What is Eco-Safe Driving?

Eco-Safe Driving is a way of driving that reduces fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and accident rates and about driving in a style suited to modern engine technology.

Smart, smooth and safe driving techniques that lead to average fuel savings of 5-10%.

Eco-Safe Driving offers benefits for drivers: cost savings and fewer accidents as well as reductions in emissions and noise levels.

On your driving test you will be assessed on your ability to drive in a way that shows Eco-Safe Driving techniques.

The driving examiner will assess control and planning, and at the end of the test will give you feedback, as guidance, on how efficiently you're driving.


Control
· Starting and moving away.
· Accelerating.
· Using gears.
· Driving at an appropriate speed.

This reduces wear and tear on your vehicle and will help in reducing CO2.

Planning
· Showing hazard awareness and planning.
· Making use of engine braking.
· Stopping the engine when appropriate.

This reduces harmful emissions by anticipating road traffic conditions and acting in good time, rather than reacting to them at the last moment.