Forward Vision Edition 102 October 2013

The Newsletter of Chelmsford Advanced Motorists

www.iamchelmsford.org.uk Issue 102 Octobert & November 2013 IAM Group 7223 Registered Charity No 1059372

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Chelmsford Advanced Motorists Issue 102

James Stretch

Observer Terry Joyce

Congratulations

Here are some of our successful members receiving their certificate from our Chairman Scott Bannister

Sandra Wassel

My Observer was an excellent teacher and en-couraged me to drive in a manner that was challenging yet enjoyable. I can honestly say that the help and support from the club has been amazing and my family nick name ma poodle has been resigned to the past at last. Sandie Wassell

Observer Gaynor Manthorpe

Patricia McGrady

I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. It really is a skill for life. I am proud to say that I am an advanced driver. Many thanks to Mark, Scott and Karen.

Trisha

Observer Mark Warbey


Associates, Full Members & Guests Welcome

Forthcoming Group Meetings These are usually held on the 2nd Monday of each month

at the Essex Police Sports and Social Club, Which is through the Police vehicle park at the very end of St. Margarets Road,

Chelmsford.

Group Meetings start promptly at 8pm, so please arrive at around 7.45pm.

Make a note in your diary and please be there!

http://www.essexexplorer.co.uk/cam.kmz

Date Topic Speaker

Monday November 11th

100 Years of Motor Sport in Essex’ John Franklands

Monday December 9th

Christmas Quiz Night & Buffet

Disclaimer—Please note that the views and opinions expressed in this Newsletter are those of the individual writers and they do not necessarily reflect those of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, nor those of the Chelmsford and District Group of Advanced Motorists. Their accuracy has not been verified.

Notice—Data Protection Act: records are held of members personal details submitted on their application form. The information will be used solely for the Group’s administration purposes and will not be passed to any third party.

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to our new Associate and Full Members.

We look forward to seeing and talking to them at our monthly Group nights

We are a friendly bunch, so don’t be worried about coming to our Group nights if you are on your own.

Make yourself known to John who will greet you at the desk, he will find one of us to come and talk to you. John will also try to get you to part with some money for the raffle.

There will be Senior Observers, Observers and generally an Examiner at the evening and you will be able to get answers to any questions that you have.

Please come along, we’ll even give you tea or coffee and there is a bar - for light refreshments obviously!

Terry Joyce

Gillian Thompson Chelmsford Josephine Hart South Woodham Ferrers

Simon Tolaini Billericay Adrian Emberson Eight Ash Green

Umberto Tolaini Stock Gill Wood Chelmsford

When space is at a premium, we build up and live in sky-scrapers.

Why not do the same with car parks. Around New York City, there are a number of these parking venues.

Presumably you have to book ahead if you want to get your car out as the cars at the bottom have to be moved before those on top can be accessed. Robin Smith


Please remember: Do telephone both your Observer and Scott Bannister ( Associates Co-ordinator ) immediately after your test.

Congratulations to these latest Members of our Group who

have Passed

‘The Test’.

To all those people who have passed their test: It would be appreciated if you could write a few words thanking your Observer and maybe something about the process and your test, to give those New Associates an insight into the process of learning Advanced Driving.

Roll No Name Test Date Observer

999 Paul Taylor 10th August Graham Lowe

1000 Michael Yeats 24th August Scott Bannister

1001 Moira White 31st August George Locker

1002 Matt Young 10th September John Tullett

1000th Pass

We have had our 1000th pass for the group since it was formed in September 1996.

I had a look at edition No.1 of the Group newsletter and Roger Spall was the first to pass his test after the group was formed. Roger went on to become a Senior Observer, having successfully coached 14 others through the test.


From the Chairman Well, as the days begin to shorten and the leaves start to fall, it becomes obvious that the Summer is now officially over. It’s been a good one for driving. A bit late in arriving, but made up for it by being well behaved when it did come. I’ll miss it and moan about its passing, but then I like a good moan in any case and it might as well be about the weather as anything else. On the positive side, all the routes I use for associates will soon start to get faster as sight lines improve - and we have the prospect of ice and snow providing a bit of entertain-ment. The forthcoming skid pan visit is now fully booked so anybody attending that should be well set up – as should those that have been in previous years, though I don’t think skid training lasts forever. Ideally I think people should do a refresher every three or four years. It does depend on how much on the road practise you can get. We regularly have several winters in a row with no ice or snow and then you get a bad one. It’s not that people are particularly bad in adverse conditions, it’s just because they’ve had no chance to practise. I take it everybody saw the recent pile up down in Kent that featured on the TV news recently. On one level, it was good to see a few of the drivers admit to driving too close. It was also good that nobody died. That’s where the good news ended. Could those same drivers be caught again, or will they learn from their mistakes? Unfortunately, research by insurance companies suggests strongly that they will not learn. It’s their style of driving that leads them into trouble and without training to adjust their overall driving style, they are destined to remain at risk. Would any of us have fallen foul of those circumstances? Do we know how much road we need to enable us to stop? It’s fine to say “be able to stop in the distance we can see to be clear” – nobody would argue with that, but do we know how far that is. Personally, I’ve dropped my night speed on national speed limit roads to 50 rather than 60 unless I can get on to main beam. Our Driver Experience Day at Dunton is pretty good for giving you an impression of distance required. It’s certainly better than trying to learn the highway code figures. If you believe them then you probably believe in Santa Claus ……..talking of which, soon be time for the shops to be awash with tinsel and Xmas songs. If you think I moan too much about the weather, you really don’t want to get me started on Xmas !!

Scott


Please contact me

by email at

[email protected]

~~~~~~~~ Editorial ~~~~~~~~

Terry Joyce

Hello,

Have a look at the article on pages 18 & 19 on The Festival of Speed. The

organisers describe it “The Festival of Speed is the largest motoring

garden party in the world – a unique summer weekend that brings together

an impossibly heady mix of cars, stars and motor sport ‘royalty’ to create

the largest car culture event in the world. “

Please check out page 15 for our group nights and events this year.

Many Thanks to Sue Sweetland for her patient and educated

assistance in producing this Newsletter.

We are in need of a

Events organiser

Can YOU help

or can you suggest speakers or relevant subjects for our group nights.


Our Group Enquiry number: - 07757 399897

Chairman Associates Co-ordinator & Chief Observer

Scott Bannister

Secretary Steve Wright

Treasurer John Johnston

Membership Secretary Ken Carrington

Website Editor Jon Ward

Newsletter Editor Terry Joyce

Events Organiser Situation vacant

Publicity John Stone

Group Contact Susan Sweetland

External Events Pat Clements

Committee Member Dr Clifford Murira

Committee Member John Ockmore

Committee Member Anthony Marchant

Committee Member Gary Silver

Hon. Committee Member Ken Howard

Committee

Honorary Life Members Mr Mike Corbett, Mr Glyn Jarrett, Mrs Ruth Jarrett, Mr Dave Travers, Mr Colin Snow.

Observer Examiner Gaynor Manthorpe

Group contact information


Roadcraft August 2013 saw the release of the latest edition of Roadcraft, The Police Driver’s Handbook.

It has been updated to reflect recent changes in the legislative framework surrounding driving and emergency response driving and new methodologies in teaching safe driving. It now also incorporates information on automo-tive engineering advances such as ABS and Sat Nav devices and their effect on driving.

A new chapter has been added to teach drivers the physical and psychological aspects of driving and how to develop mental skills to become a better driver.

The foreword reads: Roadcraft is the official police driver’s handbook and is widely used by the other emergency services. This new edition has been prepared through careful consultation with senior police, other emer-gency services and civilian driving instructors

experienced in advanced driver training. It incorporates the best and most reliable parts of previous editions with the latest knowledge in this rapidly developing field. While designed to complement driver training and practice, Roadcraft is a valuable learning aid for anyone who wishes to raise their driving competence to a higher level.

As my review of the Highway Code is finishing I will read through this new edition and provide my perception of the changes and the new sections.

Let us begin. It is approximately 5mm thicker. The old edition had 176 pages whereas the new edition has 268.

In the section titled ‘About Roadcraft’ the section titled ‘The importance of practise’ has been renamed ‘Personal risks, practise, and self-assessment’. The key to be a good driver is being aware of your weaknesses and the way you drive and being able to assess that. It also states that reading the book is not enough on its own there is a need to practise and applying the skills that you learn consistently. If you haven’t got a copy, I suggest you get one. Roadcraft can be bought from most book stores or online stores, have a look at http://www.desktopdriving.co.uk/ and use police drivers handbook as the search criterion.

Terry Joyce


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We’ve got a new Royal Prince, it looks as if we’re going to beat the Aussies for the Ashes and Andy Murray won Wimbledon. Just to top it all, we’ve got a summer and guess what, some of us are moaning that it’s too hot! It’s true – you can’t please all the people all the time. Our car had to go to the car doctor yesterday. The reversing warning wasn’t warning us and you do get used to these little gizmos. The upshot was that I drove a Fiesta for the day; I don’t think I would buy one, but I can’t really judge as this one only had a 1 litre engine. The first half of third gear was a bit like trying to push a bus with one hand! When it eventually got going and into fifth, it would probably do 60 all day and as a courtesy car, it was a lot better than some I’ve come across. Right, breakfast in the garden I think – we need to enjoy this while we can.

Susan Sweetland


Motoring Milestones

1961 Jaguar launches the exotically styled E-Type. The launch price is £2,159 (about £33,000 at 2009 prices). Available with a 3.8 litre, 6 cylinder engine.

1962 Tiredness Kills The effect of driver fatigue on motorway accident figures was recognised as early as 1962. A study by Buckingham Police-which was responsible for the central section of the London to Birmingham motorway-noted that in both directions, there were significant traffic accidents on the five miles of motorway after the Newport Pagnell services than the five miles before.

1962 Ford introduces the first version of the much loved Cortina. It became the car of choice for millions of drivers. The basic four door version is priced at £591 in November 1962 (about £9,000 at 2009 prices). The Cortina in various guises is to remain a best seller until replaced by the Sierra in 1982.

1964 Road Signs Thirty European countries agreed on a common system of road signs in 1949. Britain adopted the same system fifteen years later, requiring the replacement of some one-and-a-half-million obsolete signs.

1965 In December 1965 Minister of Transport Tom Fraser introduced the 70 MPH speed limit on Motorways.

Selected by Terry Joyce, Courtesy of Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, and The National Motor Museum Trust.


IAM - Confident Driving

The IAM have realised that not everybody wants to or has the capacity for taking an ‘Advanced Driving Test’. They are introducing modules to help drivers deal with various issues that they may have with aspects of their driving or situations that they find difficult to deal with. These programmes support driver development but do not involve a test. There are currently 6 modules, with more in development. They are : Motorways, Parking and Manoeuvring, Lone Driver, Technology in the car, Winter Driving and Distractions in the car. The availability of these modules relies on groups like ours being prepared to deliver them

The Motorway module includes, recognising the route to the Motorway, Joining and leaving the motorway – slip road configurations and signs. The preparation for a long journey. Safe driving – keeping space, identifying the risks and keeping visible to other drivers. Understanding roadwork signs. Dealing with tailgaters and middle lane hoggers. Vehicle checks prior to the driving session. Reading and understanding advanced warning signs.

Actively managed motorways and speed limits. Understanding breakdown procedures Where and how to park in car parks. Techniques to make parking easier. When, where and how to parallel park. Tips for confined space manoeuvring. Understanding parking regulations. Understanding complicated parking restriction signs

Points to consider before setting out on a journey. Planning and preparing for a journey. Route planning to reduce risk. Where to find travel information. Keeping safe throughout and at the end of a journey. Satellite navigation, mobile phone apps and radio traffic announcements. Some scenarios of what may go wrong and how to cope.

Continued on page 13


IAM - Confident Driving continued

A tour of a typical dashboard, Explanations of what warning lights Indicate. What to do if a warning light illuminates whilst driving. Some more advanced features found in modern cars. Alarms and immobilisers. Active safety features. What to expect for the future.

Vehicle preparation for winter driving. Vehicle checks throughout the winter. Driver fitness to drive. Personal preparation: Clothes, footwear, supplies. Smart route planning. Keeping informed: Radio, sat nav, online. Driving in winter sunlight. How to handle floods and micro climates.

Vehicle preparation to minimise distractions. Ensuring the comfort and safety of babies / children including suitable isofix. Driving tips for a smooth and stress free journey. Overview of car manufacturer’s instructions regarding car seats and air bags. Smart journey planning and Personal preparation. The description of each of these modules is just an overview of them. I think that this is an exciting development from the IAM and look forward to be able to taking part in the programme. I believe the knowledge behind each of these modules will help our Observers with the high standards that they already have. Being a confident road user requires you to have belief in your ability to handle the car regardless of the situations that may arise. Whether that's in town centres, variable weather conditions or on busy roads, such as motorways or dual carriageways, you need to feel in control. Do you think that describes your driving? How long since you passed your ‘Advanced Driving Test’? I passed mine in 2004 and as an Observer get my driving checked on a regular basis. Why not organise a check drive with an Observer? Contact Scott.

From the IAM website edited by T.Joyce


Notification of Events

There has been a lot of positive feedback from events organised by the Group. If you would like to be kept informed of any up and coming events please make sure that l has your current email address.

Young Driver Scheme

Do you know of anyone who is not 17 years of age, but wants to learn how to drive?

Chelmsford IAM group supports a road safety scheme to give people the opportunity to learn basic car control skills in Driving School Dual Controlled cars on private land before they go on the public Highway.

getting behind the wheel (again, or for the first time).

Full details of the scheme, a letter from Essex Police and a map may be viewed, and the application Form can be downloaded, from

www.youngdriverscheme.org

Lessons, lasting for one hour, are run on the third Sunday of most months at Earls Colne (near Coggeshall). There is an initial Registration Fee of £30 which covers registration and the first one hour lesson. Subsequent lessons cost £25. Lessons must be booked in advance.

The scheme is intended primarily for 16 year-olds but, if vacancies permit, places may be offered to 15 year-olds or even to older people who are nervous about

Alternatively, forms may be obtained from the YDS Organiser.

Nicola Hyland, 67 Main Road,

St Lawrence Bay, Southminster,

CM0 7NA

Dedicated Mobile number

07847 645632 or

[email protected]


Saturday 2nd November

Skid Pan Contact Scott

Monday November 11th

100 Years of Motor Sport in Essex’ John Franklands

Monday December 9th

Christmas Quiz Night & Buffet

Group Nights & Events 2013

Please make a note in your diary

Our Observers Ron Adams

Scott Bannister

Pat Clements

Philip Cooper

Paul Crosby

Jamie Drummond

Max Ford

Tony Hawes

Helen Jeffries

Terry Joyce

Rob Laird

George Locker

Graham Lowe

Gaynor Manthorpe

Janet Miller

Dr Clifford Murira

John Ockmore

Roger Spall

Lawrence Tattersall

John Tullett

Brian Williams

Rob Wise

Mark Warbey


INROADS

Another acronym for you from TRL (Transport Research Laboratory). INtelligent Renewable Optical ADvisory System. The INROADS project led by TRL with seven European partners will develop intelligent road studs (also known as cats eyes) containing lighting, sensors and communication technologies, which will enable enhanced traffic management and road user information. This represents a major innovation over the existing retro reflective studs as not only do they have increased conspicuity, but they will also be able to communicate with each other and with a central control, making the system highly reactive and adaptable. They will also harvest energy from their environment.

Road studs are used around the world to delineate along with painted lines road space through retro-reflective spheres, which are illuminated by vehicle headlights. In recent years, the use of LED lights within road studs has been developed. This has the significant advantage that the road studs are: more visible due to active lighting than is achievable through reflection alone, can use dynamic colours and can be seen at angles that would not be reflected by headlights. These properties make LED road studs useful for locations where there is an

increased risk of accidents such as unlit country roads. Their use has been predicted to increase generally on unlit roads, both major and minor, as an alternative to traditional street lighting. Typically, the LED lights are a single colour, such as white for lane delineation or red for the hard shoulder for example, although the potential to have active lighting, such as blue in cold weather or red if a vehicle is travelling too close to another have been explored. There will be a trade-off

between the potential additional information that could be achieved using additional colours, and the potential to confuse or distract drivers.

The ultimate aim of this project is the development of an intelligent LED road stud, with integrated communication and sensor systems, that is compatible with existing traffic management infrastructure, and which can provide some or all of its power needs through renewable sources. The robustness and performance of the individual units and multiple units will be validated through field tests, and a subsequent road trial.

Info from TRL News supplied by John Stone


Changes in the New Highway Code (2007)

© Crown copyright 2007

Highway Code

The other bits

Most of these signs which appear on Page 112 or found online here: https://www.gov.uk/traffic-signs do not appear in the older version.


Goodwood Festival of Speed I’ve been going to the FOS for the last 10 years. It’s possibly the best day out (in the world) for a petrolhead or motorsport enthusiast. Lord March owns the Goodwood estate (the house, racing circuit and horse racing course) and holds an annual motorsport event over three days in his back garden. This is focussed on a timed hill climb – his drive! It attracts numerous champion drivers and riders. From Fomula 1, current drivers such as Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel, to former drivers such as Damon Hill, Johnny Herbert and Jackie Stewart. Usually there will be at least 10 Formula 1 drivers each day. A good number of rally stars and Le-Mans sport car drivers are also present as are numerous riders from MotoGP and Superbikes. Putting the hill climb runs aside for a moment, it’s simply amazing to walk around and have a chat with all the awesome racers. If anyone has attended a Grand Prix, it’s almost impossible to get near the drivers unless an expensive pit lane pass is bought and even then the drivers have very little time for a chat. But at Goodwood they do! Over the years I’ve chatted to Jenson Button, Damon Hill, Murray Walker, Stirling Moss, Carl Fogarty, Mick Doohan, Johnny Herbert, Jacque Laffite , Agostinin and numerous other drivers / riders…the list goes on. Apart from the latest Formula 1 cars, almost all the rest are accessible in the pits to peer into and touch or sit on. It was at the FOS that I tried my hand at changing the wheels of an Formula 1 car. The magnesium wheels with the massive tyres are ridiculously light; the rears are around 3kg all in! The noise of an F1 car as it’s started (by at least 8 people working like surgeons) at such close distance is awe inspiring, it makes the hairs on one’s neck stand up on end and the sound is ear piercing, completely filling every space. The engines are warmed up by repeated revving, waarrp, waarrp, waarrp – like a dog barking. The drivers get in and slowly head out of the pits and drive to the starting area of the hill climb then switch off the engines. The mechanics follow soon after on trucks as they are needed to start the cars again before the timed runs. Each day has a schedule of various cars and bikes trying to be the fastest up the hill. Formula 1 cars from the 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s, up to present day.

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Goodwood Festival of Speed continued from Page 18

Group C sport cars (Jaguar Silk Cut ex Martin Brundle for example), numerous Group B rally cars, hot rods, Australian V8s, Nascars, Indycars and high performance road cars from Pagani, Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren, Bugatti, Aston Martin, BMW, Jaguar, Porsche and Grand Prix motorbikes from 60s to present day and various other with staggering performance also take part. I think the official record is held by Olivier Panis in a modern F1 car, though McLaren did a faster one which wasn’t timed officially. Some drivers prefer to entertain the crowds by performing burn-outs, power slides or doughnuts and some like to have a go at a timed run. Watching a Formula 1 car from 15 metres away as the driver strug-gles to control over 800bhp with cold tyres, on a narrow and bumpy strip of road with walls and hay bales at close distance is breathtaking and requires lots of commitment. Whatever happens, the crowd cheers and claps wildly with appreciation. Along with the hill climb, there is a motor show where a large number of manufactur-ers display their latest cars and motorbikes and anything petrol/diesel powered – Honda show off lawn mowers for example. Numerous trade stands sell memorabilia, motorsport products, race days, driving holidays etc, and there are a number of quality food and drink outlets. There are also many events for the family and kids and a live big band plays music throughout. All in all, it’s a high quality event and great all round entertainment. Even the drive down is exciting. The day starts early and we’re usually on the A12 just after 6am heading south. A quick pit stop for Shell V-power at Horsham and then the fun begins on the A264 towards the Little Chef at Five Oaks. By 7.30am it’s full of FOS fans eating breakfast, the car park usually has some tasty and it’s good fun to chat about cars with fellow petrolheads. Everyone is excited and in a good mood. Shortly the A264 joins the A272 which is a great driving road and by Petworth, there is a convoy of cars, usually with quite a few performance cars. It’s an exciting drive and nobody hangs about, making the most of the early morning opportunity. At Petworth, the FOS directions appear and it’s single file through the historic high-walled castle town. Numerous people line the street, waving and cheering if a driver (of a perform-ance car) blips the throttle, as the sound reverberates off the high stone walls of the narrow streets.

Out of Petworth and the last chance for a quick blast of of five miles or so before heading into Goodwood itself at a crawl. It was here that I heard the screeching carbon brakes of a Ferrarri 599 GTO, which would make the car undriveable for most people, and at one of the shows, a Ferrari 360 Scuderia (the lightweight version) which had the most inferior welding I’ve seen on a modern car. It looked as if a two year-old had done it. It was also at Goodwood that I saw the Gumpert Apollo super-car with such breathtaking performance that even five years on, makes McLaren’s and Ferrari’s new models seem slow in comparison. Anthony Shilson


Hello Scott I took my IAM test this morning and managed a pass, although not exactly with flying colours.

My test was with Simon Norris who was very pleasant, but my driving was not great- let myself down in a couple of the bends in the country driving. This may be due to the fact that my mock was 2 months ago and this was the first available time for a test, so a fair bit of time has passed since my last observed drive. Of course it may be that I am just a bit average!! I scored 2's and 3's across the board despite believing that I probably nailed a couple of things (for example, while in commentary mode I correctly predicted that a pedestrian carrying a heavy bag glancing over his shoulder was about to step into the road).

Weather was grim during the drive with plenty of rain so that didn't help. In any case, done and dusted that part of the IAM road.

My thanks to you for your patience, splendid coaching and advice during the observed runs- they were terrific fun and educational. They really were a great experience that helped my driving ability enormously. As you know, I am a commuter driver to and from London and I wanted to enhance my driving ability so that my time behind the wheel was safer, calmer and possibly more fun. The observed drives soon spotted the weaknesses in my driving and corrected them pretty quickly. I am quite sure that I have achieved all my goals thanks to you and the IAM. Next target is to recommend the IAM to many other people! Thanks again and best regards, Michael Yeatts

More on page 21

Letters & emails On all matters relating to motoring and the Chelmsford Group, this newsletter or your experiences in preparing for or taking your test are most welcome.


Hi Scott, I hope you are well.

I wish to say thank you for the certificate.

Before I started the course, I was extremely nervous of unfamiliar and even familiar country lanes. I used to avoid them wherever possible and always felt vulnerable and scared if I ever had to drive them. Now, I really enjoy these types of road, and I drive them with confidence.

I am doing a lot of motorway mileage now and I am very glad I have the knowledge of driving in "bubbles" and the instinctive nature to avoid caus-ing 3 lanes of traffic, and I always have a good stopping distance. If I didn't have the advanced knowledge I am sure I would be getting very hot under the collar given the mileage I am doing.

Mark was very good at dealing with my nerves. He always put me at ease and any questions I had he was able to answer no problem. He explained things in a way I could understand and I never felt belittled or stupid or patronised.

I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. I am so glad I did it and I am proud to say I am an advanced driver. I have already recommended it to several people and I hope I will take further training later down the line.

Best wishes Trisha McGrady Since moving from London to Essex 10 years ago. I found driving very different and I was becoming a less confident driver. So when I was asked if I would do the Advanced driving course I didn’t hesitate as I wasn’t en-joying driving anymore.

My Observer ‘Gaynor’ was an excellent teacher and encouraged me to drive in a manner that was challenging yet enjoyable.

I can honestly say that the help and support from the club has been amaz-ing and my family nick name ma poodle has been resigned to the past at last.

Please pass my sincere thanks to everyone for all their kindness and sup-port.

Kind regards, SandieWassell.


CHELMSFORD ADVANCED MOTORISTS

LIBRARY LIST

DVDs

Drive Smarter, Essential know-how for your driving career (2 copies) By Gem Motoring Assist

Roadcraft, The Police Driver’s Course on Advanced Driving By The Police Foundation

PC CD-ROMs

The Interactive Highway Code HMSO/ Interactive Driving Systems

Hazard Perception Test HMSO/Oasis

BOOKS

Roadcraft TSO Human Aspects of Police Driving Scottish Police College The Tyre Digest (2 copies) Michelin

Driving Abroad Robert Davies

The Official Highway Code Rev. 2007 Edition HMSO

The Official Guide to Accompanying L-Drivers DSA

Sideways to Victory Roger Clark

The Myway Code Ian Vince/Dan Kieran

Paul Ripley’s Expert Driving Daily Telegraph

The Inner Game of Tennis W Timothy Gallwey

Mind Driving Stephen Haley

Older Drivers – Safe or Unsafe? IAM Traffic– Why we drive the way we do Tom Vanderbilt

CDs

Awake, Driver Reviver THINK

Advanced Road Craft Bespoke Driving Training

The Driving Test – Your Licence to Drive IAM/Safety on the Move


Congratulations

Here are some of our successful members receiving their certificate from our Chairman Scott Bannister

Steve Johnson

Observer Scott Bannister

Paul Taylor

Observer Graham Lowe

The links below are to websites that you may have an interest in. Please let me know if

any of them are not working. Email me if you think of any websites that may be of interest.

IAM DrivingAdvice & Tips

http://www.iam.org.uk/media-and-research/media-centre/driving-and-riding-tips

Online Highway Code

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/index.htm

Know your traffic signs

http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/@motor/documents/digitalasset/dg_191955.pdf

Tyresafe

http://www.tyresafe.org

Drive Alive

http://www.drive-alive.co.uk

Heritage Motor Centre http://www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk/

London Cyclist http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/

www.iamchelmsford.org.uk

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