NSW Safer Drivers Course
Are you a young person on a learner licence? The NSW Safer Drivers Course helps you develop safe driving skills.
What is the safer drivers course?
The NSW Safer Drivers Course teaches learner drivers under 25 to develop safe driving skills and prepare for driving solo.
This course can help you understand speed management, gap selection, hazard awareness, safe following distances, and how to keep driving safely when you get distracted.
This includes:
- a 3-hour group discussion with other learners
- a 2-hour coaching session in a vehicle with another learner.
These two sessions can be attended on different days, or on the same day. Check with your course provider.
To attend a course you need to:
- have a valid learner licence
- be under 25
- have completed at least 50 log book hours of on-road driving (excluding any 3 for 1 bonus hours), and
- have included night driving in some of those hours.
Find a Safer Drivers Course provider
The NSW Safer Drivers Course is available in locations across NSW.
You will need to contact your chosen provider directly to book your place.
To find a provider near you, enter your postcode or suburb name into the search box.
Bonus hours
If you complete the NSW Safer Drivers Course, you will earn 20 bonus hours of log book credit. The course has been designed for a learner to attend once, so the 20 bonus hours will only count towards your log book once.
You would then need to finish 100 hours of supervised driving outside the course. If you also have 10 structured lessons with a licensed driving instructor, you'll only need to do 70 hours of supervised driving - because these lessons also earn you bonus hours.
How much does the Safer Drivers Course cost?
The course costs $140, which you pay to the course provider.
Free Safer Drivers Course
If you're from a disadvantaged background or an Aboriginal community, you may be eligible to attend a NSW Safer Drivers Course for free.
Each year, the NSW Government offers 1000 free places for the course. This allows people who may not have the same opportunities as others to benefit from the road safety outcomes of the course.
To be eligible for a place you need to:
- have a valid learner licence
- be under 25
- have completed at least 50 log book hours of on-road driving (excluding any 3 for 1 bonus hours)
- have included night driving in some of those hours
- hold a current Health Care Card or Pensioner Concession Card issued by the Department of Human Services – Centrelink
- be currently or formerly in Out of Home Care (OOHC).
To apply for a free place, you need to complete a Safer Drivers Course Concession Application Form.
You will also need to contact a course provider to enrol in the course. Include a copy of the supporting documents (such as your concession card) in your application to the course provider.