Adrian Hide Consultancy is proud to collaborate with MAKO Training to deliver high-quality online driver training through the Safer Driving Academy.
Together, we are offering engaging and accessible courses for people who drive cars, vans, electric vehicles and minibuses. Each course is designed to strengthen knowledge, improve confidence and encourage safer, more responsible driving within the workplace.
Flexible online learning allows drivers to complete their training wherever and whenever it suits them, while giving employers a consistent and effective way to support their duty of care obligations. This partnership brings together specialist expertise and practical learning that help to protect organisations and their drivers.
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Safer Car DrivingSafer Van DrivingSafer Electric Vehicle DrivingSafer Minibus DrivingSafer Driving QuizIntro to Workplace Road Safety
What the course covers
- Essential vehicle safety checks
- Why driving for work is a high-risk activity
- Where collisions commonly occur
- The principal factors contributing to collisions
- Driver distraction, including mobile-phone use
- The effects of alcohol, drugs and other forms of impairment
- A safe and systematic method of vehicle control
- Recognising, assessing and responding to hazards
- Effective speed management
- Road signs and markings
- Defensive-driving techniques
- Hazard awareness, anticipation and forward planning
- Safe, smooth and fuel-efficient driving practices
Key features
Delivery method
e-Learning
Course structure
Modular (15 modules + Test)
Duration
Approximately 90 minutes
Delivery via
Computer, Tablet or Smart Phone
Certificate
Completion certificate issued at end of course
Benefits for drivers
The course helps drivers become less reactive and more proactive behind the wheel by improving awareness and anticipation, recognition of hazards and speed management By developing a systematic approach to their driving, drivers are less likely to make poor decisions that can lead to collisions.
A smoother driving style can also reduce fuel consumption and unnecessary vehicle wear, making every journey safer and more efficient.
Benefits for employers
The safer car driving course provides a consistent and cost-effective way to deliver driver training throughout your organisation. It can support your duty-of-care arrangements, demonstrate investment in employee safety and reinforce your workplace driver-safety practices.
Better-informed drivers can help reduce collisions, vehicle damage, fuel consumption, maintenance costs and operational disruption, protecting your employees, vehicles, reputation and bottom line.
What the course covers
- Van driving laws and driver responsibilities
- The difference between vans and car-derived vans
- Essential vehicle safety checks
- Vehicle weights, VIN plates and safe loading
- Van-specific speed limits and effective speed management
- Personal safety, deliveries, breakdowns and safer reversing
- Hazard awareness and the COAST defensive-driving system
- Safe, smooth and fuel-efficient driving techniques
- Practical driving demonstrations on urban, rural and high-speed roads
- An end-of-course knowledge test and personalised certificate
Key features
Delivery method
e-Learning
Course structure
Modular (14 modules + Test)
Duration
Approximately 90 minutes
Delivery via
Computer, Tablet or Smart Phone
Certificate
Completion certificate issued at end of course
Benefits for employers
The course provides a convenient and consistent way to train van drivers across your organisation. It can support your duty-of-care arrangements, demonstrate investment in employee safety and help reduce the risk of collisions, vehicle damage, avoidable fuel use and costly disruption.
Benefits for drivers
Drivers gain a clearer understanding of the responsibilities and risks associated with driving a van. The course helps them develop greater confidence, recognise hazards earlier, make safer decisions and adopt smoother, more fuel-efficient driving habits.
What the course covers
- Developing the mindset of a safe and efficient EV driver
- The essential features and controls of an electric vehicle
- Understanding EV performance and driving characteristics
- Charging methods, infrastructure and practical charging advice
- Maximising range without compromising safety
- Important EV safety considerations
- Pre-drive safety checks
- Defensive-driving techniques specifically suited to EVs
- Protecting pedestrians and other vulnerable road users
- Practical tips for looking after an electric vehicle
- Common EV myths and misconceptions
Key features
Delivery method
e-Learning
Course structure
Modular (9 modules + quiz)
Duration
Approximately 75 minutes
Delivery via
Computer, Tablet or Smart Phone
Certificate
Completion certificate issued at end of course
Benefits for drivers
The course helps drivers understand how an EV differs from a conventional petrol or diesel vehicle. Participants can build confidence in using the vehicle’s technology, managing its performance and planning journeys around charging and range.
By adopting a smoother and more considered driving style, drivers can conserve energy, maximise available range and make safer decisions for themselves and other road users.
Benefits for employers
Introducing electric vehicles into a business fleet involves more than simply handing over the keys. Drivers need suitable information and training so they can operate the vehicle safely, efficiently and with confidence, health and safety law requires this as a duty of care obligation.
This course provides a consistent and cost-effective way to familiarise employees with electric vehicles. It can support workplace driver-safety arrangements, encourage efficient vehicle use and help organisations achieve a smoother transition to an electric fleet.
What the course covers
- The responsibilities of a volunteer minibus driver
- Driving-licence requirements and entitlement
- Section 19 and Section 22 permit arrangements
- The organisation’s duty of care
- Insurance and vehicle documentation
- Fitness to drive, medication, alcohol and fatigue
- Essential pre-drive vehicle safety checks
- Passenger safety and the correct use of seat belts
- Safe boarding and leaving the vehicle
- Vehicle size, height, weight and handling differences
- Mirrors, blind spots and effective observation
- Speed limits that apply to minibuses
- Safer reversing and manoeuvring
- Journey planning, breaks and emergency procedures
- Defect, collision and incident reporting
Key features
Delivery method
e-Learning
Course structure
Modular (20 modules + section knowledge quizzes)
Duration
Approximately 120 minutes
Delivery via
Computer, Tablet or Smart Phone
Certificate
Completion certificate issued at end of course
Benefits for organisations
Providing minibus training demonstrates that passenger safety is being taken seriously. The course can support an organisation’s duty-of-care arrangements and help ensure that drivers receive clear and consistent information before being authorised to use a minibus.
Better-informed drivers can help reduce collisions, vehicle damage, passenger injuries and operational disruption. Training also provides useful evidence that the organisation has taken proactive steps to communicate safe working practices.
Benefits for drivers
The course helps volunteer and occasional drivers understand the legal, practical and safety responsibilities associated with driving a minibus. It explains how the vehicle differs from a car and highlights the additional care needed when driving a minibus while carrying passengers.
Topics explored in the quiz
- Driver responsibilities when driving for work
- Vehicle safety checks and defect reporting
- Speed limits and effective speed management
- Hazard awareness and defensive driving
- Mobile phones and other distractions
- Alcohol, drugs and medication
- Fatigue, stress and fitness to drive
- Safe following distances and stopping distances
- Journey planning and adverse driving conditions
- Road signs, markings and Highway Code knowledge
- Collision and incident procedures
- Safe and fuel-efficient driving choices
Key features
Delivery method
e-Learning
Course structure
35 quiz-based questions with instant feedback
Duration
Approximately 30 minutes
Delivery via
Computer, Tablet or Smart Phone
Certificate
Completion certificate issued at end of course
Benefits for drivers
The quiz gives drivers an opportunity to recheck their understanding without the pressure of a formal driving assessment. It can challenge assumptions, refresh knowledge and highlight subjects that may have been forgotten since taking their last course.
By thinking through realistic road-safety questions, drivers can become more aware of their responsibilities and better prepared to make safe decisions during work journeys.
Benefits for employers
The Driver Safety Quiz offers a practical way to engage employees with workplace road safety. It can help organisations identify general knowledge gaps, reinforce company safety messages and encourage conversations about safer driving.
What the course covers
- Understanding why driving for work must be managed as a workplace risk
- The employer’s duty of care and the driver’s responsibilities
- Company driver-safety policies and procedures
- Driving licence, insurance and vehicle-authorisation requirements
- DVLA medical fitness to drive
- Mobile phones, distractions and safe driver behaviour
- Vehicle safety checks and defect reporting
- Safe journey planning and effective time management
- Using company, hire and privately owned vehicles for work
- Collision, incident and near-miss reporting
- The importance of complying with company rules and the Highway Code
Key features
Delivery method
e-Learning
Course structure
Modular (16 modules + end of course test)
Duration
Approximately 30 minutes
Delivery via
Computer, Tablet or Smart Phone
Certificate
Completion certificate issued at end of course
Benefits for employees
The course helps employees understand that driving for work is part of their job, not simply an extension of private motoring. It gives them greater clarity about their responsibilities, the standards expected of them and what to do when concerns, defects or incidents arise.
This knowledge can help drivers make safer decisions, feel better supported and understand how company procedures are intended to protect them.
Benefits for employers
The course ensures that important driver-safety information is communicated clearly and consistently. It helps prevent employees from relying on assumptions or informal instructions and provides a stronger foundation for managing work-related road risk.
The course can support duty-of-care arrangements, reinforce company policy and provide evidence that employees have been informed about their responsibilities. It can also contribute to fewer collisions, reduced vehicle damage, lower operating costs and a more positive workplace safety culture.