At my company, Defensive Driver Training Group , we are working flat out to accommodate as many CPC driving training courses as possible before the looming deadline. But I thought it worthwhile for me to take the time to look at the problems that face many commercial drivers and their employers with the fast approaching deadline to [...]
May 10, 2013
Here at my Defensive Driver Training company we are working solidly to try to avert the problems that face many commercial drivers and their employers with the fast approaching deadline to complete CPC driver training which is on 10th September 2013. There are a great many businesses out there that seem to be unaware of [...]
April 10, 2013
Having held many defensive driver training courses for many years it is important I keep current with changes made or called for in the driving industry. So it was interest that I recently came across an article stating that young drivers could save up to 20% on their insurance premiums if the safety standards were [...]
March 22, 2013
In these audio interviews we look at a different issue each month and this month we are addressing defensive driver training to help you reduce your fleet insurance costs, keeping your premiums down and also helping with the reputation of your business. In this series we have looked at many defensive driver training issues including [...]
March 17, 2013
I’ve just read this article about talking cars: www.bbc.co.uk/Talking-Cars The technology to have thinking, talking cars that help you to avoid collisions has been around longer than you may think. When I worked for Lucas Electrical in the 1980′s the technology of allowing cars to travel in convoy without any input from the driver was [...]
March 14, 2013
Why Defensive Driver Training Is Essential For Fleet Drivers | Fleet driver safety isn’t just about cutting costs for your insurance premium, it’s also about keeping your drivers safe, preserving your reputation and ensuring that other people on the roads are safe too. Listen to the audio For the majority of companies with fleet drivers, 65% [...]
March 14, 2013
One of the things we do on every defensive driving or driver CPC training course is to check licences. Finding irregularities is a regular occurrence, be it an out of date photograph, or a wrong address or no paper counterpart. When we ask to see the paper counterpart it has either been lost or sometimes [...]
February 27, 2013
Paul Beresford from the Defensive Driver Training company explains what CPC Driving Training is and why time is running out for those who have not completed this essential training for commercial drivers. At present, over 400,000 drivers have not yet taken completed their CPC driver training. CPC stands for “Certificate of Professional Competence” and was [...]
February 14, 2013
Each year there are thousands of accidents attributed to driving fatigue, and it is thought that these account for 20% of all road accidents which is an alarming figure and very much preventable. These accidents tend to be high speed collisions, as drivers are unable to reduce their speed or swerve to avoid an impact. [...]
February 10, 2013
‘What is CPC Driver Training?” is a common question that Paul Beresford from the Defensive Driver Training company gets asked. Here he explains what CPC Driving Training is and why it’s essential professional commercial drivers such as lorry and bus drivers must be certified and talks about the narrowing window of opportunity to take the [...]
Paul Beresford is the Sales and Marketing Director at Defensive Driver Training Limited. Based in Stourbridge, we cover the UK and Europe providing innovative, flexible and cost effective defensive and advanced driver courses for a range of clients using a wide range of vehicles. We offer a range of standard and tailor-made driving courses to help reduce the rate of claims, costs and insurance premiums businesses.
May 18, 2013
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