Brighton Council Secure Funding For Course – Ridgeway – CPC London
Brighton Council have secured funding from the government to run Driver CPC courses (DCPC) at an affordable rate. This is great news for us at Ridgeway Training as we have been pushing for this for sometime now due to the importance of the course. We would like to thank Brighton council and we will be pushing all of our non FORS clients to register.
While the modern stereotype for cyclists seems to lean towards a law-breaking, lycra-wearing, obnoxious man or women. The reality is that all different types of people cycle for different reasons and the reality of possibly being involved in an accident is a constant fear for most cyclists. The fact is we’ll never really know what it’s like unless we become one.
In the same way as they will never really know what it’s like to be a LGV driver unless they got behind the wheel of one. therefore they’ll never truly understand why we position our vehicles the way we do.
For those of you who were complaining about the cost of the Driver CPC (DCPC) renewal, we have goof news. Brighton & Hove City Council have secured funding from the government to run DCPC courses waging are aimed at empowering professional drivers with valuable experience.
The course is to be run by Cycle Confident, with the course aiming to highlight the ways you can improve your driving and understand the behaviour of cyclists. The cost of the course is just £8.75 and that is just the DCPC upload fee. The course is open to all drivers are could be active within the region, and does not require ‘residency’ status.
With both PCV and LGV drivers attending, the morning started with highlighting the issues that drivers and cyclists possibly face everyday, this was supported with recent videos covering high-profile situations in the capital.
After the theory session was completed, we moved onto the practical session (which is optional if you feel like you can’t take part). Provided with a brand new set of two wheels, and professional coaching which would check that participants knew the basics of cycling, such as, looking over their shoulder, indicating and performing an emergency stop.
After the few basic bike checks, we set off in some rather fashionable hi-viz jackets and ride around the city of Brighton, with three short demonstration rides, exposing us to different situations.
It became apparent quite quickly that cycle lanes are not always in helpful places, as well as most motorists don’t have much patience. In one case, a narrow lane put cyclists in danger of having a car door opened on them, which would have knocked them off into the traffic, or cause them to serve into the traffic.
Luckily, this didn’t happen but the danger was clear and it became much easier to understand why cyclist don’t always cycle in the designated cycle lanes, or position themselves where we would expect.
Experiencing what problems cyclists can encounter first-hand was a powerful experience and being able to understand what a cyclist might do next was definitely useful information.
Ridgeway Training – CPC London
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