance premiums?
Pass Plus is the way!
Pass Plus is a voluntary scheme whereby you take
a minimum of 6 hours further training with your Driving Instructor
after passing your L test.
There are 6 modules to cover:
- Town Driving
- All Weather Driving
- Out of Town Driving and Rural Roads
- Night Driving
- Dual Carriageway Driving
- Motorway Driving
The good news is that there is no further test to take, you have
12 months in which to get this done and it only takes one day!
"How do we cover Dual Carriageways and Motorways when
we live in sleepy Lincolnshire?"
Each Driving Instructor tends to create their own route to drive
in order to cover the syllabus. To cover the subject of
Motorways from this part of the country it is fairly inevitable
that the M1 or the A1(M) will have to be involved. Your own instructor
will tell you precisely what route he intends to take you on.
Whatever route you take, wherever you go (Leeds, Leicester, Derby,
Nottingham), it is going to take about 7 hours (with breaks) and
180+ miles driving.
A high standard of driving is expected during the drive. Assuming
that you achieve or exceed that, we then send off a completed Pass Plus training form to the D.S.A. in Nottingham. They will return
a Pass Plus Certificate of Completion to you which proves to the
Insurance Companies that you have qualified and are entitled to
a reduction on your car insurance premiums.
"How much will it cost? How much will I save?"
The fee for the course paying for professional instruction, fuel,
car depreciation etc., is equivalent to the rate of seven hours of standard
hourly driving lessons. Please ask. You should easily recover this
money by the savings you make on your reduced car insurance premiums.
We cannot guarantee how much you will save as it depends upon your
age, your car type, engine size etc. Please check with your
insurance company first.
We have known some pupils who say that they have saved nearly £500
on their car insurance premium - just by passing the Pass Plus drive.
The prices above are correct as at 1st October 2007, but are subject
to change. Please ask.
"Why Else Should I Do Pass Plus?"
Apart from the obvious financial benefit, there are two other major
concerns that Pass Plus addresses:
Safety: Drivers between 17 and 21 years
old make up 10% of all licence holders, but are involved in 20%
of all injury accidents. A young male driver is 7 times more likely
to be involved in an accident than a middle aged man.
Confidence: Gaining experience driving
in different towns and cities and on Motorways and Dual Carriageways
at an early stage has got to be a good thing!
Pass Plus is designed to accelerate the process of gaining experience
at the time that new young drivers are at their most vulnerable.
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