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Essential Driver Training(EDT)

The purpose of EDT is to save lives. Getting a driving licence is a privilege, not a right. As a learner driver, inexperience exposes you to more significant risks when using the roads. Maximising your road safety knowledge and behaviours helps you to develop the skills and confidence needed to share the road safely with others. You will build a strong foundation to become a better and safer driver by completing EDT. 

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EDT for learner drivers is a 12-hour course delivered in 12 one-hour sessions.It is recommended that you allow two weeks between each session so that you can take further driving instruction, practise your new-found skills and do the required road safety reading. It’s best to spread your EDT course over a six-month period.

12 EDT Driving lesson

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  • EDT Lesson 1: Car controls and safety checks

  • EDT Lesson 2: Correct positioning

  • EDT Lesson 3: Changing Direction

  • EDT Lesson 4: Progression Management

  • EDT Lesson 5: Correct positioning (more complex situations)

  • EDT Lesson 6: anticipation and reaction

  • EDT Lesson 7: Sharing the road

  • EDT Lesson 8: Driving safely through traffic

  • EDT Lesson 9: Changing Direction (More complex situations)

  • EDT Lesson 10: Speed management

  • EDT Lesson 11: Driving calmly

  • EDT Lesson 12: Night Driving

6 Reduced EDT lessons

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Lesson 1 Car control and safety checks
Lesson 5 Correct positioning 2 ( More complex situations)
Lesson 6 Anticipation and Reaction
Lesson 7 Sharing the road
Lesson 9 Changing direction 2 (more complex situations)
Lesson10 Speed management

Log into your EDT portal to make sure your driving instructor has logged your lessons

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