AAMI Skilled Drivers 1 Day Course

[ICUBYE]

Hi all,

I just got off the phone with AAMI about their Skilled Drivers Course.

If you are under 25 and have comp insurance with AAMI or your parents or grand parents do its FREE to do the course otherwise its $165.

Im 25 so i got told its a no go for me even tho i have comp insurance through AAMI and so do both of my parents and grandparents.

SO call up and get booked in, you just need a licence and your own car.

I missed out on it but im sure alot of others can get in and learn some more driving skills and plus they get to throw their cars around a bit and learn how to control them....

Hope this help

[smokey_dj]

yeah my mate did this out in hoppers werribee about 4 months back but he was on the just cars side of the fence from aami who own just cars anyway he loved it and it was well worth it

[mattman]

It's not a bad day. Also not to mention if you are insured with AAMI they give you 10% of your premium back (under 25 only) which can be a fair bit for younguns...

[daron]

wouldnt it be nice if gov and insurance companys would do this for everyone young and old for free to cut the carnage down
once again its all about the money

[ICUBYE]

Im spewin because i didn't know about this years ago, if i did then i may have been able to control my car spinning in the wet and hitting a tree costing me over $8,000, maybe i still would have hit it, but maybe not as much damage.

I told them i was willing to pay to do the course because i would love it, but they said no only under 25's...

[calais_304]

your 25, more then likely you don't need it because of 'experience' anyway the people i know who have done it have all had accidents some more then others...personally i wouldn't waste my money.
remember im just sharing what i know.

[pandaman]

I've heard the AAMI one can be pretty dodgy. I reckon if you're going to do a course like that, a proper defensive driving course would be a better idea, they can be expensive but you definitely get more out of it from what I've heard.

[Charg'd]

yeah my mate did this out in hoppers werribee about 4 months back but he was on the just cars side of the fence from aami who own just cars anyway he loved it and it was well worth it

just cars dont do driving courses

[padrickz88]

i so badly want to do one of these, im up for anything that will help me control my car better =]..... but i was just wondering. my parents are under pensioners insurance... and aami own them, so will i be able to get it for nothing still or not?

[minux]

your 25, more then likely you don't need it because of 'experience' anyway the people i know who have done it have all had accidents some more then others...personally i wouldn't waste my money.
remember im just sharing what i know.

To a point this is true, the AAMI course is very basic, however, i suggest EVERYONE at least do an advanced drivers course, so much can be learnt from doing it.

[Patrio7]

i took a one day defensive driving thing over here when i got my car ( came with a voucher for it )

was a good experience but to be honest i found an interesting tibit, according to some study in the US people who complete the course do get more confident in their cars and skills and consequently drive more dangerously. but again thats the americans, if anything i drive more sedately knowing that my car doesnt stop on a dime let alone within 10M.

threshold braking is the one skill i got the most out of it but i still prefer not to use it. the other lessons were fun to do and i got to push my car on a slalom, that was lots of fun.

i wouldnt mind doing a skidpan day to get a better feel for wet driving though that or the other driving course that puts one into a "trolly wheel jacked" camry for some lessons in understeer oversteer and general car control

[padrickz88]

WOW! sounds like heaps of fun, and good for me to do. can any body at all help me out and give me some sites with details? im in vic and really want to do this sort of stuff, better 2 be safe then sorri tru?

[Patrio7]

WOW! sounds like heaps of fun, and good for me to do. can any body at all help me out and give me some sites with details? im in vic and really want to do this sort of stuff, better 2 be safe then sorri tru?

hence why im the ass hole in the "daddy's old holden" doing 10 under on a quiet day :P

http://www.australianexplorer.com/ex...bCategoryID=81
try that?


I did this:

EXPERIENCE NAME:
DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE (ADT613)
LOCATION:
Western Australia, Australia
DESCRIPTION:

Try a 1 day Defensive Driving Program suited to drivers of all ages and excellent for P Platers. Using your own vehicle (regular passenger sedans, four wheel drives or light commercial vehicles), this program will give you vital knowledge and skills that could save your life. And it's a lot of fun! ... more experience information

[padrickz88]

thanks heaps mate, yeah did you know its illegal to do more then 10kmunder the limit for no reason :| thats what i was told by my driving instructor before i went for my p's.... but i passed so im happy and now looking at ways to improve my driving, i personally think im a pretty good driver but i guess every1 who has a crash thinks there good tru? haha anyways thank heaps im going to look at the site now

[Sabbath']

I've done the course, twice.

Once was a competiotion in the local paper, and the second time was using the free one you get with parents insurance policy.

I wasnt argueing, found it to be a good day.

Didnt do too badly for having the only non power-steering and non 1990 -> car there. Almost broke my drivers window doing one of the manouvers due to the amount of turn the wheel needed and my elbow smacking into the window.


Also got in trouble for half sliding it around the "contiinuous corner" that they have set up.

Have had to use the skills once to my knowledge when a prick in a 4WD decided to reverse out onto the road from her driveway with no warning or caution.

Well worth the effort to get out to Laverton early

[Marco-EFIVL]

AHG are really good apparently, a mate of mine and his sis did it this year, and he said it was tops. You don't even need to take a car, they just used a VZ commie and they did the wheel-jackup thing and everything... Sounded cool, and since I'm guilty of doing my axle in on my VL, I said to my old man I'd like to do teh course... You never know I suppose....

[Patrio7]

it is a goo learning experience my only real reget is i didnt hit on the chicks there to see if any were single, all platers all easy on the eyes ^_^

but some guy in a wrx ( sti, 05 model complete with the most slick street legasl tires you can get ) just hammered the slalom, i knew they were fast but that fast? scary. admitably the guy had previously completed an advanced handling course so he knew his exact limit was great to watch, i was just having a ball, poor chicks were a little too scared even one in a stocker R33 GTS would hate for her to ride my ass in a busy street.

as for the 10 under thing, it is a little exageration, i normally hover around the limit but yeah, it could be seen as an obstruction to traffic. i still drive pretty sedatly as far as im concerned. but i hate it how everyone is always leaning forward in the passenger seat whilst im braking ( leaning with G-forces, what little there are, not leaning to look ) cant people stick themselves to the seat properly. sigh.


-edit-

come to think of this this would be a good thing for a cruise i think

http://www.australianexplorer.com/ex...hp?prodid=2404