Car Courses
Coaching Systems offers proven defensive driving courses designed for experienced and mature car drivers. Our programs are engineered to refresh critical safety skills, reduce collision rates, and address the specific challenges drivers face on today’s roads, leading to safer driving habits and potential insurance reductions.
Our car courses utilize the renowned “Coaching” method, an interactive, non-lecture approach that engages participants and ensures long-term retention of key defensive driving principles.
Coaching The Experienced Driver® PLUS
This course is a comprehensive defensive driving program designed to reinforce and enhance the skills of seasoned drivers. It moves beyond basic rules of the road to address the real-world situations that lead to most preventable collisions.
- Ideal For: Corporate fleet drivers, individuals seeking to improve their driving record, and anyone looking to refresh their defensive driving knowledge.
- Key Topics Covered:
- Pre-Trip Inspections: Learn how to identify potential vehicle issues before you start driving.
- The SCC Principle: Master the core concepts of Scanning, creating a Cushion of Safety, and Communicating your intentions on the road.
- Backing and Parking: Techniques to minimize risk in low-speed maneuvers.
- Adverse Conditions: Strategies for safely navigating rain, snow, fog, and other challenging weather.
- Hazard Identification: Proactively identify and react to potential dangers involving other vehicles, pedestrians, and road conditions.
- Child Safety Restraints: A review of best practices for securing child passengers.
- Format: Available as a classroom-based kit for instructors.
Coaching The Mature Driver™ 2
Specifically tailored for drivers aged 60 and over, this course addresses the unique challenges associated with the natural aging process. The program provides practical techniques to help drivers adapt their habits and maintain their safety and confidence behind the wheel.
- Ideal For: Senior drivers, retirement communities, and families looking to support their aging loved ones’ driving safety.
- Key Topics Covered:
- All core modules from the “Experienced Driver” course (Pre-Trip Inspection, SCC, Backing).
- Adapting to Vision Changes: Strategies to compensate for changes in eyesight and peripheral vision.
- Managing Reaction Time: Techniques to create more space and time to react safely.
- Medication and Driving: Understanding the potential impact of medications on driving performance.
- Modern Vehicle Technology: An overview of new safety features like blind-spot monitoring and automatic braking.
- Format: Available as a classroom-based kit for instructors. An online version is also available for individual learning.
Explore Our Full Range of Safety Courses
- Van Driver Courses
Safely transport passengers and cargo with defensive driving courses designed specifically for van operators.
- Lift Truck & Forklift Training
OSHA-compliant programs to certify your forklift operators in-house, reducing workplace crash. - All Online Courses
Explore our full catalog of interactive and comprehensive safety training courses available online.
Frequently Asked Questions
Many insurance providers offer discounts for completing approved defensive or mature driving courses. We recommend contacting your insurance agent to confirm eligibility and the specific discount available.
Absolutely. The “Coaching The Experienced Driver® PLUS” course is an excellent tool for corporate safety programs aimed at reducing fleet collisions, lowering liability, and ensuring employee safety.
Our method is highly interactive. Instead of a one-way lecture, a certified coach facilitates a discussion, using real-world scenarios to help drivers recognize risks and discover safer choices for themselves. This participation-based approach is proven to be more effective for adult learners.
TESTIMONIALS
Why Our Clients Trust Us.
The people responsible for their fleet's safety record, telling you why they chose us and why they stayed.
"A driving course that route sales operators see themselves in. Good job."
"Coaching The® School Bus Driver 2® is very concise. It’s very flexible and I can easily integrate this into boring state requirements. Coaching programs really fit the bill."
"The Coaching The® Professional Truck Driver® 2 training course is very flexible. It allows us to cover company policy for idling and other important issues. A great refresher program."
"When I heard I had to take a safety course I thought it would be a waste of time. I’ve operated many different types of fork trucks over the past 20 years. This course was actually enjoyable and I learned a lot about what’s actually behind a lot of the operator requirements."
"We use Coaching The Professional Truck Driver® 2 and a course from another vendor. We alternate every year. The Coaching program is far superior. Your Coaching programs are realistic and easy to use."
"This is great. As an instructor I don’t have to do much to get our drivers talking about safe driving. This is perfect for group work. (Coaching The® School Bus Driver 2™)"
"This is the best and the most reasonably priced truck program that I’ve seen."
"Participants of CEVO II:Police experience a reduction in collision frequency According to Bill Cox, Loss Control Specialist with the Kentucky Association of Counties, police departments participating in the Coaching The Emergency Vehicle II: Police program saw a “reduction in collision frequency and severity of losses and injuries”. Bill just completed training 290 officers over 7 […]"
"Before the truck drivers leave our school they must go through this program."
"The on-line course not only presented good material but I could go at my own pace. (Coaching The Experienced Driver® 3 Online)"
"My experienced drivers like this course – it allows them to build on their experience. My guys are hardnosed but this gets them thinking."
"I’ve learned more from this course (Coaching The® Experienced Driver 4 + 2®) than the lecture course we used to use."
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