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| Avoiding Rear End Shunts Training | ||||||||||
| After low speed manoeuvring collisions, rear end shunts are the next most common type of incident - typically at roundabouts, when a following driver thinks that the vehicle ahead has pulled away, and in stationary traffic queues where following vehicles do not stop in time. These collisions are viewed, by the insurance industry, as being the fault of the driver who runs into the back of the vehicle in front, but there are many strategies that drivers can employ to prevent these incidents occurring, regardless of 'blame'. Even though these collisions tend to be low speed, injuries (especially whiplash) can occur, and the costs are often very high. |
Interesting Fact Automatics are statistically less likely to get hit from behind in a queue of stationary traffic - they tend to be more visible to following traffic as the brake lights are on more often due to the way they are driven |
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| Our course module focuses on what drivers can do to prevent hitting other vehicles, or being hit from behind themselves, in a number of commonly encountered situations - roundabouts, traffic lights, queuing traffic on motorways and dual-carriageways, and queues where visibility is limited, such as around bends. It also covers the driver's attitude to help remove the blame culture prevalent amongst most drivers, and starts to build an attitude of preventing collisions, regardless of fault or blame. | ||||||||||
| This training course may be appropriate if the risk assessment shows that there are a high number of rear end collisions. | ||||||||||
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