The Cost Find Out More Social Activities Benefits Background Blackpool and Fylde Advanced Motorists Group is a Registered Charity affiliated to the Institute of Advanced Motorists and was formed in April 1988 with the aim of improving driving standards and safety on our roads. The Group is one of over 200 local Groups throughout the country offering Associate Membership, which includes an Advanced Driving Course leading to the Institute's Nationally recognised Advanced Driving Test. During the 12 weeks following this theory session, Associates are given six, two-hour driving sessions in their own cars accompanied by a Qualified Group Observer who will help them to raise their driving skills to those required to pass the Advanced Driving Test. All Group Observers have themselves passed the Advanced Driving Test and have received further training before qualifying to conduct these courses. Observers also undertake continual refresher training with the Group.
All Observers are volunteers and receive no payment.
The driving sessions are normally carried out on alternate Sunday mornings, though it is usually possible to arrange other days if an Associate Member cannot attend on a Sunday. The Blackpool and Fylde Group runs Advanced Driving courses for private car drivers and minibus drivers. We are unable to offer courses for motorcyclists but the Group Secretary will be able to put anyone interested in taking an Advanced Motorcyclist's course in touch with other local Groups. The cost of the Skill For Life Advanced Driving Course, including Associate Membership of the Blackpool and Fylde Group, all the books, the theory and six practical sessions, and the IAM Test and Membership fees is just 75 . If you are already a member of the IAM, Group Membership costs just 7.50 per year, running from April to March.