READ THIS INNOVATIVE BOOK ON PSYCHOLOGICAL DRIVING by Adrian Shurmer and Steve O'Donnell
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ABOUT US
Driver Awareness Ltd is an independent company that has been operating since 1992 and was formed by Adrian Shurmer, a former Police Class 1 and VIP Protection (Security Escort) Driving Instructor with the Lancashire Constabulary.
We are located in the Northwest of England and operate with a team of highly experienced consultants, typically with a police driver training background, and in many cases, with a VIP Protection (Security Escort) background.
From our base, we are able to call on the services of a number of consultants from across the UK, to deliver our courses wherever you, the customer, may be.
When you are entrusted with the safety of a VIP you quickly develop a mindset. You trust nobody. You don't know where the threat will come from. That way nobody can surprise you. That is the approach that you need to take every day. The next time that you drive, ask yourself "Who is the VIP in your life? Who needs protecting?" If this technique is good enough for Royalty then, surely, it is good enough for you! Remeber, the VIP's are you and each of your passengers.
Instead of reacting in surprise and anger at the actions of other motorists, take things in your stride. Exclamations of anger only mean that you have been taken by surprise and are therefore at fault yourself because you have TRUSTED OTHERS.
By adopting VIP Protection attitudes and techniques for everyday driving, you learn to expect the unexpected. You can anticipate any situation and be ready to react. The best way is NEVER to trust any other road user.
TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOURSELF.
Isn't it true that if you are surprised by the actions of other road users, you have trusted them? Didn't you believe that they were about to 'do you a mischief'?
Surprise and anger are completely alien emotions to an aware driver!
The Basics
Look at the average motorway and what do you see; cars, vans, buses, trucks and motorcycles? They're blurs on black tarmac.
Now think about the bigger picture. It was established earlier that you should consider every other vehicle on the road as being driven by someone who, because they were never taught properly how to drive on a motorway, is unskilled and unaware. Think again about the average motorway scene.
Most drivers on a motorway see cars vans and trucks whereas aware drivers see missiles. When you drive on a motorway, you are in the same position as the pilot of an aircraft flying in high-speed formation, except, you are now surrounded by untrained strangers; a very dangerous activity.
Motorways are often described as 'boring'. Even the Highway Code (Rule 262) refers to them as 'monotonous'. This is the thinking of unaware and unskilled drivers. In all honesty, how could boredom possibly be a factor on your journey, when, in essence, you are surrounded by high speed missiles which are being controlled and guided by unskilled operatives? Most drivers have had little or no tuition on a motorway, yet they would probably describe themselves as 'experts'.
When you drive, as an aware driver, in space and, trusting nobody, you soon realise that motorways can be a great source of entertainment. Statistics show that there are fewer crashes, mile for mile, on motorways than on any other category of road in this country.
The problem is, that when crashes do happen, they often have tragic consequences. Why do they happen? Inappropriate speed is a factor but the lack of driver education and advice on how to drive on motorways, has everything to do with it.
YOU can do something about that. Let's get back to basics.
Here is a reminder of just two of the principles of 'Mind How You Go':
The main objective is to drive your vehicle in as much available space as possible and to avoid using your brakes unless it is absolutely necessary. To achieve these two things there are two golden rules:-
1. Look as far ahead as possible.
2. Stick to the minimum 'two second rule' when you
are following another vehicle.
