To use an analogy - when you are walking on rough ground you have 2 feet, wear boots with good grip you keep an eye on your footing, and you don’t try to run or you’ll end up on your backside!

4 Wheel Driving takes the same principle - you’ve got 4 wheels, which you’ve booted up with good quality off-road tyres (you wouldn’t wear brogues with leather soles when tramping over the fells, so don’t expect on-road tyres to keep you safe in your vehicle), and you have to keep thinking about where each of those tyres is, and how fast it is moving. Ending up ‘on your backside’ in a 4×4 is not an option!

Look well ahead and plan your route, in order to keep as much grip on each tyre as is possible - it’s sometimes tempting to move out of those bumpy ruts and drive on the grass, but imagine walking up a hill - you would always pick the rocky track over the grass because if you don’t you will slip over - grass really doesn’t have any grip - especially when wet.

It might sound dramatic, but old off-roaders will refer to wet grass as ‘green ice’, and once you have tried to drive up a steep slope on it you start to understand why !

Another good reason not to drive on the grass is the same reason that the Lake District try to discourage walkers from straying from the maintained paths - it scars the environment. A few years ago, the hills in the Lakes had tracks like motorways across them - this is now being rectified by the authorities at great expense - upgrading and maintaining tracks, to encourage people to stick to them. A 4×4 can weigh anything from 1.5 to 6 tonnes, and if you start to spin wheels with that much weight on them, you will see the damage that can be done. Visit http://www.treadlightly.org for more information on responsible 4×4 driving.

Speaking of spinning wheels - avoid it like the plague - 90% of the time it won’t get you anywhere, you will annoy everyone, and you’ll look like an amateur (and yes - we’ve all looked like amateurs at some time or another!). Keeping grip will keep you moving, follow these simple rules and you will get to your destination before the pub closes!

1. Look well ahead, read the track, and plan for grip.
2. Choose the correct gear - moving slow is sometimes necessary, it is better than spinning and not moving at all!
3. Use momentum when you know it is safe - climbing hills will often be easiest when you have momentum, but beware of too much speed, remember - if you can’t see there - don’t go there.
4. Avoid trouble if you have a choice - a 1 mile detour at 4 miles an hour is 15 minutes, getting stuck will often take a LOT more time than this!
5. Let the vehicle do the work - it’s designed for it! By letting a good vehicle do the work you will stay smoother and safer, and you won’t wreck your pride and joy!
6. Follow the GLASS code.

Remember that it doesn’t matter if you are driving for enjoyment, a challenge or as part of your job, we have a responsibility to the landscape and the tracks we follow.

Choose a course:

or contact us for advice or information:

01524 37746

info@beyonddriving.co.uk

Fleet Driver Training courses throughout Cumbria.

Courses:

• Company Driver Training
• Van Driver Training
• SAFED for Vans
• New Driver Training
• LANTRA 4×4 Off Road Driver Training
• LANTRA ATV (Quad Bike) Training
• Driver Assessments (for interview or new employees)
• Fleet Risk Assessments

Venue:

• Driver Training & ATV Training- at your premises.
• 4×4 Training - at our LANTRA approved off road facility.

Accreditation:

• DSA ADI
• Fleet Registered
• SAFED (dependent on course)
• LANTRA (dependent on course)

Contact: info@beyonddriving.co.uk

Phone: 01524 37746

Fleet Driver Training courses throughout Lancashire.

Courses:

• Company Driver Training
• Van Driver Training
• SAFED for Vans
• New Driver Training
• LANTRA 4×4 Off Road Driver Training
• LANTRA ATV (Quad Bike) Training
• Driver Assessments (for interview or new employees)
• Fleet Risk Assessments

Venue:

• Driver Training & ATV Training- at your premises.
• 4×4 Training - at our LANTRA approved off road facility.

Accreditation:

• DSA ADI
• Fleet Registered
• SAFED (dependent on course)
• LANTRA (dependent on course)

Contact: info@beyonddriving.co.uk

Phone: 01524 37746

Fleet Driver Training courses throughout North Yorkshire.

Courses:

• Company Driver Training
• Van Driver Training
• SAFED for Vans
• New Driver Training
• LANTRA 4×4 Off Road Driver Training
• LANTRA ATV (Quad Bike) Training
• Driver Assessments (for interview or new employees)
• Fleet Risk Assessments

Venue:

• Driver Training & ATV Training- at your premises.
• 4×4 Training - at our LANTRA approved off road facility.

Accreditation:

• DSA ADI
• Fleet Registered
• SAFED (dependent on course)
• LANTRA (dependent on course)

Contact: info@beyonddriving.co.uk

Phone: 01524 37746

Fleet Driver Training courses throughout Scotland.

Courses:

• Company Driver Training
• Van Driver Training
• SAFED for Vans
• New Driver Training
• LANTRA 4×4 Off Road Driver Training
• LANTRA ATV (Quad Bike) Training
• Driver Assessments (for interview or new employees)
• Fleet Risk Assessments

Venue:

• Driver Training & ATV Training- at your premises.
• 4×4 Training - at our LANTRA approved off road facility.

Accreditation:

• DSA ADI
• Fleet Registered
• SAFED (dependent on course)
• LANTRA (dependent on course)

Contact: info@beyonddriving.co.uk

Phone: 01524 37746

Fleet Driver Training courses throughout the West Midlands and Birmingham.

Beyond Driving regularly provide Fleet Driver Training for companies, local government and national authorities and organisations across the West Midlands, from Stoke-on-Trent to Coventry and Wolverhampton.

Courses:

• Company Driver Training
• Van Driver Training
• SAFED for Vans
• New Driver Training
• LANTRA 4×4 Off Road Driver Training
• LANTRA ATV (Quad Bike) Training
• Driver Assessments (for interview or new employees)
• Fleet Risk Assessments

Venue:

• Driver Training & ATV Training- at your premises.
• 4×4 Training - at our LANTRA approved off road facility.

Accreditation:

• DSA ADI
• Fleet Registered
• SAFED (dependent on course)
• LANTRA (dependent on course)

Contact: info@beyonddriving.co.uk

Phone: 01524 37746

Ray is an experienced trainer with skills in NLP and Kaizen, which mean that he is an excellent choice for drivers who wish to gain confidence and independence, either coping with nerves or after stressful incidents.

We can also recommend OneWeekDrivingPass, who run Intensive Driving Courses in the Bathgate, Falkirk, Stirling and Grangemouth.

We provide a comprehensive service for all drivers of off road vehicles, from LANTRA 4×4 Training and ATV Training to Defensive Driving courses geared specifically to the needs of 4×4 drivers while on the road. Our training is the most comprehensive that you will find anywhere in the UK.

We begin by assessing the needs of all of your drivers and work with you to ensure that all of your H&S procedures are up to date to ensure that you have minimal exposure to current legislation like the Corporate Manslaughter laws. We then assess your driver’s abilities and knowledge so that you can then target all of your training toward ensuring that your drivers are the most efficient, professional and safe operators in the UK.

We take great pride in the standard of our training and have developed links to many of the best training companies in the UK, with whom we work to ensure that your training is the best available. We do not try to provide all of the training ourselves, as we feel that by employing specialist and experienced professionals guarantees the highest available standards.

For more information about our commercial 4×4 and ATV training, please contact us:

info@beyonddriving.co.uk

01524 37746

We are now proud to announce that we have LANTRA Awards approved 4×4 training venues across England, Scotland and Wales, with fully qualified DSA ADI’s who are also LANTRA Awards trainers available at all of these sites.

For many years, off-road training has had a blind eye turned to it, but clarification was provided in 2006 regarding the Road Safety Act 2006 (Schedule 6). This means that all professional training undertaken in motor cars (category B vehicles according to the DSA) including 4×4’s must be carried out by DSA registered instructors (ADIs). If the instructor is not registered with the DSA then the training is being carried out illegally.

There are many issues regarding H&S and insurance and indemnity for trainers who are not registered and companies who use them for training may find that the courses which they have paid for do not provide the required audit trails in the case of a H&S inspection.

Though many training providers are still flouting this legislation (with some still quoting out of date and misleading exemptions), Beyond Driving has been working hard to find enough LANTRA qualfied ADIs to carry out this training across the UK.

For more information about our courses have a look at our Off-Road Training section, for more information on the venues, visit our sister site - Off Road Training Courses - Beyond 4×4.

If you would like more information about our off road driver training courses, please contact us:

info@beyonddriving.co.uk

01524 37746

At Beyond Driving our driver risk assessments start with a short driving questionairre outlining each driver’s working practices, their vehicle use and collates information on their regular journeys and driving history.

We then recommend a short practical on-road assessment, where we can accurately observe driving habits, attitude and decide whether any training would benefit the driver’s safety or reduce the employer’s costs regarding fuel, insurance and efficiency.

Once an assessment has taken place with all findings recorded, you will then receive a report outlining any risks present for individual drivers or through company practice. We will also recommend a course of action which may involve either further training for individual employees who are seen to be at risk through their driving, or implementation of driving policies company-wide to reduce occupational road risk.

• Accreditation: DSA (Through Beyond Driving’s Fleet Registered Trainers) or SAFED for Vans.
• Duration: From 90 minutes
• Venue: Usually from your own workplace, but we can organise conference facilities if necessary.
• Trainer: Fleet registered trainer, DSA ADI. SAFED if requested.
• Benefits: Risk assessments help you to target training budgets effectively exactly where they are needed, we can tailor all assessments to your needs. All risk assessments are designed to aid you in complying with Health & Safety At Work regulations.
• Cost: From £90/candidate.

For more information on Driver Risk Assessments, contact us:

Phone: 01524 37746

Email: info@beyonddriving.co.uk.