Who delivers it
Thirty years in An Garda Síochána, brought to your fleet.
Drivewise is instruction from the Garda Driving School tradition — the same system of car control taught to response drivers — delivered to the people who drive your company vehicles every day.
D.J. O’Dwyer
Owner, Drivewise · Thirty years An Garda Síochána
An Garda Síochána
- Lecturer in Physical Studies, Garda College
- Emergency Response Unit — armed response to critical incidents and counter-terrorism operations
- Hostage rescue, crisis resolution and VIP protection duties
Qualifications
- MSc Performance Coaching
- Physical Education Lecturer, Garda College
- Advanced Garda Driving Instructor
What Drivewise delivers
- Driver safety instruction
- Company policy, law and compliance
- Driver wellness programmes
- Corporate wellness programmes
Who delivers it
Registered Approved Driving Instructors (ADI) and Advanced Driving Instructors, from a Garda Driving School background.
- 01
RSA-approved instruction
Category B and Category BE training delivered under the Road Safety Authority model.
- 02
Emergency services training
Response driving instruction provided to the National Ambulance Service.
- 03
Court-directed assessment
Driver assessments and on-road tuition carried out at the direction of the Courts.
- 04
Collision investigation
Investigation of fatal and serious collisions — first-hand understanding of how and why they happen.
- 05
Garda Driving School
Advanced Garda Driving Instructor attached to the Garda Driving School, Garda College, Templemore.
The ask
Three steps, and a first cohort can be in the diary.
- 01
Confirm scope
A short session to agree driver numbers, locations and dates — and to set the cost per cohort against your own numbers.
- 02
Run a first cohort
A single day. Every driver assessed, coached and debriefed on the road, with a written report on their own drive.
- 03
Report and schedule
An anonymised summary within two weeks, then a plan on rolling out across the country and re-testing annually.
Every cohort we have assessed has surfaced faults the drivers did not know they had. On this evidence, your drivers are carrying the same habits today — the only question is whether anyone has looked.