Driver Trainning

14th May 2012

Just an update on the Olympic driver training yesterday, it was a 10 hour meeting and driving assessment.

We had the main presentation regarding where the cars will be kept, health and safety, who we would be driving, anyone from press, media, athletes, coaches, officials, Chef De Missions, Guests etc.

BP will provide the fuel as they are the sponsors, therefore we will have a free petrol card to fill up as and when.

At present London are in the process of marking out the routes for the Olympic venues on the roads, which will mean only LOGOC will be able to drive in these lanes, at no time will buses or taxis be able to use it, which will make the routes easier for us to drive to and from the venues.

The cars are equipped with Satnav and a special Olympic Route devise has been programmed into each vehicle. There is special tracking on the cars and a special SOS button should anything untoward happen, which is linked up to the police. Apparently once the button is pressed you will have a swarm of armed police surrounding the car to protect against any harmful events.

There were 2 people to a car with the instructor, and we had to take turns to drive the different routes, a great experience for me as I have never driven in the city of London.

I believe the next part of our driving will be to take the cars out on our own next time to get used to the routes even more, I will keep you informed on this.