A safety course for young drivers visited Boorowa this week to give students life-saving skills for the road.
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Driver safety company, Motorvation, uses lectures, video, driving simulation and practical training to teach students how to deal with unusual situations when driving.
Twenty-five students from Boorowa Central School either holding their L plate license or soon to gain it enjoyed the course, with the program travelling to Boorowa thanks to funding from the Boorowa Community Bank.
Chief instructor, Geoff Fickling said the course focuses predominately on the attitude of young drivers
"It's quite unique because a lot of courses concentrate on road rules but we cover attitude and work on what's called the one-per-centers- the skills that driver don't learn when they're getting their licence," he said.
The students were taught how to control skids, how to brake in emergencies and are given information about how cars work and how they behave.
"We also cover a lot of information on tyres- there's a lot of myths that we call 'grandpa myths' because vehicles and tyres have changed dramatically and we cover all that," Mr Fickling said.
Business partner and Training Manager and Instructor, Jennie Fickling said both too much confidence and not enough are elements worked on in the course.
"Before the program, some drivers don't want to come.
"One of the main features of a dominant driver is they think they're fantastic and they don't need training," she said.
She said the course was taught carefully so as not to encourage over-confidence.
"We get drivers to self-assess as a demure driver, dominant driver or a drive-aholic. We then talk to them about how that behaviour makes them drive," Ms Hill said.
Ms Hill said she assessed students with a series of questions.
"We're looking at things like how much they love cars, whether they participate in motor sport, how they see themselves as a driver.
"With a demure driver, they're biggest problem is a lack of practical skill so we work with them on actually increasing their confidence and getting them to understand how cars work better," she said.
Ms Hill highlighted over-confidence at the biggest problem with dominant drivers but said the course was still able to get through to people in that category.
"I'm not saying you totally transform each driver, but 90 per cent of them can see they didn't know everything."
Both Ms Hill and Mr Fickling have more than 20 years of experience in driver training and say their course is unparalleled in what it offers.
"When we discovered we'd come up with a program that reduced crash rates by about 80 per cent we decided to start a new company working with young drivers," Ms Hill said.