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EcoDrive - Connecting Safety, Environment and Economy

Murcotts Defensive Driving Programs incorporate EcoDriving principles and techniques. For those organisations desiring to provide wider education about the impact of vehicles on the environment for their staff a specialist in-house program is available.  The interactive workshop format includes practical exercises completed in small group settings combined with a multimedia presentation.

An important component of this program is a practical on-road driver assessment to ensure the skills of EcoDriving are demonstrated.

Program Content

  • EcoDrive Themes - relationship between Safety , Economic and Environmental factors
  • Concept of Defensive EcoDriving
  • Environmental Impact of Vehicle Use - Vehicle Use Hierarchy, emissions, pollution, noise,
  • BAAMS® Driver Profile
  • Hazard Perception - practical exercises analysing typical traffic scenarios
  • Risk Factors - inappropriate speed, fatigue, mobile phones, country driving, alcohol, driving after dark
  • Defensive Driving Skills - anticipation, scanning, looking ahead, reading traffic, collecting risk evidence, staying back to create collision avoidance space, commentary driving, vehicle safety features
  • Vehicle EcoSafety Check - tyres, loose items, loading, weight reduction, drag elimination
  • EcoDriving Techniques - smoothness, planning, acceleration sense, appropriate rpm, gear changing, using momentum
  • Reversing - most common damage causing collision, ensuring visibility, using mirrors, head turning, physical safety check, using other aids, eg vehicle reflections
  • Eco Vehicle Choice - ANCAP ratings, Greenhouse calculator
  • Action Plan - actions that the participant can take including changing driving technique, work planning to reduce vehicle use, policy and procedure modification, personal plans that may be implemented at home or during private vehicle use

For further details and to book an EcoDrive program, please contact Murcotts on 1300 555 576

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