Speed awareness course - cheapest

MadDogNate

I 'had reason' (ahem) to book a speed awareness recently. Not surprisingly, they are all now being delivered online. However, there's a big difference in price between the cheapest and the most expensive - £20 difference. Since they are all online - it doesn't matter the 'location' of the one that you book, so really there's no need to pay any more than you have to.  Since the website doesn't make it all easy for you to compare prices between course providers, I I put the information online and made it seachable - http://cheapestspeedawareness.ml

Hope that it helps someone out!

sweetsand

MadDogNate said:

I 'had reason' (ahem) to book a speed awareness recently. Not surprisingly, they are all now being delivered online. However, there's a big difference in price between the cheapest and the most expensive - £20 difference. Since they are all online - it doesn't matter the 'location' of the one that you book, so really there's no need to pay any more than you have to.  Since the website doesn't make it all easy for you to compare prices between course providers, I I put the information online and made it seachable - http://cheapestspeedawareness.ml

Hope that it helps someone out!

Dear OP
If I may ask and you are at you liberty to ignore. What police force handed you the course and what spped where you doing in what speed zone  and were conditons good, ie weather, not raining not a lot of people around and is this your first encounter with accidentally speeding and been pulled up etc.  Just want an idea please as around london we also have many 20mph zones and so easy to creep slightly over that especially when a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers.

onlyfoolsandparking

Do people have a choice which SAC they do? genuine question having never done one and if the answer is yes then I suppose the cheapest one available is the optimal choice.

Car_54

sweetsand said:

MadDogNate said:

I 'had reason' (ahem) to book a speed awareness recently. Not surprisingly, they are all now being delivered online. However, there's a big difference in price between the cheapest and the most expensive - £20 difference. Since they are all online - it doesn't matter the 'location' of the one that you book, so really there's no need to pay any more than you have to.  Since the website doesn't make it all easy for you to compare prices between course providers, I I put the information online and made it seachable - http://cheapestspeedawareness.ml

Hope that it helps someone out!

Dear OP
If I may ask and you are at you liberty to ignore. What police force handed you the course and what spped where you doing in what speed zone  and were conditons good, ie weather, not raining not a lot of people around and is this your first encounter with accidentally speeding and been pulled up etc.  Just want an idea please as around london we also have many 20mph zones and so easy to creep slightly over that especially when a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers.

The criteria for offering a course are widely publicised, and have nothing to do with weather, road conditions, "a lot of people around", or previous offences.

They are (1) speed not exceeding 110% of the limit plus 9 mph, and (2) not having attended the same course in the preceeding three years.

The only force in England or Wales which does not subscribe to the national scheme is Dorset.

Also, as an "advanced driver"  I am sure you are aware that the correct response to "a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers" is to slow down, not speed up.

MalMonroe

It should give some indication on the letter you must have received. I had to do one of these six years ago and the price was £85 then and I had no choice of venue. But it was either that, or a smaller fine and six points on my licence for four years. No brainer!

If you are uncertain, you can always phone the number on the letter - there must be some info on there. 

It's different now with coronavirus I know but you don't want to end up doing one via the wrong venue, you may end up having to pay twice if you do it wrong. Cheapest isn't always best, or right.

sweetsand

Car_54 said:

sweetsand said:

MadDogNate said:

I 'had reason' (ahem) to book a speed awareness recently. Not surprisingly, they are all now being delivered online. However, there's a big difference in price between the cheapest and the most expensive - £20 difference. Since they are all online - it doesn't matter the 'location' of the one that you book, so really there's no need to pay any more than you have to.  Since the website doesn't make it all easy for you to compare prices between course providers, I I put the information online and made it seachable - http://cheapestspeedawareness.ml

Hope that it helps someone out!

Dear OP
If I may ask and you are at you liberty to ignore. What police force handed you the course and what spped where you doing in what speed zone  and were conditons good, ie weather, not raining not a lot of people around and is this your first encounter with accidentally speeding and been pulled up etc.  Just want an idea please as around london we also have many 20mph zones and so easy to creep slightly over that especially when a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers.

The only force in England or Wales which does not subscribe to the national scheme is Dorset.

Also, as an "advanced driver"  I am sure you are aware that the correct response to "a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers" is to slow down, not speed up.

@Car54
Yes I have taken an advnaced drivers course years ago so direct me to the law that stated that they told me about a speed awareness. Also direct me to waht was being taught during 1998 on the advanced drivers course in 1998 when I took the course??
With my ability for good driving I have never been done for speeding so am not aware what the criteria etc is and that is not a crime.
to ask a question on MSE forums is just that and those that reply have the freedom to do so or ignore, you chose to reply but then made false assumptions about me being aware due to my "advanced" drivers status.

Please advise what I have forgotten from my advanced drivers course in 1998?
Many thanks

MalMonroe

sweetsand said:

MadDogNate said:

I 'had reason' (ahem) to book a speed awareness recently. Not surprisingly, they are all now being delivered online. However, there's a big difference in price between the cheapest and the most expensive - £20 difference. Since they are all online - it doesn't matter the 'location' of the one that you book, so really there's no need to pay any more than you have to.  Since the website doesn't make it all easy for you to compare prices between course providers, I I put the information online and made it seachable - http://cheapestspeedawareness.ml

Hope that it helps someone out!

Dear OP
If I may ask and you are at you liberty to ignore. What police force handed you the course and what spped where you doing in what speed zone  and were conditons good, ie weather, not raining not a lot of people around and is this your first encounter with accidentally speeding and been pulled up etc.  Just want an idea please as around london we also have many 20mph zones and so easy to creep slightly over that especially when a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers.

All those things you mention don't really matter. If you are caught speeding, you are caught speeding. There is a margin of error though. There's a lot of info here : https://blog.passmefast.co.uk/driving-law/speed-awareness-courses/

You can refuse to do a course but then you'll have points on your licence and still have to pay a fine anyway. 

I did a course and although I felt embarrassed and didn't want to go, I have to admit that it did make me think a lot more when driving. Afterwards, I did feel that it was well worth the money, although I felt I had no option!

The only thing to do to avoid a speeding ticket and/or fine is to not speed and always observe speed limits. (Something I didn't always do in the past.) I haven't had any more speeding tickets since I did the course 6 years ago.

sweetsand

MalMonroe said:

sweetsand said:

MadDogNate said:

I 'had reason' (ahem) to book a speed awareness recently. Not surprisingly, they are all now being delivered online. However, there's a big difference in price between the cheapest and the most expensive - £20 difference. Since they are all online - it doesn't matter the 'location' of the one that you book, so really there's no need to pay any more than you have to.  Since the website doesn't make it all easy for you to compare prices between course providers, I I put the information online and made it seachable - http://cheapestspeedawareness.ml

Hope that it helps someone out!

Dear OP
If I may ask and you are at you liberty to ignore. What police force handed you the course and what spped where you doing in what speed zone  and were conditons good, ie weather, not raining not a lot of people around and is this your first encounter with accidentally speeding and been pulled up etc.  Just want an idea please as around london we also have many 20mph zones and so easy to creep slightly over that especially when a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers.

All those things you mention don't really matter. If you are caught speeding, you are caught speeding. There is a margin of error though. There's a lot of info here : https://blog.passmefast.co.uk/driving-law/speed-awareness-courses/

You can refuse to do a course but then you'll have points on your licence and still have to pay a fine anyway. 

I did a course and although I felt embarrassed and didn't want to go, I have to admit that it did make me think a lot more when driving. Afterwards, I did feel that it was well worth the money, although I felt I had no option!

The only thing to do to avoid a speeding ticket and/or fine is to not speed and always observe speed limits. (Something I didn't always do in the past.) I haven't had any more speeding tickets since I did the course 6 years ago.

Thank you for you open and honest post.
A work mate went on one about 7/10 years ago never told me until he had been and said  "..... it was an eye opener about the difference of travelling at 30 and 35mph and knocking someone over... eye opener."  
Slightly different, but my OH watches a lot of car crashes on youtube acreened to the main tv - SUV's rolling over after slight impact, people driving into you/etc.   
Though I've not been it is a remider to all of us to obey the speed limit and it is a limit and not madatory to travel at that top speed unless otherwise stated where you can have min speed limit as well, drive to conditions prevailing and watch out for the unexpected.

Night time driving on motorways with no lights on the m-way - something could be lying in the road and a friend of ours had a big crash years ago having hit a woddent pallet in the middle of a m-way at night.

Thanks again for the open and honest post.

MadDogNate

onlyfoolsandparking said:

Do people have a choice which SAC they do? genuine question having never done one and if the answer is yes then I suppose the cheapest one available is the optimal choice.

Thanks for the question - I didn't know the answer to this either. Since they are all delivered online, it doesn't matter. In other words, you don't have to book a course with a provider 'local' to you. The original site is set up to sort by distance to you since that made most sense when they were delivered face-to-face, - but since the courses are all now online, the physical distance of course doesn't matter. For example, I booked my course for the Hartlepool provider since they turned out to be the cheapest - however, I'm nowhere near Hartlepool.

onlyfoolsandparking

MadDogNate said:

onlyfoolsandparking said:

Do people have a choice which SAC they do? genuine question having never done one and if the answer is yes then I suppose the cheapest one available is the optimal choice.

Thanks for the question - I didn't know the answer to this either. Since they are all delivered online, it doesn't matter. In other words, you don't have to book a course with a provider 'local' to you. The original site is set up to sort by distance to you since that made most sense when they were delivered face-to-face, - but since the courses are all now online, the physical distance of course doesn't matter. For example, I booked my course for the Hartlepool provider since they turned out to be the cheapest - however, I'm nowhere near Hartlepool.

Good to know and as long as you learn from it and of course pass it you can hopefully avoid any speeding issues in the future

Scottishgal87

sweetsand said:

Car_54 said:

sweetsand said:

MadDogNate said:

I 'had reason' (ahem) to book a speed awareness recently. Not surprisingly, they are all now being delivered online. However, there's a big difference in price between the cheapest and the most expensive - £20 difference. Since they are all online - it doesn't matter the 'location' of the one that you book, so really there's no need to pay any more than you have to.  Since the website doesn't make it all easy for you to compare prices between course providers, I I put the information online and made it seachable - http://cheapestspeedawareness.ml

Hope that it helps someone out!

Dear OP
If I may ask and you are at you liberty to ignore. What police force handed you the course and what spped where you doing in what speed zone  and were conditons good, ie weather, not raining not a lot of people around and is this your first encounter with accidentally speeding and been pulled up etc.  Just want an idea please as around london we also have many 20mph zones and so easy to creep slightly over that especially when a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers.

The only force in England or Wales which does not subscribe to the national scheme is Dorset.

Also, as an "advanced driver"  I am sure you are aware that the correct response to "a van is driving right up ones rear bumpers" is to slow down, not speed up.

@Car54
Yes I have taken an advnaced drivers course years ago so direct me to the law that stated that they told me about a speed awareness. Also direct me to waht was being taught during 1998 on the advanced drivers course in 1998 when I took the course??
With my ability for good driving I have never been done for speeding so am not aware what the criteria etc is and that is not a crime.
to ask a question on MSE forums is just that and those that reply have the freedom to do so or ignore, you chose to reply but then made false assumptions about me being aware due to my "advanced" drivers status.

Please advise what I have forgotten from my advanced drivers course in 1998?
Many thanks

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