Cost for speed awareness course

VeryMan

Hello!
I read that the cost for speed awareness course varies. How can I find the cheapest near Basildon?
thanks!

straighttalker

You don't get a choice regarding cost. You get offered the course at a fixed price and then you choose a location from a list of centres close to you.

thescouselander

It will cost you your sanity as a result of many of hours death by PowerPoint. I'd recommend just taking the points and fine.

unforeseen

straighttalker wrote: »

You don't get a choice regarding cost. You get offered the course at a fixed price and then you choose a location from a list of centres close to you.

cost does vary slightly depending on who runs it, but only by about £10-£15.

However there is normally only one course provider per force/county area so any savings may be negated by travel costs to get to a cheaper one.

glentoran99

thescouselander wrote: »

It will cost you your sanity as a result of many of hours death by PowerPoint. I'd recommend just taking the points and fine.

Its not that bad, and its not a case of sitting there and being lectured

AdrianC

VeryMan wrote: »

I read that the cost for speed awareness course varies. How can I find the cheapest near Basildon?

The courses in any given region of the country are offered by one provider.

You might be able to save a fiver by travelling to, say, Lincolnshire or Manchester or Wales.

bigadaj

thescouselander wrote: »

It will cost you your sanity as a result of many of hours death by PowerPoint. I'd recommend just taking the points and fine.

From previous posts by the OP it sounds like he will become very familiar with the speeding penalty process, taking the course will delay a ban slightly so probably worthwhile, though potentially not for the wider society.

Johno100

unforeseen wrote: »

However there is normally only one course provider per force/county area so any savings may be negated by travel costs to get to a cheaper one.

Sounds like a bit of a monopoly situation. I wonder how many of these providers are run by former coppers who served in that force area?

TadleyBaggie

There are a couple of forces (Dorset and Wiltshire IIRC) not in the national scheme, that run their own.

VeryMan

Is there a chance for something near Basildon?

AdrianC

Johno100 wrote: »

Sounds like a bit of a monopoly situation. I wonder how many of these providers are run by former coppers who served in that force area?

It's always a conspiracy theory, isn't it?