Speed Awareness Courses

[Scarlet]

Speed Awareness Courses

Who has been on a speed awareness course?
Were they any good and what have you learned?

[Caravan Man]

If the government run it then its for profit.

[Dev]

I have heard that there are many who run these Speed Awareness courses and they are giving out the wrong information.
For starters many of them are saying that you get better fuel economy in third gear at 30 miles an hour. This is false information.
We were always taught use the correct gear for the load so if the car is not labouring get it in the highest gear possible.
I got this from two people in different parts of the UK.

[Roller]

They are a pile of crap.
Most have no idea what they are talking about and they have no idea how an engine works.
I suspect most of the staff have just been plucked off the dole.

[Charlie]

I would rather go on a speed awareness course than pay a fine or get points.