PASS PLUS

The Pass Plus Course was set up by the DSA to encourage drivers who have recently passed their driving test to undergo further training with an ADI (Approved Driving Instructor).

The Pass Plus Course will not only give newly qualified drivers an opportunity to enhance their driving skills and boost their road confidence, it may also reduce the cost of their car insurance as some car insurance companies offer a discount to drivers who have successfully completed the Pass Plus Course!.

The Pass Plus Course consists of the following modules:

Town Driving, which includes:

  • Observations, judgement and awareness
  • Eye contact
  • Consideration for vulnerable road users
  • Keeping space around your car

All-Weather Driving, which includes:

  • Correct speed
  • Safe stopping distances
  • Seeing and being see in rain, sleet, snow and ice
  • Skidding, cause and prevention, correcting slow-speed skids, braking on poor surfaces, aquaplaning

Driving Out Of Town, which includes:

  • Observation of the road ahead
  • Making progress safely
  • Bends, hills, uneven roads, dead ground
  • Keeping a safe distance from the vehicle ahead
  • Overtaking safely
  • Being aware of and showing consideration for pedestrians, horse riders, animals in the road, farm entrances and slow-moving vehicles.

Night Driving, which includes:

  • The importance of the correct use of headlights
  • Adjusting to dark conditions
  • Judging speed and distances
  • Correct use and care of lights
  • Dealing with dazzle
  • Road users who can be difficult to see
  • Parking

Driving on Dual Carriageways, which includes:

  • Effective observation
  • Use of mirrors and checking blind areas
  • Judgement and planning well ahead
  • Safe separation distances
  • Joining and leaving dual carriageways
  • Lane discipline
  • Overtaking
  • Correct use of speed

Driving On Motorways, which includes:

  • Planning journeys in advance
  • Joining and leaving motorways
  • Using slip roads properly and effectively
  • Safe speeds for varying circumstances
  • Effective all-round observation
  • Signs, signals and markings
  • Overtaking and lane discipline
  • Courtesy towards other road users
  • Motorway fatigue
  • Breakdown procedures
  • Use of lights and hazard warning lights
  • Debris on the carriageway
  • Crosswinds
You do not pass the Pass Plus Course by taking a final exam or test. Your driving instructor monitors and assesses your performance as you go through and complete the six modules.
Each Pass Plus Course must consist of at least six hours training. During the course your driving instructor will record your progress on a training report form. When the instructor is satisfied you have been successful you will be issued with a Certificate.