Safer Drivers Course

The NSW Safer Drivers Course teaches learner drivers under 25 to develop safe driving skills and prepare for driving solo.

This course can help you understand speed management, gap selection, hazard awareness, safe following distances, and how to keep driving safely when you get distracted.

This includes:

• A 3-hour group discussion with other learners
• A 2-hour coaching session in a vehicle with another learner
 

These two sessions can be attended on different days, or on the same day.

To attend a course you need to:

• Hold a valid NSW learner licence
• Be under 25 years old
• Have completed at least 50 log book hours of on-road driving (excluding any 3 for 1 bonus hours)

In addition to a Learners Licence, Learner drivers must have completed at least 50 logbook hours of driving to attend the Safer Drivers Course. These hours cannot include those accrued through the through the 3 for 1 professional instruction.

Module 1 and Module 2 can be completed in the one day.

Module 2 must be completed within 30 days of completing Module 1.

The Safer Drivers Course involves two modules:.

Module 1:

• A three-hour facilitated group discussion, of up to 12 participants, on how to manage risks on the road

Module 2:

• A two-hour in-vehicle coaching session with a coach and another learner to develop low-risk driving strategies. This involves two participants and a coach and can only be completed once Module 1 has been completed

Five working days’ notice is required to change all bookings, and a 10% administration fee will apply with no refunds available for the following situations

• Lateness in attending the course
• Proof of identity issues
• Failure to attend your course
• Insufficient logbook hours on the day