Yet, finding the time and sometimes even the funds for additional training can mean training is often not available to many drivers. The managing director of MasterDrive, Eugene Herbert, explains, “Taking time off work, or even using your personal time, is often not possible for drivers. Many advanced driver training courses can also be very expensive and consequently inaccessible to many South Africans.
“As our primary objective is to create competent and confident drivers, and consequently help reduce the high fatality rates on our roads, we formulated a solution to this in the form of MasterClasses. These are intensive training sessions that will not take more than 90 minutes of a drivers’ time on Saturday mornings. It encompasses a variety of topics aimed at improving your driving skills.”
MasterClass will launch on Saturday, 24 August 2019, and will cover night driving: the challenges this creates and how to equip yourself to handle these challenges.
In the coming months, a range of topics will be covered including the Urban Survival Xperience (USX), AARTO and Vehicle 101.
“We look forward to this new initiative which makes driver training accessible to many more people. It is one thing to comment on the challenges to road safety but unless we back our words up with actions, our effect will only ever be limited,” says Herbert.
For more, call 086 110 0618 or email az.oc.evirdretsam@ofni.
