Total Driver

Schools Introduction


Information for Schools

 Total Driver would like to introduce you to a unique solution for training your Year 10, 11 and 12 students to be safe, conscientious drivers. The Total Driver program provides an end-to-end solution for your students, at no cost to your school with the potential to generate an income through our rewards program.

5% of money from every lesson or Learn to Drive package purchased by your students will be returned to the school or nominated board!

Unlike other driving schools, Total Driver provides a holistic program designed to train your students for a lifetime of safe driving through comprehensive skill development and risk assessment capability, not just to get their P plates.

Total Driver supply all requirements from student handouts and staff to facilitate the sessions. All of our staff meet government education guidelines, blue cards, and certificates in education and training. Homework for students is via the Total Driver website, online assessment program and results are instant.

Program Platforms

Program Platforms

Our Schools program consists of 3 core platforms:

1. The School’s SAFE programa complimentary skills program structured to drive a comprehensive understanding of road rules which actively prepares students to pass their practical test.

S Structured format and progressive learning

A Assessments at each stage to ensure progress

F Four times less likely to die in an accident

E Educating young drivers for a lifetime, not just a licence

 

2. The Total Driver Learn to Drive program

 

We offer a number of training packages that clearly define each step of the driver development process. Our practical lessons are conducted in a 1:1 driving lesson environment, outside of school hours. We have highly qualified driving instructors who have all completed unique comprehensive Total Driver training, ensuring capability beyond the standard driving school. This program also provides free training nights enabling parents and students with the necessary information and skills to guide their teenage children through their driving education; vehicle maintenance; and information nights on how to best utilize the Total Driver system.

3. The SLAM program – Students Learning a Message

This program focuses on a range of issues affecting young drivers once they have their license. Topics include peer-pressure and how to respond to it; responsibilities of being a competent driver; the impact of drugs and alcohol; how to manage finance, insurance and registration; and how to buy a car and maintain its safety.

We urge you to become involved in this highly worthwhile program that will provide your students with the necessary skills for a lifetime of safe driving.

S.A.F.E

 

S.A.F.E

Structured

Assessed

Foundation of knowledge and skill

Educate

This program focuses on the pre-licence age groups in school years 10 and 11. It is a complimentary theory and skills program structured to drive a comprehensive understanding of road rules, which actively prepares students to pass their learners test.

Session 1 Session 2
  • Intersections with signs
  • Intersections without signs
  • Roundabouts
  • Signs in conflict
  • Multiple car intersections
  • Signs and lines
  • Signs and rules
  • Lines and arrows
  • Guide signs
  • Warning signs
Session 3 Session 4
  • Lanes and road positions
  • Turning overtaking and line marking
  • Driving hazards
  • Parking
  • Other road rules
  • Vehicle maintenance
  • Changing tyres
  • Easy steps to check brakes
  • What to check under the bonnet
  • Changing light globes
  • Understanding active (ABS) and passive (SRS) technology

 

 

 

 

SLAM

S.L.A.M.

Students learning a message (SLAM) focuses on a range of issues which affect young drivers once they have their license.  Topics include peer group pressure and how to respond to it; responsibilities of being a competent driver; the impact of drugs, alcohol and lifestyle on your driving; how to manage finance, insurance, registration; how to buy a car and look after it. Conducted in and around your school curriculum, it utilises the peer group influence for constructive outcomes

Take a closer look …

 

Outlined below are some of the key differences we teach and believe makes your young driver a safer driver.

Social Aptitude: Life as a driver ·

  • Peer-pressure:  why and how to say no
  • Why we don’t feel the effects of speed
  • We teach about the chain of responsibility
  • Why new drivers are more likely to crash cars (it’s not what you think!)
  • How our natural muscle memory skills are the exact opposite for driving and how we fix the problem

 

Drugs and alcohol

  • Special guest speaker: an acting paramedic from QLD ambulance service
  • Special guests with lifetime impediments as a result of car accidents under the influence
  • The reasons behind why we feel invincible under the influence and how wrong we are
  • Motor and vision impairment, how does it affect us as individuals and as drivers
  • A brief history of tragedies caused by drugs and alcohol

Statistics; Speed

  • Special guest name racing driver
  • Comparison to road vs. track vulnerability
  • What effort goes into preparing for a track session
  • Special flame proof clothing
  • Head and neck safety

Car preparation

  • Roll cage
  • Tyres
  • Fuel cells
  • Car to pit communication

Finance & Insurance (F&I)

We have a special guest to outline the following:

  • Why we need insurance
  • What does it cover?
  • Consequences of not having insurance
  • Why is the cheapest car you buy the most expensive car you will ever own?
  • How do you make the cost of ownership affordable?
  • Budgeting: a life skill, not just for cars

Cost of ownership

  • Repairs
  • Depreciation
  • Why vehicle purchase is based on the cost for the life of the vehicle
  • Why do cars wear out? We teach the importance of maintenance and how this contributes to road safety

Benefits

Benefitsf for Parents

 

The fact is, the majority of parents learnt to drive a long time ago with different road rules and preparation techniques. However, the Graduated Licensing System mandates that learner drivers must complete 100 hours of driving experience with a fully-licensed driver (most commonly a parent) before taking their practical test.

Who prepares you to prepare them?

Until now, no-one has considered the preparation required for parents to help their teenagers.