80% of work related driving claims involve slow speed manoeuvring such as parking and reversing. Not only can these incidents cause injury but the true costs of repairs and employee downtime can be substantial across your fleet. Driving in New Zealand is clearly a high risk activity. Practical hands-on training best delivers real world assessment and coaching of an individual driver’s skillset. Learning in a participative environment is the most effective method for managing your driver risk, developing driver skill and highlighting training needs. The AA Driving School now provides driver training for fleets and businesses of all sizes. The Fleet and Business team has the capacity to deliver practical, theory and online risk assessments in groups or one-on-one at locations nationally throughout New Zealand. We offer varied Defensive Driving courses ( incorporating driver fatigue and distraction awareness as well as practical ABS experiences and crash avoidance techniques) , practical assessments in your driver’s own vehicle, new employee assessments, coaching for drivers who are new to New Zealand roads, van and minibus familiarisation, electric vehicle training, dealership and workshop training and regular refresher training options. We build custom courses or modules for customers to meet their specific needs and driver issues. We also develop model specific vehicle familiarisation and safety training for vehicle changeover and have recently developed speeding and harsh braking solutions for GPS customers. The AA acts as a key advocacy voice for safer motoring and the AA Driving School also invests over $4 Million in training our young and senior drivers and delivers over 100,000 in vehicle sessions per year to support safer journeys in New Zealand.