O/T Motorway Awareness / Speed Awareness Courses

Anybody been on one?

Any good?

Cheers

 

Also wondering....?!....

 

I know somebody who's been on two of them.

OK, OK, it was me! Both of them were very good, they make you think about your driving and not just about the speed aspect. They do last a long time, about 4 hours, but I think that's part of the incentive to stop you speeding again.

At the last one I went to, it cost £85 and it was in Harrogate. As an alternative to 3 points and a £100 fine it was an easy decision. Make sure you turn your phone off though - there was a young lass there who insisted on using her phone throughout. She was warned about 4 times, but she just couldn't resist it. Eventually she was ejected from the course, which meant she lost her £85 and had to pay the original £100 fine and get 3 points. And don't argue with the presenter...you'll come second.

 

Yes, been on two, as the other poster said. You can get booted off for a bad attitude so it pays to contribute in a positive fashion.

 

Was asked what was a good excuse for speeding. I jokingly said to get tut pub fot last orders. Dint get any laughs (20 in class) tutor said to me “seriously” no sense of humour some folk.
Best about it the tutor that asked me was a lady. The other one was a mate and big Barnsley fan to boot.

 

Been on 3. Two in West Yorkshire, one in South Yorkshire (Barnsley). I really enjoy them. Not.

 

Been on one. The guy running it was great. Lots of interesting facts about e.g. how average speed cameras are used, limitations on the amount of folk they can catch as the legal system wouldn’t be able to cope! Particularly good was that he said he wasn’t really interested in motorway or country road speeding. Spent most of the time on 30 mph zones. Enlightening and it has changed my behaviour. You don’t want to knock someone down speeding near to where you live and yet that’s where it’s most likely to happen!

 

I've been on one. It was organised by Kirklees Council on behalf of West Yorkshire
Police. I enjoyed it. It made me think really hard about my driving and definitely stood
me in good stead afterwards. When I worked, I could call on customers anywhere in
the UK and therefore could do circa 2,000 miles every month. One of the reasons I had to
speed previously, was if there were roadworks or a RTA, it probably meant I was going to be late for a call.
After the course, I used to set off a lot earlier to cover all contingencies and I became more
speed aware and a more courteous driver, although in a lot of cases the latter was not always
reciprocated by fellow motorists.

 

Don’t be late either, if the letter says the course starts at 8am and you rock up at 5 past it’s your hard cheese, and as above you’ll lose your course fee and still have to stump up any fine and take the points.

I really enjoyed my course, go in with an open mind and it’s interesting and informative.

 

Went to one at Priory campus and it was fairly light going. Scary how many people had forgotten the highway code though! Personally I think you should have to attend something like this every 10 years to stop compkacency. Scary how an extra 1 mph can result in so much worse injuries in a 30 zone.

 

Currently awaiting a letter from SYP landing on my doormat following a flash on the M1 at Tinsley nearly a fortnight ago......3 days left.

 

What would be a brilliant demonstration of irony would have been getting a speeding ticket trying to get to the speed awareness course on time

 

Don't want to build your hopes up NR, but quite a number of cameras on the M1 are not
operating. I used to sit on a panel comprising all the Principal Street Lighting Engineers
in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Humberside and Cheshire and they used to discuss how many
cameras on major routes in their area were not operational. With the cuts to their budgets,
they also bemoaned the fact that they were that thin on the ground, they didn't have the
staff to process any data from most of the cameras that were live anyway.
Fingers crossed you don't hear anything bud.

 

Complete money making scheme to get easy targets. I suppose it stops them having to actually stop antisocial behaviour, open drug taking, sexual abuse cases where they don’t want to upset a minority group and burglaries.
Come on, let’s tell it how it is and accept it as a cash cow

 

No Tilertoes, you're wrong.

If they were just a cash cow, they would just fine ya £100 and give ya the points. That way they wouldn't have to pay for the rooms or pay the trainers either.

You need to think about it logically old bean.

 

Wouldn't be much of a cash cow if people didn't speed.

 

Yes, the only incentive on training many people up to deliver courses, renting out rooms to deliver the training in etc is to make money.

As opposed to charging you the same or more money and whacking three points on your licence electronically with little other expenses to meet...

Moan all you like. Speed cameras don’t get you if you’re not speeding.

And yes, I’ve been on a speed awareness course. I also have some points on my licence which haven’t yet expired, and some from years ago which have - for speeding - so I’m not some goody two shoes who’s never exceeded the limit; but there’s no point whinging when you get caught doing so.

The courses are there to educate, to prevent recurrence. I doubt they make any money at all from them.