Originally Posted by
Roughstuff
When they take the advanced driver course, do they get some kind of certificate? Do they get reductions on their car insurance premiums, etc? It would be nice if this were the case; similar to the motorcycle safety courses in many states.
By 'vehicular accident rates' do ya mean all accidents or accidents that involved only bikes?
Overall an encouraging and useful post.
roughstuff
We always took pains to get a certificate to the students. Many auto insurance companies do give premium reductions for driver safety training, such as Smith Systems. Plus, my employer is self-insured, so the accident rate reduction had a very visible effect on our bottom line.
Vehicular accident rate is just that: all vehicles, large & small, internal combustion power or human power. Of course, the rate reduction rate I cited was for company motor vehicles. But if an employee gets injured off-duty on any type of vehicle, is not his employer impacted as well? At least, that is our thoughts, which is why my employer tries to make the driver training available to all employees, their family & friends. I did a series of company-sponsored driver safety seminars to which an employee could bring anyone he wanted. One guy brought his son's high school football team. That was way cool.