Pass Plus

Pass Plus is a course developed by the Driving Standards Agency with the help and backing of the Insurance Industry.

The course has been designed to improve your skills in areas where you may have little experience and to reduce your risk of being involved in a road accident, as well as giving you a substantial discount on your motor insurance premiums. The cost of the Pass Plus course should be more than covered by the saving you make from your first insurance premium. Savings of over £300 have been made by our pupils. Insurers supporting Pass Plus include: Churchill, Direct Line, Eagle Star, General Accident, Norwich Union and the Pearl. After passing your test you can now take this six session course leading to a certificate of competence.

Who can take part?

You can take take Pass Plus within your first year of passing the practical driving test

What's involved?

When you get your full driving licence, you can book for a course of 6 specially designed training sessions.
These cover driving

• In town
• Out of town
• in all weathers
• at night
• on dual carriageways
• on motorways

There is no further test to take. When your instructor is satisfied with your performance you receive a certificate from the Driving Standards Agency (DSA). This certificate will earn you a substantial discount on your insurance premium from one of the companies in the scheme

Why more training?

As a new driver, you are more likely to have an accident in the first than at any other time in your motoring career. Lack of experience means that you can be as much as TWO SECONDS slower than a more practised motorist

Young new drivers are especially vulnerable. They hold only 10% of licences, but they are involved in 20% of road accidents in which someone is injured.
Pass Plus gives you valuable extra experience and positive driving skills that would otherwise take a long time to acquire. You should be a safer and better driver.

How can I find out more?

Your Pass Plus instructor has a list of participating insurers & brokers. You should contact the insurers to find which is the best offer for your circumstances.

More links to Young drivers car insurance

Any driving instructor on the DSA approved register can enrol to teach Pass Plus. If your own instructor cannot help, look in the telephone directory or for adverts in your local paper.