Speed awareness course - cheapest

MadDogNate

MalMonroe said:

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.

The letter makes it clear that you just have to book the course by a given date. There's no requirement on attending a course delivered by a particular provider or at a specific location. Since the course is virtual and the content is somewhat 'fixed', I think it makes sense to prioritize on price. Unless you'd prefer to pay more for one with more of an artisanal quality to it  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

MadDogNate

onlyfoolsandparking said:

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

Agreed - I'm not one to glorify speeding or complain about limits or minimize the potential harm. I was speeding - I shouldn't have been - fair cop. I was just surprised that there was such a difference in price for what I assumed would have been a standard cost.

AdrianC

MadDogNate said:
Unless you'd prefer to pay more for one with more of an artisanal quality to it  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Herbal tea and home-baked biscuits?

MadDogNate

AdrianC said:

MadDogNate said:
Unless you'd prefer to pay more for one with more of an artisanal quality to it  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

Herbal tea and home-baked biscuits?

Precisely ;-)

Hermione_Granger

sweetsand said:

@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??

Car54 didn't state that the advanced driver's course taught you about speed awareness courses.
What he seemed surprised about was that the fact that an advanced driver would speed up (which is the incorrect thing to do) when being followed too closely by another vehicle.

Car_54 said:

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.

waamo

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

You clearly haven't done an advanced drivers course. If you had you would know it's based on Roadcraft and you would know what the initials IPSGA stood for, which incidentally, was taught in the 1990's and is still taught today.

onlyfoolsandparking

Did anyone really believe they had done one, me thinks not, of course they will be back after they have googled IPSGA to refute what posters say on here but that will be expected by everyone and so no doubt it will go on..........and on...........and on..........and on..................

waamo

Scottishgal87 said:

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

Please take a course in using spell check and grammar.

Their spelling and grammar is better than their comprehension of English. They also appear to be a complete stranger to telling the truth.

Mercdriver

waamo said:

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

You clearly haven't done an advanced drivers course. If you had you would know it's based on Roadcraft and you would know what the initials IPSGA stood for, which incidentally, was taught in the 1990's and is still taught today.

What's that teeny bopper group called?  Ah yes, BUSTED...

williamgriffin

waamo said:

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

You clearly haven't done an advanced drivers course. If you had you would know it's based on Roadcraft and you would know what the initials IPSGA stood for, which incidentally, was taught in the 1990's and is still taught today.

I did a course in 94 and don't remember that.