Court diversion schemes

Court diversion schemes are an alternative to prosecution for some driving offences.

About the courses

There are no tests. The course is educational and is designed to improve your road safety and awareness. We won't ask you individual questions but we do expect you to join in and participate in the course.

Court diversion courses are being offered as a virtual online course using Zoom. There are limited spaces available for physical (classroom) Speed Awareness courses, please check availability when making your booking.

We are currently offering courses for the following:

Speed awareness

The National Speed Awareness Course is an engaging and interesting short behaviour change intervention that clients enjoy and that leads to a sustained change in how they drive. The course is designed to take people on a journey that shows them:

• How to identify the speed limits
• How to recognise why it is not safe to speed
• The potential consequences to them and others if they speed and if they were to crash
• How they can recognise and resist pressure to speed from themselves and others, and
• That without concentrating it is easy not to notice hazards

This aims to motivate them to comply with speed limits. Finally, they make an action plan about how they are going to drive differently in the future so that they avoid speeding. The course duration is 2 hours 45 minutes.

What's driving us

What's Driving Us? is a three-hour course designed for clients referred for reasons including:

• Offences relating to driving without due care and attention
• Control or consideration, including tailgating
• Traffic light offences
• Crossing a solid white line
• Stopping, overtaking or failing to give precedence in zebra/puffin/pelican areas
• Stopping at school gates
• Contravening a no-entry sign

Clients are referred to What's Driving Us? as an alternative to a Fixed Penalty Notice. The course increases clients' awareness and understanding of:

• The causes and negative consequences of risky and inconsiderate driving
• The importance of concentration, observation, anticipation and allowing adequate space and time
• The reasons why their own driving may be unsafe or inconsiderate

Safe and considerate driving

Safe and Considerate Driving is a course designed for clients being referred for reasons including offences relating to driving without due care and attention. Clients are referred to Safe and Considerate Driving if they are involved in a collision. The course increases clients' awareness and understanding of:

• The causes and negative consequences of risky and inconsiderate driving
• The importance of concentration, observation, anticipation and allowing adequate space and time
• The reasons why their own driving may be unsafe or inconsiderate

Clients receive practical, personalised, on-road coaching, and are encouraged to create an action plan to address personally relevant issues. The course is a full day.

National Rider Risk Awareness Course (NRRAC) - 3 hours

NRRAC recognises that riders of motorcycles and mopeds are vulnerable road users, but it isn't just a relative lack of protection that causes that vulnerability. Differences in the size and performance of the bike mean that riders behave differently to most other road users, and that also increases the risks involved in riding.

The course clarifies the sources of risk to riders and identifies ways that they can reduce that risk through behaviour change. The principle aim is to reduce clients' high risk riding behaviour, and ultimately seeks to prevent a client from experiencing the likely negative consequences of their risky riding, such as road traffic collisions or loss of licence.

The course is suitable for recreational/leisure riders and commuters, as well as courier and delivery riders whose riding behaviour has brought them to the attention of the police with a wide range of offences triggering referral.

It is a 3-hour course which can be taken at a venue or online.

How to book

View information on how to book a course and availability via the NDORS booking portal.

Please note you will need your offer letter to hand in order to book your course online or over the telephone.

View the 'How to' video on making your course booking.

View details on attending a virtual course via the NDORS website.

See frequently asked questions about the NDORS course on UKROEd.

After you've booked and paid for your course, you'll receive an email confirming your booking. You will also receive details about IT requirements needed in order to attend your course online. This information will be listed on page 2 of your booking confirmation and we recommend you read this thoroughly in order to make sure you can attend.

Details of how to join your course online will be sent to you by email one to two days before your course date. Please ensure the email address you provide at the point of booking is correct.

If you are unable to attend your course or need to discuss your offence, contact the number on the letter you received from the police. We can't discuss your offence with you.