Charlton Traffic Safety Education Centre
2016 - New car from the Charlton Community Bank
Information:
- The track is 1 km, 700m sealed and the rest gravel. It features operating traffic lights, pedestrian crossing, hill crest, roundabout and parking bays.
- 4 vehicles are used for the program, 2 are manual sedans and 2 are automatic.
The complex offers a variety of programs:
•1 day short course
•2 day program
•3 or 4 day program
•Night driving programs are part of the course if desired.
- The core program is targeted at Year 10 students, most who are pre learner drivers (L’s)
- The other main program caters for VCAL students, most who have their L’s.
From 2002 through to 2014 between 700 to 1000 students each year undertook pre-driver training at Charlton.
In-car skills:
- Depending on the length of the program the following skills can be covered:
- Cabin Drill, moving off, Steering, Braking
- Road position, Left and right turn, gear change, observation
- U Turn, Reversing
- Convoy Drive, Gear Change, Roundabout
- Angle park and hill start
- Overtaking, cornering lines, gear change
- Parallel park and 3 point turn
- Night Driving and negotiating traffic lights
- For programs of 2 or more days a practical test can be included
2016 - Students from Cluster at the Driver of the Year competition at METEC in Melbourne
Theory sessions
There is now a big emphasis on attitudes to driving in the theory component.
Depending on the length of the program the following theory can be covered:
- Road toll statistics
- Steering and system of car control
- Traffic rules and regulations and signs
- Lane positioning, U turns and 3 point turns
- Observation and planning, highway and freeway driving
- Overtaking and cornering
- Alcohol and drugs
- Night driving
- For programs of 2 or more days a theory test ( similar to the L’s theory test ) can be included.
2016 - New TV from Skeeta Grimshaw motorcycle Club
Other Programs Offered By CHARTSEC
- Driving programs for adult migrants new to the country.
- Individual driving programs through Employment agencies.
- L2P - provision of professional lessons and housing of the L2P car at CHARTSEC.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6xJUoxPVNQ
Download: Driver Ed Brochure for 2017
Download: Prices for 2017
Contact Details:
Manager: Mr John Harley
Phone: 03 5491 1593
Mobile: 0418 529 718
Fax: 03 5491 1589
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