ACT offers optional training courses available for learner drivers to increase road safety skills. The courses provide credit towards the required driving hours needed to get an ACT provisional driver licence.
Description:
The ACT Safer Driver Course is a 3.5 hour course that includes a theory component of 2.5 hours in a group workshop and a 1 hour practical on road driving component. This course is designed to reduce road risk for young ACT learners transitioning to independent driving and demonstrate the responsibilities you have when you are a driver.
To be eligible for this program, you must:
The ACT Vulnerable Road User Program is a 2-hour in class course designed for ACT learners to understand the vulnerability of other road users such as motorbikes, pedestrians and cyclists. This program aims to improve their observation skills, recognition and risk management skills to avoid risk or harm to any vulnerable road users.