Paul Davis

Paul retired from the Police in February 2005 having spent the last 10 years of his service in charge of Driver Training for Leicestershire Constabulary.

During his time in the driver training arena Paul has developed training and assessment packages and helped formulate policies and procedures at both local and national level.

He has conducted research into many aspects of driving including the management of occupational road risk for all levels of driver within the police family, from basic to advanced driving. He has overseen vehicle suitability trials for Police use and, until retirement was a member of both the Strategic Transport Group and Vehicle User Group for Leicestershire Constabulary.

Before leaving the service Paul Chaired the East Midlands Regional Police Driving Schools Conference and was one of the longest serving members on the national body. Earlier this year Paul and a colleague finished the re-writing of the ‘Police Driving Manual’ and completed an ACPO generated review of pursuit training.

Paul has gained a number of qualifications during his career including BTEC Higher Diploma in Police Advanced Driver Instruction, a City and Guilds Adult and Further Education Certificate and IOSH Risk Assessors qualifications. Paul is an ADI and until retirement was an authorised DSA examiner for the Leicestershire Constabulary. However, such qualifications are meaningless unless the skills required to achieve them are maintained and enhanced, to that end Paul’s driving, teaching and assessment skills were regularly monitored.

Paul joined Driving Innovation in March 2005

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Recent testimonials

Just passed my ADI part 2 exam first time with only one minor driving error thanks to Driving Innovations' Paul Davis. Does this guy know his stuff or what. Not only did he guide me to success, but also passed on tips and tricks to dovetail for my ADI part 3. His sense of humour is wicked and we had some serious laughs along the way. If anyone is looking for ADI part 2 training, look no further because this is the guy to do it for you. Many, many thanks Paul.

Dave Cope - copedj(at)tiscali.co.uk - July 2006

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If you are within reach of Leicestershire and are looking for a superb ADI Part 2 trainer, I can personally recommend Paul Davis of DRIVING INNOVATION. Paul is highly qualified, very skilled, incredibly experienced, very knowledgeable and on top of that he is a darned nice bloke as well.

I had my first 2 hour session with Paul yesterday and it was obvious from the very outset that I had picked the right man for the job. Paul puts you at ease immediately and gradually introduces things that need working on without making you feel like a learner. At no point did I feel patronised or discouraged - quite the reverse. I am a very experienced driver having driven lorries and double deck busses as well as being a professional chauffeur in the 80's. I went into this part in the full knowledge that I do not know it all. Paul's method of correcting minor faults was very good indeed. On top of that he introduces new 'concepts' or ways that you just would not think of. An example was the reverse parking bay. I have always been good at this, but was struggling in my new small car (I normally drive Vauxhall Omegas). The method Paul demonstrated sounded impossible, but heck it worked immediately and made me think 'how come I never knew that!!!'

In summary, look nowhere else. Paul and Colin Scott (who I hope to do my part 3 with) are I believe the industry leaders in their field and their reputation goes way in front of them, but I thought I would add my un-biased opinion to boot. But don't all rush at once, leave some spaces for me still!

Finlay Woods - 0115 929 7645 - finlay(at)screenprintworld.co.uk - July 2006

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