Organisation: IAM RoadSmart
Date uploaded: 10th July 2012
Date published/launched: June 2012
This study shows that drivers who prepare for the advanced driving test notice increased skills, awareness and control. It also shows that the advanced test has long lasting positive effects on attitudes to safe driving.
Based on police driver training, the IAM course teaches safe car control. While aiming to reduce accidents and casualties, the advanced test is not exclusively about safety. It also encourages the driver to feel confident on the road, to make good progress, and to get greater enjoyment from the experience.
More than 400,000 people have taken the advanced test and there are currently more than 100,000 active IAM members. Although IAM receives regular feedback from members and groups, it wanted to know more about what motivates people to take the advanced test and how it affects people’s driving habits. Do advanced drivers consider themselves safer? Does the IAM have a long-term impact?
Building on a previous study by Brunel University, IAM commissioned Jean Hopkin Research Services and Independent Social Research to carry out an ‘Evaluation of Preparation for the IAM Advanced Driving Test’.
The study shows that drivers who prepare for the advanced driving test notice increased skills, awareness and control. All demographic groups noticed positive changes in their driving habits. The study also shows that the advanced test has long lasting positive effects on attitudes to safe driving.
IAM will use the findings in this report to promote the benefits of advanced driving and to continue improving how it delivers the advanced test.
For more information contact:
IAM Motoring Trust
T: 0845 126 8600