Diary Of Events

Day Date Topic
Thursday 14/01/2010 Event cancelled due to adverse weather
Thursday 11/02/2010 A day in the Life of a Police Driving Instructor
Tim Williamson will tell us all about his job as a Police driving instructor giving an over view of how the police drivers are trained, with lots of anecdotes and funny stories thrown in.
Thursday 11/03/2010 Garage Secrets. An informative talk by Ian Barkaway, who has many years experience in the Motor trade. Ian will be explaining how garages work, what goes on behind the scenes, and how you can get a better deal with your car servicing and repairs.
Thursday 08/04/2010 The Highway Engineers Black Art of Junction Design. George Chandler, A Group member & Highways Engineer for Kent Highways (He plays around with traffic) will explain how road junctions, traffic lights and roundabouts all fit together!
Saturday 10/04/2010 Skid Pan Training. Your chance to develop those essentials skills of controlling your car under different road conditions from black ice to heavy surface water. Morning session 0900hrs to 1100 hrs.
Saturday 24/04/2010 Skid Pan Training. Your chance to develop those essentials skills of controlling your car under different road conditions from black ice to heavy surface water. Morning session 0900hrs to 1100 hrs.
Thursday 13/05/2010 This months presentation is all about RoadScan.
RoadScan is an in vehicle Video Event Data Recorder that will monitor and improve a drivers performance with the objective of promoting safer driving through driver behaviour modification.
Saturday 15/05/2010 Skid Pan Training. Your chance to develop those essentials skills of controlling your car under different road conditions from black ice to heavy surface water. Morning session 0900hrs to 1100 hrs.
Saturday 22/05/2010 Skid Pan Training. Your chance to develop those essentials skills of controlling your car under different road conditions from black ice to heavy surface water. Morning session 0900hrs to 1100 hrs.
Thursday 10/06/2010 Sales & Marketing Director Lance Boseley of Jewelultra, a wholly British company based in Maidstone, Kent, will tell us all about their core product, the highly popular DIAMONDBRITE paint sealant and other vehicle valeting products
Saturday 12/06/2010 Advanced Skid Pan Training. For those who have already completed the beginners session. This will cover advanced skid control, hand brake turns etc. on wet roads to black ice. Morning session 0900hrs to 1100 hrs.
Saturday 19/06/2010 Advanced Skid Pan Training. For those who have already completed the beginners session. This will cover advanced skid control, hand brake turns etc. on wet roads to black ice. Morning session 0900hrs to 1100 hrs.
Thursday 08/07/2010 Dr D Bizley, Technical Director at the RAC will give a presentation on the work of the Survive Group, which has been established to improve the safety of those who work on the road network.
Thursday 12/08/2010 No event this month
Thursday 09/09/2010 Richard Strawson, West Kent Area Manager of Kent Trading Standards will tell us all about the criminal legislation and investigation work they carry out.
Saturday 11/09/2010 Advanced Skid Pan Training. For those who have already completed the beginners session. This will cover advanced skid control, hand brake turns etc. on wet roads to black ice. Morning session 0900hrs to 1100 hrs. Limited spaces available
Thursday 14/10/2010 Group Annual General Meeting.
The guest speaker will be Ian Procter, KCC Road Safety Manager.
Thursday 11/11/2010 Tutors Challenge. Your chance to test your knowledge of advanced driving etc. with a quiz set by the Training Team & Tutors. After the quiz there will be an opportunity to ask the tutors questions on any advanced driving related topic.
Thursday 09/12/2010 To be confirmed
Meetings start at 19:45 for 20:00 at the Aylesford Village Community Centre, Aylesford, Maidstone, unless informed otherwise.
Meetings are subject to change.