Important Note: We have a new venue for our meetings.
The address is: The Sycamores, Mount Pleasant Rd, Exeter EX4 7AE, accessible behind the Mount Pleasant Health Centre. Map below.
10th June 2026
Our meeting tonight will include a talk on Temprament and Deportment, given by Ian Pruce.
Followed by a discussion on Tailgating.
Everyone welcome and we look forward to seeing you there.
Doors open from 7:00pm
Our Location
The address is: The Sycamores, Mount Pleasant Rd, Exeter EX4 7AE. Access The Sycamores via Mount Pleasant Road. What Three Words: monday.stove.cute
For our Colleagues in the Central and South Devon RoSPA group.
Wednesday 18 November, 19.30, Kenn Centre, EX6 7UE
Matt Butler, Driver Support Team Manager
Devon and Cornwall and Dorset Police
Matt heads up a team working on supporting police driver training. In particular, developing training methods designed to inform national police training and safety standards. Insights from the project have the potential to improve safety for all drivers, not just those who respond to emergency situations. As such, Matt is in an excellent position to lead a discussion about driving and riding safety and training – exactly what our Group is about!
Matt will first outline “Operation Fleur” an investigation into a hit and run road death. This is a case study of the investigation of a fatal collision in which a 16 year old girl was killed. It was the force’s largest collision investigation and the case study was subsequently used to train collision investigators. A BBC
News article about this can be found by clicking HERE
We will then have a short refreshment break followed by a discussion on police driver cognitive workload plus other updates on police driving standards. This work seeks to analyse the mental demands of driving under complex conditions to help inform thousands of emergency response workers who drive under blue lights. This work will have implications for all drivers and riders. More details can be found by clicking HERE
This is an exciting opportunity to learn about current developments. Feel free to circulate this notice to colleagues, friends or anyone else who may be interested. All welcome at the meeting.
Finally:
- There will be no DriveRide tomorrow (1st November). Apologies about this
- I said that I’d not be sending any more Mailchimps – how wrong I was!
Looking forward to welcoming as many people as possible to Matt’s session
Best wishes Chris (on behalf of CASD Committee)
November Meeting 11th at 7.30, doors open at 7.00
Our next meeting will be on the 11th November at 1930 hrs. We’ll be meeting at the AGE UK building, The Sycamores, Mount Pleasant Road, Exeter, EX4 7AE
The subject will be The System, which is the core of Advanced Driving and Riding. You find out about it in Roadcraft chapter 3. (Chapter 2 in older publications.)
The thing is, there is more to The System than the book can cover.
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