Currently, all speed awareness courses are offered online. These sessions are only 2 1/2 hours long, with a 10-minute break. For an online speed awareness course, you need a fully charged laptop, phone or tablet with a webcam/camera and access to fast internet.
Speed awareness courses take between 4/5 hours with a break in the middle. They don’t provide food, so you’ll need to bring your own if you wish to eat during the break. Courses are available during the day, evenings and at weekends.
A speed awareness course is an instructor-led session that offers an honest discussion about safe driving. It aims to change your attitude towards speeding and make you a safer driver. Most importantly, it is a theory test refresher.
If you’ve been caught speeding, you may be offered a speed awareness course. It’s a discussion about driving habits that aims to change your attitude towards speed and make you a safer driver.
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All face-to-face driver awareness courses were suspended on the 19th March 2020 as a result of guidance from UKROEd. This organisation oversees all police-referred driver offender retraining courses in the UK.
TTC Group is pleased to confirm that, from Monday 6th April 2020 , it will be delivering digital classroom-based National Speed Awareness Course (iNSAC) to members of the public who have already booked a place to attend a face-to-face course.
Speed awareness courses - sometimes referred to as driver awareness courses – are for motorists who’ve been caught speeding and want to avoid points on their licence and a fine.
If you’ve been caught speeding, you may be invited to attend a speed awareness course. Here’s what you can expect. Speed awareness courses - sometimes referred to as driver awareness courses – are for motorists who’ve been caught speeding and want to avoid points on their licence and a fine.
You’ll need to bring your driving licence along with you. If you don’t have it, you’ll have to show two forms of ID. If you don’t bring any ID with you, you won’t be allowed to take the course. They're usually run by organisations on behalf of police, like NDORS.
Speed awareness courses are an alternative to a accepting speeding ticket. But what are they all about? If you’re caught speeding in the UK there are usually two possible penalties: the first is the dreaded speeding ticket, this entails a hefty fine and points on your license.
There is evidence that insurance companies have hiked premiums for drivers who have accepted offers to attend speed awareness courses but, of course, the same happens for drivers who have points on their licences too. You must inform your insurance company if you attend a course – but only if you are asked.