Testimonial For Driver Training Alconbury Driving Centre
15 Feb 2012 | No Comments | posted by admin | in Blog
I had the pleasure of attending the Fire services driving refresher course for officers some weeks ago and found the input extremely useful and which has changed a number of aspects of my driving technique and habits.
I especially wish to send my thanks to the Cambridgeshire Police Shrievalty Trust & The Alconbury Driving Centre course where I experienced for the first time skid avoidance training and the use of ABS. Being a little further on in my career than most the advent of ABS was not around when I learnt to drive – the allowance it makes for steering whilst braking in an emergency was not one I had considered.
You can count on one hand the times I have had to brake in an emergency and I have never had to steer in such incidents. However the very next day after the course I had a situation on a slip road onto a dual carriageway when the car in front instead of matching speed with the traffic on the carriageway decided to do an emergency stop. I was looking back for the traffic coming on the main carriageway way, on looking forward again I was presented with a stationary car where there should not have been one. I executed the emergency stop but had to steer around the car on the inside eventually stopping some two thirds past the back of the vehicle.
I am convinced if I had not had the input from the training my reaction would have been emergency stop and no steer which would have resulted in a serious Road Traffic Collision – which would also have been my fault entirely. The `gentleman concerned` was an American and thought he was turning right at a junction. Luckily I explained about dual carriageways and slip roads to him – politely of course!
Andy Tucker
Central and Huntingdon Risk Manager
Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service
Huntingdon Fire station
Hartford Road,
Huntingdon PE29 3RH.
SAFED Training for Luminus Employees
15 Feb 2012 | No Comments | posted by admin | in Blog
About Luminus Group
Luminus Group is widely known for inspirational leadership and innovation in housing services delivery. Seen by many as one of the most progressive businesses in the UK. Luminus leads the way in socially responsible business in eastern England, focusing on providing homes, employment and real estate services, building sustainable communities and energising hope for life’s best – today and for future generations.
Luminus prides itself on being an enthusiastic pioneer of innovative, independently financed schemes for high quality affordable housing that give people of all ages and backgrounds choice to rent or buy.
Strategically positioned in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, one of the UK’s fastest growing areas, Luminus provides homes for over 30,000 people, and is growing.
Luminus Drives the Way Forward
More than fifty tradesmen from Luminus Group have passed the Safe and Fuel Efficient Driving (SAFED) training programme with flying colours. Completing the SAFED driver training course is especially important as Luminus deals with more than 30,000 customers and 7,000 homes with a commitment to the highest quality customer care. Luminus has a substantial fleet of different types of vehicles and ninety-six drivers working within and serving residents of the local community. Their entire fleet of drivers have been trained and tis is now an ongoing process for all new employees.
Luminus also has an environmental policy, which considers how to reduce the environmental impact of all activities, and investigates and adopts examples of environmental best practice wherever possible.
By going through the SAFED driver training course Luminus tradesmen learn:-
- To drive more safely
- To drive with less stress
- To achieve a greater degree of fuel efficiency
Many of the tradesmen have also noticed a positive difference when driving their own cars.
The benefits of the course for the Luminus business are:
- Lower costs
- Reduced carbon dioxide emissions
- Improved environmental performance
Some of the positive comments made after the training:
“I found the advice from the trainer was very useful, I was surprised at how much difference was made to the fuel consumption by making just a few changes to the way I drove. I will be using this advice when I am driving my own car,”
and
“It is nearly 40 years since I passed my driving test and obviously over that time I had picked up one or two bad habits so I found it useful to have a refresher like this.”
Luminus tradesman Jamie Cameron shows off his SAFED driver training certificate
Chan Abraham, Luminus Group Chief Executive said,
“Luminus has a commitment to excellence in every aspect of our organisation. By including the SAFED training in Luminus’ excellent driver training programme, we create an ideal opportunity to minimise our environmental impact, reduce our road risk and increase the professionalism of our drivers.”
Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) play an important role in the country’s economy with activity in the United Kingdom in 2003 accounting for some 58 billion combined kilometers. Over 90% of this distance was in connection with the collection and delivery of goods, travel between home and workplace or journeys between jobs.