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Bill Plant School of Motoring: Safety Above All Else!
Bill Plant Ltd
The Bill Plant School of Motoring has pledged its continued commitment to road safety, despite concern that financial pressures could lead to a rise in risks on the road.
There were 1,857 people killed in road accidents last year – 16 per cent fewer than in 2009 and the lowest since records began in 1992, according to provisional government figures released yesterday.
Some analysts fear government spending cuts could reduce the number of accident reduction initiatives implemented by local authorities and other public bodies, and figures could rise.
However, Bill Plant – the country’s third largest driving school – has vowed to maintain all current initiatives developed to train drivers to the highest possible standards, both before and after their test.
The company has already discontinued the enrolment of PDI’s (provisional driving instructors) and has confirmed that by winter 2011, all of its PDI’s will be expected to have passed exams to become fully-fledged approved driving instructors (ADIs), offering pupils the best possible training.
In addition, the company has also promised:
• ADIs are offered continuing professional development (CPD) free of charge, to ensure the quality of instruction they offer remains of the highest possible standard.
• Bill Plant – which trains a vast proportion of its own instructors and then offers each the opportunity to pass their knowledge down to learner drivers – will continue to equip ADIs with a handbook for each student, allowing them to keep a written reference of each one’s individual progress, ensuring they’re only put forward for tests when they’re ready.
• The company’s fleet of Hyundai i30s – and, more recently, iX35s – are maintained to the highest level, covered by a manufacturers’ warranty, and are serviced every 20,000 miles.
• Bill Plant will continue to offer training for all drivers in techniques used in poor weather such as snow, ice and fog. The sister-company, Corporate Driving Management Ltd works with the corporate sector, offering coaching to company vehicle drivers, enhancing road safety awareness and reducing company insurance premiums.
• The company will continue to seek ways of working with council road safety teams to deliver road safety seminars to schools and youth groups, using the company’s own Billy Bee literature and merchandise.
• The company remains committed to its road safety road show, touring towns and cities around the UK to promote the Bill Plant road safety initiatives. Upcoming venues for 2011 include Cornhill, Lincoln on the 9th August, Bolton on the 11th August, Great Yarmouth on the 13th August, and Kidderminster Market on the 18th August.
“Obviously, we can’t maintain the good work alone – it has to be a partnership with other agencies,” said Bill Plant spokesman, ‘Robert Pallister’ “We hope that with our high-quality training, and by offering a helping hand to cash-strapped local authorities, we can do our bit to make the UK’s roads that bit safer”.
More information about driver training and road safety initiatives offered by the Bill Plant School of Motoring can be found online at the Bill Plant website or by calling our FREEPHONE number 0330 555 2254.
Article submitted Thursday, August 11, 2011 & read 11 times.
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