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Driver Awareness Course For Speeding Offences

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Efi rastek h650 manual transfer system. If you have been given the option, you can ask to attend a speed awareness course. The cost will vary depending on the type of course and which area you choose to take it. If you pay the fixed penalty fine or send your driving licence to the Conditional Offer Unit, you will be unable to attend a speed awareness course. A speed awareness course (The National Speed Awareness Course) is a driver retraining course which is offered to drivers who have committed speeding offences in the alternative to either a Fixed Penalty Notice for speeding or formal prosecution before a Magistrates’ Court.

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In a search for car insurance I called Admiral. The agent asked if I had been on any speed awareness courses – I wasn’t quick enough to decline to answer. When I said “yes” the quote increased by £50. The whole point of the courses is that they are an alternative to prosecution – and no record is kept. My course provider, DriveTech, says it does not share details as it is information not in the public domain. JP,by email

As far as we know, Admiral is the only insurer that asks this – certainly the majority of other big-name firms only ask for convictions. Admiral says its data shows that drivers who attend a speed awareness course are more likely to have an accident in the following 12 months than those who committed no offence. “A speed awareness course will impact the premium, but shouldn’t impact it as much as a speeding endorsement,” it says.

It is clear – if you have attended a course during the year you should probably avoid Admiral come renewal time.

Note: always be truthful, but only say that you’ve been on such a course if you are asked. Are readers aware of any other insurer doing this? Email the usual address.

We welcome letters but cannot answer individually. Email us at consumer.champions@theguardian.com or write to Consumer Champions, Money, the Guardian, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. Please include a daytime phone number

How often can you take a speed awareness course?
Saturday 23rd February 2013

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Ok chaps and chappettes
I have just been asked by a friend how often you an take the afore mentioned course?
They took one a circa two years back in Avon and Sommerset and have just been offered one following a whoopsie in Thames Valley? The seem to think you can only take them every 3years or so?
Obviously one doesn't aim to take them ever but hey it happens
So my questions are
A; is there a restriction on how often
B; is there Any way one policeregion would know about you doing one in another?
Saturday 23rd February 2013
So my questions are
A; is there a restriction on how often
B; is there Any way one policeregion would know about you doing one in another?
every 3 years: http://www.safetycamera.org/faqs/speed-awareness-c..
If I’m recorded driving over the speed limit again will I be able to go on another course?
Drivers are only able to attend a speed awareness course once every three years. If you are recorded speeding again you will only be eligible to attend a further course if more than three years has elapsed since the date of your previous course.
Q2:
Should be shared info on a database
see 2.13 below
http://www.acpo.police.uk/documents/uniformed/2010..
Pivotal to the development of the sp
eed awareness scheme is the ability to
retrieve data in relation to drivers
offered the course. Th
e National Police
Improvements Agency have
developed the Driver Offender Retraining System
(DORS) ACPO/RSS are the custodians of
this database and before making a
formal offer of a speed awareness course a check must be made with this
database.
2.13.2 On completion of the co
urse DORS must be updated by the service provider with
the results of the course for the referring po
lice force. This data is retained in
DORS for three and a half years from th
e date of completion and for a further
three and half years by ACPO/RSS for
research purposes thereafter de-
personalised
Edited by weeowen on Saturday 23 February 23:06

Saturday 23rd February 2013
That may be once every three years per region though. My sure if all regions are linked. Eg Thames value and Somerset may not be linked and wouldn't know you took the course. Maybe?
Saturday 23rd February 2013
That may be once every three years per region though. My sure if all regions are linked. Eg Thames value and Somerset may not be linked and wouldn't know you took the course. Maybe?
Pretty sure it's once every three years nationally.
Saturday 23rd February 2013
Regions are now linked.
(I did one last April and it was explained this had just been set in place.. s'ok, 5yrs since my previous )
Sunday 24th February 2013
Thanks for he info, so basically every three years however the responsibility lies with the ACPO and RSS to check before offering.
I have checked my friend has been offered the course, so im thinking they must be wrong about their last course date, and should accept the course.
Any further info greatly received.
Q2:
Should be shared info on a database
see 2.13 below
http://www.acpo.police.uk/documents/uniformed/2010..
Pivotal to the development of the sp
eed awareness scheme is the ability to
retrieve data in relation to drivers
offered the course. Th
e National Police
Improvements Agency have
developed the Driver Offender Retraining System
(DORS) ACPO/RSS are the custodians of
this database [b]and before making a
formal offer of a speed awareness course a check must be made with this
database.[/b]
2.13.2 On completion of the co
urse DORS must be updated by the service provider with
the results of the course for the referring po
lice force. This data is retained in
DORS for three and a half years from th
e date of completion and for a further
three and half years by ACPO/RSS for
research purposes thereafter de-
Driver Awareness Course For Speeding Offencespersonalised
Edited by weeowen on Saturday 23 February 23:06
Sunday 24th February 2013
If they have offered you another course what further information do you want?
Sunday 24th February 2013
From some recent posts by PHers who have (or reported that a friend/workmate/etc has) attended one then shortly afterwards re-offended .. not often enough.
Streaky
Sunday 24th February 2013
If they restricted themselves to one per three years nationally and not per area, their income stream might well dry up, so I think you can expect to see a degree of laxity in the checking, ev en within one area.
I know of two drivers in Lancashire who both attended courses two years apart, one of which was well outside of the guidelines speed wise - but was still offered a course!
Sunday 24th February 2013
As per MW- it's all about cash and SCP liquidity,not road safety .Wait for the limits for attendance to rise ,as the 'customer base' shrinks .
Sunday 24th February 2013
Driver Awareness Course For Speeding Offences
Doesn't make much sense if you can do them repeatedly in a short space of time. I would have thought a second offence would be considered more serious anyway if you took a SAC for the first as you should have known better.
Sunday 24th February 2013
Doesn't make much sense if you can do them repeatedly in a short space of time. I would have thought a second offence would be considered more serious anyway if you took a SAC for the first as you should have known better.
The SAC is just in place because the number of people losing their jobs and homes and often wives and children due to silly speed limits is increasing. Eventually the most productive workers in our economy will all be banned and unemployed IMO for no good reason, after all no government has a mandate to impose a limit much less enforce it. So much for democracy.
Monday 25th February 2013
The SAC is just in place because the number of people losing their jobs and homes and often wives and children due to silly speed limits is increasing. Eventually the most productive workers in our economy will all be banned and unemployed IMO for no good reason, after all no government has a mandate to impose a limit much less enforce it. So much for democracy.

14-7 over to you!

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