{"id":61,"date":"2026-03-11T21:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T21:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bedford-roadar.org.uk\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:09:30","slug":"advanced-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bedford-roadar.org.uk\/index.php\/advanced-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>People joining the Group who have not passed the Advanced Test are either Associate or Social Members. All Associate members of the Group are assigned to a Tutor who will give the Associate as much guidance and practical tuition as required so that they have the opportunity to pass the Advanced Test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tutors are gold standard advanced drivers\/riders who freely give up their time to assist Associate Members. Members who have already passed their test and require a refresh before their next test will be assigned a Tutor to brush up on their technique. Most training sessions last for approximately one hour and are carried out at times convenient to both the tutor and the Associate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Drivers, the tuition is usually given in the Associate\u2019s own car apart from demonstration drives given by the tutor which are usually carried out in the tutor\u2019s car.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Riders, the Tutor will accompany the Associate on their own motorcycle and will relay comments at redetermined points along the route. Any out-of-pocket expenses will be agreed before any tution is undertaken usually to cover the cost of fuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Associate is ready for the Advanced Test, a pre-test will be arranged with an Advanced Tutor. If all is well then the Associate can make an application for a RoSPA test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Advanced drivers\/riders have a quiet efficiency in their actions and this derives from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Critical and honest self-awareness and understanding of personal characteristics, attitude and behaviour, which are necessary for safe driving\/riding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taking action to keep identified risks to a minimum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Awareness of limitations and those of the vehicle and the road.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Awareness of the risks inherent in particular road and traffic situations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concentration and good observation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continuously matching the vehicle&#8217;s direction and speed to the changing conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skilful use of vehicle&#8217;s controls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bedford-roadar.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/testreport.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"65\">here<\/a>\u00a0to see an example of a test report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People joining the Group who have not passed the Advanced Test are either Associate or Social Members. All Associate members of the Group are assigned to a Tutor who will give the Associate as much guidance and practical tuition as required so that they have the opportunity to pass the Advanced Test. Tutors are gold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-61","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedford-roadar.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedford-roadar.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedford-roadar.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedford-roadar.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bedford-roadar.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bedford-roadar.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/bedford-roadar.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bedford-roadar.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}