What We Do

Our primary goal is to improve general driving safety through one-on-one observations, consisting of a group adviser accompanying a prospective member and advising on advanced driving techniques. Application for this service is managed via the IAM's Skill For Life programme:

[Skill for Life]

Skill for Life is the IAMs most popular membership option, giving you - in one payment of £139.00 - everything you need to pass your Advanced Driving Test and become a full Member of the IAM. The package includes:

  • The IAM book Advanced Driving - The Essential Guide
  • Advanced Driving the IAMs tri-annual Members magazine
  • All Test preparation work (undertaken by your local IAM Group)
  • Entry into the Advanced Driving Test
  • IAM Associate status, with an automatic upgrade to full Membership of the IAM (upon passing the Advanced Driving Test within 12 months).
  • Access to the Members area of this website (with details of Members' Events, Membership Services and Special Offers).

Preparation for the Advanced Test is conducted by volunteers in your local IAM Group. On completing your purchase of Skill for Life, either online or by other payment to the IAM, you will receive a Group Directory covering all local IAM Groups for you to contact the one nearest to you (or the most convenient). Each group organises their Observed Runs locally. Most people can achieve Test standard after 6-8 observed runs (typically a fortnight apart), so you could be Test ready in 12-16 weeks.

For an idea of what to expect on a Skill for Life course, you can read a testimonial by an existing group member.

For those who don't want to dive straight into the Skill for Life programme but would still like to get some advice on their general driving, we can also provide a one-off session through the IAM's DriveCheck programme:

[DriveCheck]

DriveCheck is a short Driving Assessment aimed at everyone who is interested in safer driving but who doesn't feel they are (yet) ready to take the IAM Advanced Test.

DriveCheck applicants are able to contact a local IAM Group who should be able to arrange a mutually convenient time for the assessment to take place.

It takes about an hour comprising an initial introduction (document check etc.), followed by a 35-40 minute drive with the Group observer, followed by a feedback session, at which the candidate will be presented with a written feedback form.

DriveCheck candidates then become an Associate of the IAM, for a period of 12 months.

In the case of Skill for Life you can become a member of our group for at least a year (or longer if you pass the advanced driving test within that first year), which provides access to a number of additional services provided exclusively within our group, including:

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