Free workshops to help you teach someone to drive

Central Coast Council will help parents and supervisors tasked with teaching learner drivers by presenting two free workshops in June.

The workshops, to be held Erina and Tuggerah libraries, will offer practical advice on current driving rules and requirements for L and P plate drivers, how learners benefit from supervised on-road driving, and how to encourage positive outcomes through teaching learner drivers.

Council Director Infrastructure Services, Boris Bolgoff, said the workshops are designed to provide hands-on support to parents and supervisors of learner drivers.

“Younger drivers (aged 26 and younger) make-up almost one quarter of annual road fatalities despite representing only 15 percent of all licence holders – this is an alarming statistic that we all should be determined to work toward bringing down,” Bolgoff said.

“With their relative inexperience, learner drivers also face a higher risk of being involved in a crash.

“The workshops are designed to help with the challenging task of teaching learner drivers, which involves explaining highly complex road rules and a lot of other important information.”

Council Administrator, Rik Hart, said the workshops are an integral part of Council’s commitment to road safety across the region.

“I encourage parents and supervisors of learner drivers to register for one of the free workshops,” he said.

“It’s important we are equipped with the skills and knowledge needed to teach learner drivers in order to develop safe and responsible drivers of the future.”

The two-hour Helping Learner Drivers Become Safer Drivers workshop is a two-hour workshop will be offered at Tuggerah library from 6pm-8pm on Thursday, June 9, and at Erina library from 6pm-8pm on Thursday, June 16.

Bookings are essential and numbers are limited.

It is recommended that interested parties reserve their spot to avoid disappointment.

For more information, or to register for one of the workshops, search Learner Driver Workshops at centralcoast.nsw.gov.au

Council will deliver the workshop in partnership with Transport for NSW.

_{Source: Media release, May 30, 2021 Central Coast Council}