The Courses

NMAC (National Motorway Awareness Course)

This course is available to those motorists driving on motorways and have been detected exceeding an active variable speed limit (as electronically displayed on the overhead gantries and roadside electronic signs). This course also caters for motorists who have passed through a mandatory red X lane closure signal, automatic traffic signals placed on the motorway network to control the flow of traffic and for infringements occurring on hard shoulders and emergency refuge areas.

This course is only offered for speed offences where a variable speed limit is exceeded – speed offences detected where the national speed limit applies are referred to the National Speed Awareness Course). It aims to make motorways safer, more efficient and a better experience for people who use and work on them. There is a mix of information, discussion and reflection on the things that affect people’s driving. It is designed to be interesting and useful so that people leave with practical tips to help them drive safely on motorways.

Course duration is 3 hours and can be taken at a venue or online.

NRRAC (National Rider Risk Awareness Course)

NRRAC recognises that riders of motorcycles and mopeds are vulnerable road users, but it isn’t just a relative lack of protection that causes that vulnerability. Differences in the size and performance of the bike mean that riders behave differently to most other road users, and that also increases the risks involved in riding.

The course clarifies the sources of risk to riders and identifies ways that they can reduce that risk through behaviour change. The principle aim is to reduce clients’ high risk riding behaviour, and ultimately seeks to prevent a client from experiencing the likely negative consequences of their risky riding, such as road traffic collisions or loss of licence.

The course is suitable for recreational/leisure riders and commuters, as well courier and delivery riders whose riding behaviour has brought them to the attention of the police with a wide range of offences triggering referral.

Course duration is 3 hours and can be taken at a venue or online.

NSAC (National Speed Awareness Course)

The course aims to make the roads safer by helping people to drive at a safe speed within the speed limit. The course is designed to take people on a journey that shows them how to identify the speed limits, how to recognise and resist pressure to speed from themselves and others and how to avoid distractions. There is a mix of information, discussion and reflection and people leave with personalised tips to help them to avoid speeding in the future.

Course duration is 2hrs 45mins and can be taken at a venue or online.

SCC (Safe & Considerate Cycling Course)

The SCC Course is an e-learning course for people who are stopped by the police for offences such as cycling through a red light, for cycling without lights, or for cycling on pavements and paths not open to cyclists. The course explores the key rules and regulations for cyclists and how those laws help keep cyclists and others safe and helps people to develop strategies to keep within the law when cycling. The course is interactive and there is a quiz at the end to check learning. When they finish the course, people are given a personalised plan for how they can cycle safely and considerately.

Course duration is approximately 30 minutes and can be taken online or requesting a workbook. The course can be completed all at once or a bit at a time.

SCD (Safe and Considerate Driving Course)

Clients are referred to the Safe and Considerate Driving Course if they are involved in a collision. The course increases clients’ awareness and understanding of:

• the causes and negative consequences of risky and inconsiderate driving;
• the importance of concentration, observation, anticipation and allowing adequate space and time;
• the reasons why their own driving may be unsafe or inconsiderate.

The first part of the course is spent in a venue and it involves information on road signs, road markings and traffic rules, discussion and reflection on the distractions and pressures people face on the road and how to manage them. The second part of the course is spent out on the road with an approved driving instructor (ADI) where clients receive practical, personalised, on-road coaching and are encouraged to create an action plan to address personally relevant issues.

Course duration is 6hrs 55mins.

WDU (What's Driving Us? Course)

The WDU course aims to create safer communities by helping people drive safely and considerately, in line with the Highway Code. The course helps people to recognise road signs and markings, understand traffic rules and understand the distractions and pressures they face on the road and how to manage them.

The course increases clients’ awareness and understanding of:

• the causes and negative consequences of risky and inconsiderate driving
• the importance of concentration, observation, anticipation and allowing adequate space and time
• the reasons why their own driving may be unsafe or inconsiderate.

Course duration is 3 hours and can be taken at a venue or online.

YBYL (Your Belt Your Life Course)

The YBYL course is an e-learning course for people who are stopped by the police for not wearing a seat belt or not using an appropriate child car seat. The course explores and explains the importance of wearing a seat belt and using an appropriate child car seat. The course is interactive and there is a quiz at the end to check learning. When they finish the course, people are given a personalised plan to help them to get into the habit of always wearing a seat belt.

Course duration is approximately 30 minutes and can be taken online or requesting a workbook. The course can be completed all at once or a bit at a time.