Post-licence driver and rider training

[p.dath]

I came across this really interesting report commission by the European Commission on post-licence training.
http://www.cieca.be/download/ADVANCEDFinalReportEn.pdf

If you are involved in post-licence training I encourage you to try and read this. It's pretty big, but some bits of note:
Page 76: Anaylsis and Conclusion (saves you having to read about the methodology)
Pager 89: Pros and Cons and Track based Training (appears good for all but young riders who can become over-confident)
Page 98: Pros and Cons of on-road Training
Page 102: Conclusion in simple bullet point form.
Page 114: Obstacles to participation in formal rider training

And if you read nothing else, just cut to:
Page 118, Recommendations for post-licence driver / rider training

Some other interesting bits. They say it can be quite hard to convert a pre-licence trainer into a post-licence trainer as the requirements are so different (they list 4 major areas). They say that the coaching style generally works best (as opposed to classroom or instructional based systems).
It comments about a general lack of standards with post-licence training and the huge variation in the quality of the training.
It says you should aim not to exceed 10 riders per instructor in track based course, and 3 per trainer with an on-road course.

It also breaks driver behaviour into 4 levels for targeting (page 121).

[Tricia1000]

I went to Vienna, I think it was in 2002/2003 for this conference, and represented my country on a European level. It was a very interesting conference, and there were many parts of it that could/should be implemented in just about every country, with the outcome of making everyone ride/drive for a longer life span.
I have a lot of this data still, if anyone wants to get their hands on it, and read up a bit more.
tricia1000