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Van Drivers To Learn To Drive (Better)

White van drivers have earned themselves a bit of a reputation for bad driving, but this could soon change with a new advanced driving programme launched by the Government. The £1.3m Safe and Fuel Efficient Drivers (SaFED) Scheme aims to encourage safer, cleaner and cheaper driving. The optional one day course involves a mix of classroom and on-the-road tuition and teaches the use of driving techniques such as better use of gears (avoiding over-revving and missing out unnecessary gear changes), keeping correct braking distances (not braking hard), fuel economy and better road awareness (seeing junctions in good time). The scheme will fund 200 instructors to offer training initially to 3,500 van drivers across the country.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .