Defensive Driving Course
The Defensive Driving Course (DDC) welcomes drivers from across Perth for three hours of face-to-face coaching with Gabriel, for $297. From red P-platers to full licence holders seeking a refresher, you travel to our Bull Creek meeting point and work on your priorities, in automatic or manual at the same price.
You’ve passed the test.
Now stop leaving confidence to chance.
That gap in traffic. The freeway merge. A sudden change ahead. You have your licence, but some moments still leave you asking, “Am I making the right decisions?”
Perhaps you push through and replay it afterwards. Perhaps you avoid the situation altogether. Either way, simply telling yourself to “be more confident” doesn’t tell you what to do differently.
A clearer way forward
Work on the driving. Build the confidence.
The Defensive Driving Course gives you three hours of face-to-face coaching with Gabriel to examine your driving, talk through decisions and identify the habits worth keeping or changing.
Practical coaching. Not a confidence pep talk.
Start by telling Gabriel about the situations you find challenging and what you most want to resolve, so the coaching can focus on what matters to you. He will explain any preparation when arranging your session.
From there, discuss your experience and agree on what to work on. Work through practical coaching and review your decisions, then finish with personal feedback and next steps.
The three-hour session includes briefing, coaching and debriefing.
What’s included · Built around you
The things you avoid.
The moments you second-guess.
Let’s work on those.
Maybe it’s the freeway merge you put off. The reverse park you drive past. Or changing lanes when the traffic won’t seem to give you a break. You don’t need to pretend those things feel easy just because you’ve passed your PDA.
Your discussion with Gabriel helps him understand where you feel least confident and what you most want to resolve. Together, you agree on the priorities and shape the coaching around your needs, rather than working through the same checklist as everyone else.
Your priorities set the starting point. Your driving helps shape the session. We focus on the gaps that matter most to you, with practical coaching, opportunities to review your decisions and specific feedback you can use afterwards.
Depending on your needs and agreed priorities, your course may include:
Feel more prepared in moving traffic.
- Freeway Driving and Merging. Work on judging gaps, matching the flow of traffic and making a more deliberate entry, rather than hoping a space will appear.
- Changing lanes in traffic. Bring together mirror and blind-spot checks, gap judgement, signalling and positioning, so you feel safer and less rushed.
- Multi-lane roads and right turns. Practise lane planning and decision-making on dual carriageways, including getting into position without a last-second scramble.
- Roundabouts and intersections. Work through approach speed, timing, positioning, observations and gap selection in the situations that leave you hesitating.
- Driving around trucks and mixed traffic. Build awareness of visibility, space and positioning around larger vehicles, including truck-heavy areas where relevant to your needs.
Stop avoiding the everyday manoeuvres.
- Reverse parallel parking. Revisit your approach, observations and control, and work on making useful corrections instead of abandoning the park.
- Tight bays and shopping-centre parking. Practise low-speed positioning, judging clearance and reversing with better awareness of the space and people around you in real-life car park scenarios.
- Confidence in a different vehicle. Review seating, mirrors, controls and vehicle awareness, so an unfamiliar car doesn’t make everything feel harder than it needs to.
Build the habits behind better decisions.
- Commentary driving. Talk through what you see, what could change and what you plan to do. Make your thinking visible so Gabriel can help you spot gaps before they become habits.
- See and be seen. Work on observation, positioning and clear signals, including awareness of other drivers’ blind spots. Think about both what you can see and whether others can see you.
- Looking ahead and spotting developing hazards. Expand your scan beyond the vehicle in front, notice changing situations and give yourself more time to make a decision.
- Following distance, speed and space. Review the room you leave, your speed choices and your position in traffic, so you have more options when something changes.
- Emergency braking and hazard avoidance. Understand braking responses, ABS/ESC and when swerving could introduce another risk. Practical braking or controlled avoidance exercises depend on a suitable authorised location, vehicle and confirmed safety arrangements.
- Composure when traffic puts you under pressure. Work on staying purposeful when you feel rushed, uncertain or pressured by other road users, without letting someone else make the decision for you.
- A mixed-traffic skills review. Bring the coaching together in your driving and identify what is becoming more consistent, what still needs attention and what to practise next.
Your weakest areas get the attention. Not just a tick on a sheet.
Your three hours focus on your agreed priorities, rather than rushing through every item on this list. The aim is to leave having worked on the areas that matter most to you, with a clearer understanding of what has improved and what still needs practice.
Your personal digital feedback form and relevant cheat sheets help you carry that work into your next drive. All are included in the $297 course price.
Contact Licence LinkPicture your next drive
Less guesswork.
A clearer idea of what to do next.
You know which habits are helping you, which need attention and what to practise. That gives you something more useful to build on than simply hoping the next drive feels easier.
Something useful after the course…
Keep the coaching working for you. You’ll receive relevant digital cheat sheets selected for your needs, plus your personal feedback form showing what went well, what needs attention and what to practise next.
Included in your course price. Yours to keep digitally. Examples from the Licence Link library are shown; your resources are selected for your course and needs.
Is this the right course for you?
For red and green P-platers looking to take their driving to the next level through to full licence holders seeking a refresher.
Available in automatic or manual, at the same price, for participants from across Perth. You come to our Bull Creek meeting point, south of the river; your booking confirmation will include the exact meeting spot and arrival instructions.
Clear answers before you decide
Your Defensive Driving Course questions, answered.
Is this course for P-platers or experienced drivers?
Both. The Defensive Driving Course is for red and green P-platers wanting to build their skills, through to full licence holders seeking a refresher. You can focus on situations that still feel difficult, even if you have held your licence for years.
How is the course tailored to my driving?
Start by discussing the situations you want to improve. You and Gabriel agree on priorities, then use your driving and feedback to shape the session. The topics listed above are potential coverage, not a promise to cover everything in three hours.
How much does it cost, and can I choose automatic or manual?
The course costs $297 AUD for three hours, including briefing, practical coaching and debriefing. Automatic and manual cost the same. Contact Licence Link by email to ask about availability. Gabriel will get back to you to discuss the next steps.
Can I attend from anywhere in Perth, and where do we meet?
Yes. Drivers from across the Perth metropolitan area are welcome, including Rockingham and suburbs north or south of the river. Bull Creek is the meeting point, not a limit on where you can come from. You travel to us; your booking confirmation provides the exact meeting spot and arrival instructions.
What do I receive after the course?
Your personal digital feedback form records what went well, what needs attention and what to practise next. Relevant digital cheat sheets are also included in the course price, without requiring a subscription.
Your next step
Give your driving some focused attention.
All listed resources included
Send Gabriel an email enquiry about the course and your preferred days or times. He’ll get back to you to discuss availability and the next steps.