Defensive Driving Course Level 1, Full Day - Sandown, Melbourne

• Level up your driving skills with a full day defensive driving course
• Bring your car and learn through theory and practical lessons
• Perfect for P-Platers, Corporate Fleet, Court Order, and Learners (with a licensed driver)

Take your driving to the next level with this full day Level 1 Defensive Driver course at Melbourne's Sandown Raceway, where you'll be taken through crucial vehicle dynamics, road safety and driving skills by experienced instructors. You'll complete the day course in your own car, and go through theoretical and hands-on practical lessons throughout the course.

This Defensive Driver course is perfect for developing better on road driving skills and techniques in inexperienced drivers, as well as helping more experienced drivers to correct old habits and improve judgement and reactions. Whatever car you're driving, the skills and insights you'll pick up in this session will make you a much safer and more proactive driver. 

The interactive classroom component covers key principals, including:

• How driver attitudes, motivations, and risk-taking behaviour can affect safety
• Analysis of vehicle safety systems
• Choosing a safe car
• Basic vehicle dynamics theory
• Speeding, drugs and alcohol, fatigue management and driver distractions
• How to apply defensive driving techniques
• Tyre inflation and condition
• Road laws and new laws

The practical component covers:

• Basic vehicle dynamics
• Systems of car control (seating, vision and steering)
• Braking techniques
• Raising driver awareness in relation to speed
• Reaction times and stopping distances 
• Learning how your vehicle reacts in emergency situations