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Advanced driving courses in the Netherlands
The field of advanced driving courses in the Netherlands was explored (R-95-48). Most courses are one-day courses, with emphasis placed to a greater or lesser degree on vehicle control or on the prevention of accidents. With training courses for motor cyclists, the public road is often used for practical lessons.
The advanced driving courses in the Netherlands can contribute to a modest degree to road safety when considered in the short term (one or two years). 'Modest' in the sense that only a small proportion of Dutch drivers per year follow these courses (amongst motor cyclists less than 4%, amongst motorists less than one half percent) and also modest in the sense that the one-day courses generally available offer a limited opportunity to learn new, reliable automatic behaviour patterns; furthermore, these courses can only cover part of driving behaviour overall.
In order to make a significant contribution towards road safety, six conditions are of importance:
- A good quality programme/instructor;
- A relatively high number of kilometres driven by the target group annually, or frequent exposure to those potential hazardous situations dealt with during the training course;
- No biased emphasis on vehicle control; besides attention to vehicle control skills, also attention to road safety attitudes;
- Use of the group process, e.g. by way of group discussion, to develop norms of safe driving;
- Voluntary participation; the authority of the instructor must be accepted
- Ensure that the course suits the target group.
Knowledge base
- Sustainable Safety
vision, implementation... - Road safety developments
mobility, risk, casualties... - Road safety policy
targets, costs, benefits... - Road safety costs
crash costs, road deaths...
- Modes of transport
pedestrians, bicyclist, cars... - High-risk behaviour
alcohol, drugs, telephone, fatigue... - High-risk groups
children, youngsters, elderly... - Measures
education, enforcement, technology... - Data and analysis
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