Driver Awareness Training

Build better everyday driving habits with Athena Digital Academy’s Driver Awareness Training. Refresh your approach to journey preparation, hazard awareness and vehicle checks to support safer travel for work and beyond.

What you will learn

• Recognise factors that can affect your readiness to drive.
• Understand defensive driving and the importance of reading the road.
• Identify checks that help keep your vehicle ready for a journey.

Course sections

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1. Being ready for the journey ＋

Consider tiredness, alcohol, stress and distractions. Reflect on how these affect driving, even on familiar routes.

2. Anticipating what happens next ＋

Explore speed, stopping distances and communication. Learn how COAST encourages awareness of developing hazards and other road users.

3. Reading changing road conditions ＋

Refresh your awareness of signs, smart motorways and different road environments. Consider why your approach needs to change between a motorway and a country lane.

4. Keeping your vehicle ready ＋

Review pre-journey vehicle checks, particularly before longer trips, to support more reliable travel.

Putting your learning into practice

This awareness course supports your existing driving skills. Always follow the Highway Code, current road signs and your employer’s driving procedures.