DDP/ Defensive Driving for Improved Productivity

DDP/ Defensive Driving for Improved Productivity (13^th –14^th February: 10^th –11^th April: 29^th – 30^thMay: 8^th – 9^th September 2025)

About the Course

The high spate of road crashes leading to numerous deaths, injuries and destruction of properties of Ghanaians, occur because of unsafe driving and poor decision making by drivers.

This two-day course is a comprehensive defensive driving program designed to teach responsible driving practices and help drivers of all experience levels become better drivers. The course covers the various examples of unsafe driving, poor driving decisions, consequences of unsafe driving and poor decisions.

Participants will identify dangerous driving behaviors that can cause conflict on the road and how to avoid them.

Participants will also be educated on the Road Traffic Act, 683/04 as Amended by Act 761/08 and the Road Traffic Regulations 2012 and Legislative Instrument (LI) 2180 as they apply to dangerous and careless driving.

This two-day program will encourage participants to think about the motivations and personal factors that cause excessive risk-taking and impulsive driving decisions

Course Objectives

• To enable participants, identify and appreciate the legal implications on their career and lives of themselves and other road users when they engage in unsafe driving and poor decision making on the road
• To enable participants, define the SIPDE concept and the Smith system and explain how it relates to safe driving
• Participants will be able to identify and manage aggressive driving behaviours

Course Benefit

• Participants at the end of the program will be able avoid the incidents, accidents, injuries and fatalities associated with unsafe acts and conditions in driving.

Course Content

• Defining Dangerous and Careless Driving
  • The Road Traffic Act, 683/04 as Amended by Act 761/08 and the Road Traffic Regulations 2012 and Legislative Instrument (LI) 2180
• Types of Unsafe Driving
• Types of Poor Driving Decisions
• Consequences of Unsafe Driving and Poor Decisions
• Understanding and Applying the SIPDE/IPDE Process for Safe Driving
• Understanding and Applying the Smith System to Make Safe Driving Decisions
• Aggressive Driving Behaviours
  • Examples of Aggressive Driving Behaviors
  • Reasons for Aggressive Driving Behaviours
  • Consequences of Aggressive Driving Behaviours
• How to Avoid Conflicts on the Road
• Driver Distractions and How to Avoid Them

Duration:  Two (2) Days

Fees: – One Thousand and Seven Hundred Ghana Cedis (GH¢1,700.00.) per participant.

Venue:  CSIR Headoffice Conference Hall, AgSSIP Block.

Who Should Attend: All Drivers and Riders