Winter Driving Awareness Workshop
Workshop Overview
This Interactive workshop prepares your staff to drive as safely as possible in wintery conditions.
Despite rising temperatures, cold snaps often catch unprepared drivers out. Employers can meet their duty of care by providing their staff with best advice for when the weather turns cold.
Emphasis on key factors affecting winter driving: tyre choice, vehicle readiness and essential safety checks, understeer, oversteer skids, aquaplaning and carrying the right equipment, clothing and provisions.
Delivery Formats
Classroom Workshop
3.5 hours
up to 16 delegates
Virtual Live Classroom
90 minutes
up to 12 delegates
At the end of the workshop, drivers will:
Identify their driving style adjustments needed for adverse conditions.
Understand risks associated with winter driving and effects on speed, cornering, and braking.
Develop awareness of observation, anticipation, and forward planning.
Apply appropriate speed and braking distances.
Workshop Outline
Introduction
- Housekeeping and introduction.
- Exploring typical driver behaviour and adjustments needed for driving in bad weather.
Winter Driving Awareness
- Key questions before driving in adverse conditions.
- Importance of tyre safety and condition.
- Preparing the vehicle for winter and need for additional vehicle checks.
- What to carry in the vehicle ‘just in case’.
- Maintaining safe following distance in all conditions.
- How to avoid loss of traction.
- Differentiating between understeer and oversteer skids.
- Managing risks associated with aquaplaning.
Workshop Review
- Key takeaways for drivers.
- Insights or “lightbulb moments”.
- Revisiting objectives set at the beginning of the workshop.
- Q&A session.
Logistics
Online Delivery
For online workshops our preferred option is to use Zoom or Teams.
In order to facilitate your workshop via our virtual classroom format all attending will need:
- A Computer, Laptop or Tablet
Mobile phones are not suitable to undertake the course due to the size of the screen but are required for the online voting and interaction element of this course.
All devices must have:
- Enough battery charge for at least 2 hours.
- Internet access.
- Web camera.
- Microphone.
- Speakers or headphones.
- Stable internet connection.
In Person Delivery
For real-time classroom workshops, we request that clients confirm they have:
- Internet access.
- A suitable room is available for up to 16 delegates.
- The ability to project onto a clear white wall.
