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2 Places available RIIVEH305A Brisbane Friday 19th July
2 places available on RIIVEH305A Brisbane Friday 19th July.https://olsenstoursandtraining.rezdy.com/2830/riiveh305a-brisbane-operate-and-maintain-4wd-vehicle
Tow-Ed Brisbane Places Available
We have had some participants postpone due to issues with delivery of new caravans, so we have some places available on our Tow-Ed Training 13 July 2013 in Brisbane (Chandler). Just two places left.http://www.djolsen.com ph 0747893289.
The towing course has been developed to enable you to understand the relationship between your car and your trailer. This is a very practical course and we will progressively build your knowledge so you will be able to confidently venture out with your trailer.
This comprehensive course includes practical instruction and trainee manual covering the following:
• Safety and Towing Regulations;
• Trailer Dimensions;
• Types of Hitches;
• Loads and loading;
• Driving techniques; handling characteristics towing a trailer;
• Braking techniques with trailers;
• Turning and parking trailers;
• Reversing and parking trailers using guides, mirrors and use of low range (if applicable);
• Carry out vehicle and trailer pre & post trip inspections.
Driver Training in Brisbane
We now have driver training courses running in Brisbane much more frequently. Our courses include 4wd training for mining and exploration, 4wd training for recreation, government departments and corporations. Our Low Risk Driver (once known as defensive driver) courses address driver behaviour, attitudes, awareness, motivations and skills. Cognifit fleet driver allows corporations to assess driver risk for existing and new drivers, and allows corporations to train cognitive brain skills to make better drivers.
Further weight of evidence re showing transfer of skills developed from computer based cognotive training into improvements in driving-related cognitive domains. The conclusion of the study “ Visual speed of processing training delivered on-site or at-home to middle-aged or older adults using standard home computers resulted in stabilization or improvement in several cognitive function tests. Widespread implementation of this intervention is feasible.”
Interesting points from the article:
- A study published in 2011 as part of a multi-year, government-funded trial, known as ACTIVE, showed that participants followed for six years had a 50% lower rate of motor-vehicle accidents following cognitive training.
Staying Safe on the Roads This Coming Easter
One of the privileges of this role is being able to discuss and gain insights from some of the world’s leading road safety experts. The feedback received is information that can help keep you and your family safe this during the Easter holiday period.
One of the most important things to do is engage in responsible defensive driving – using compensatory strategies (e.g. maintaining a safe braking distance behind the car in front of you). You may also consider enrolling in a high-quality practical defensive driving course – it’s a good investment.
Sadly there have been what I personally consider to be some flawed conclusions and publicity associated with advanced driving courses. I have heard some road safety proponents argue that research indicates that advanced driving courses lead to over-confidence and hence increase the likelihood of the driver being involved in a motor vehicle collision. I am quite happy to accept the premise that a high-performance driving course could well lead to driver over-confidence and hence increase collision risk. Indeed I have witnessed exactly such an example of dangerous over-confidence myself and politely avoided accepting a lift from a driver who’d recently undergone such a course.
I believe that the problem lies in categorising all the different types of advanced driving courses available as being the same, specifically taking the findings from advanced high-performance driving courses and mistakenly extrapolating the findings and deeming them to being relevant to advanced defensive driving courses.
A proper defensive driving course is designed to dispel over-confidence by allowing the driver to experience just how quickly and badly things can go wrong and developing defensive driving strategies to help avoid getting into a bad situation in the first place. Building the driver’s repertoire of compensatory strategies to help them deal with the likely scenarios of what can reasonably be expected to go wrong out on the open road.
That is why we refer to our courses as Low Risk Driving courses. We also very strongly advise people to seek cognitive assessment and training.
So where does enhanced cognition fit in? Dealing with the unexpected. Both experience and defensive driving courses teach us what we can expect to go wrong and how to deal with it. That being said, out on the road most emergencies are unexpected – somebody somehow has done something really stupid. It is then up to your cognitive processes to perceive, interpret and respond to the situation quickly and accurately enough to avoid the collision. This is not conscious thought, this is pure processing speed, and this is why cognitive training is a beautiful complement to practical defensive driving training and strategies.
Call us today about driver training that can assess and improve cognitive abilities.
We wish you all a happy and safe Easter.
New study finds that boredom provokes 31% of drivers to take unnecessary risks
Researchers at Newcastle University (UK) found that drivers who didn’t find the highways taxing enough were more prone to speeding or overtaking as they sought excitement. As a result the researchers suggest that making roads more complicated by building in more obstacles could actually make them safer.
The researchers draw some other interesting conclusions:
- They described 35% of the driving population as enthusiastic drivers – persons who find driving more challenging and intrinsically interesting. Because they enjoy driving they are calmer and therefore are less likely to have an accident.
- 31% were described as “easily bored, nervous and dangerous” and these people were more likely to have an accident (seeking excitement through risk-taking driving activity).
Comments made by the lead researcher – Dr Joan Harvey – and Edmund King (president of the AA and Visiting Professor of Transport) also throw up interesting perspectives on how efforts to make roads safer and vehicles easier to drive may (in some instances) increase the risks that drivers take because they’re not sufficiently mentally engaged in the task at hand.
For more information on this study please follow this link to the Newcastle University (UK) Press Release
This is just one reason why our bush tracks are safer than improved roads, a point I’ve been trying to make to the Cook Shire Council for some time with respect to the Starke to Kalpower Road.
Assessing and Addressing Driver Risk
With increased congestion on the roads, increased pressure to make journeys faster and long distances to cover, driving is a risk that we would all like to minimise.
Cognitive Fitness
Just because we do it every day, doesn’t change the fact that driving is one of the most complex cognitive tasks we undertake.
Even a moment’s lapse in concentration or judgement can be catastrophic and a microseconds difference in response time can save you from injury.
On top of that, an individual’s tendency to take a chance doesn’t only effect them, it effects others on the road around them.
So, wouldn’t it be nice to know how truly fit a person is for this risk before you hand them the keys to your fleet vehicles?
Olsen’s Tours and Training is about to launch our Fleet Driver program to assist corporations and fleet operators to assess and address this risk
Thanks to advances in neuroscience and computer technology, the assessment module of CogniFit Fleet DriverTM will help you to identify which of your current or potential drivers are more at risk of behaviors linked to accidents.
And, with the e-learning module, you can choose to provide development that has been proven to decrease that risk significantly.
CogniFit Fleet DriverTM is an online assessment and e-learning program designed to evaluate driver’s skills, and sharpen the cognitive processes that are vital to safe driving, including:
• Risk taking
• Obeying regulations • Focus
• Response time
• Field of vision
• Divided attention
• Confidence
The result? Improved safety, fewer accidents and cost savings for fleet managers that provide a direct ROI.
As well as our program for fleet drivers. We are also launching programs for New Drivers and Senior Drivers
For further information contact Olsen’s Tours and Training, ph 0747893289. www.djolsen.com
Learn To Tow Safely- Tow-Ed Rockhampton 17 Feb 2013
Don’t forget our Tow-Ed training 17 Feb 2013 May in Rockhampton. Just two places left. http://www.djolsen.com ph 0747893289.
The towing course has been developed to enable you to understand the relationship between your car and your trailer. This is a very practical course and we will progressively build your knowledge so you will be able to confidently venture out with your trailer.
This comprehensive course includes practical instruction and trainee manual covering the following:
• Safety and Towing Regulations;
• Trailer Dimensions;
• Types of Hitches;
• Loads and loading;
• Driving techniques; handling characteristics towing a trailer;
• Braking techniques with trailers;
• Turning and parking trailers;
• Reversing and parking trailers using guides, mirrors and use of low range (if applicable);
• Carry out vehicle and trailer pre & post trip inspections.
Tow-Ed Training Rockhampton 19 May
Don’t forget our Tow-Ed training 19 May in Rockhampton. Just two places left. http://www.djolsen.com ph 0747893289.
The towing course has been developed to enable you to understand the relationship between your car and your trailer. This is a very practical course and we will progressively build your knowledge so you will be able to confidently venture out with your trailer.
This comprehensive course includes practical instruction and trainee manual covering the following:
• Safety and Towing Regulations;
• Trailer Dimensions;
• Types of Hitches;
• Loads and loading;
• Driving techniques; handling characteristics towing a trailer;
• Braking techniques with trailers;
• Turning and parking trailers;
• Reversing and parking trailers using guides, mirrors and use of low range (if applicable);
• Carry out vehicle and trailer pre & post trip inspections.
Basic 4WD Course Brisbane
Recent wet weather means we have got some places spare on 29 March 4WD Course SISODRV302A. Beerburrum- 47893289
Web Site Calendar- All Driver Training Courses
We’ve now added a new web site calendar that lists all of our driver training courses throughout QLD. The calendar synchronises automatically with our desktop computer (Apple iMac running iCal). Any changes made on the desktop automatically appear on our web site. Importantly this makes it easier for us to make changes to our calendar, but more importantly it makes looking for a course date that suits you or your workplace much easier.
Course codes include
RIIVEH305A
SISODRV302A
RIIVEH201B
TLIC107C
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