LAM Events

When ?	Where ?	Title	What was it about ?
Sun 18th November 2018 @ 11AM	Godstone Control Centre.	Visit to Highways Agency	NOW FULLY BOOKED. A chance to visit the Highways Control Centre & to see behind the scenes of how our road networks operate & are monitored. Places are limited and must be pre-booked - there will be no general access on the day.
Tuesday 18 September 2018 at 7.30pm	Coombe Wood Golf Club, George Rd, Kingston, KT2 7NS	First meeting of London Advanced Motorists with London Air Ambulance guest speaker	The first general meeting of members of the new London Advanced Motorists - come along and have your say in how the group is run. Followed by guest speaker Sue Ellis from London Air Ambulance - this promises to be an interesting event!
29/05/2018	Coombe Wood Golf Club, George Rd, Kingston, KT2 7NS	An Evening with Paddy Hopkirk an Ambassador for the IAM.	Many of us of a certain age will remember being glued to our television sets in the 60’s & 70’s watching Paddy driving his rally car through various rally stages in his Mini & wishing we were there. We will have the pleasure of meeting him & reminisce those very exciting moments on Tues 29th May @ 7:45 pm. Friends & family most welcome, more the merrier.
20/03/2018	MEEFAS rooms, side of leisure centre, Cocks Crescent, New Malden.	Meet the Examiner with Mark Newman	Meet the Examiner is to be held on Tuesday 20th March @ 7:45PM. He will explain about what you'll need to do to pass the IAM RoadSmart advanced driving test. Let us know what in particular you'd like him to explain or let us have your questions for him so he can make sure he covers what you want. These evenings are excellent both for those preparing for their test and for members wanting to keep up to date with modern techniques.Its the perfect time for our Associates to get the answers to those nagging questions no matter how small about the Advance Test.
16/01/2018 @ 7:45 PM	MEEFAS,side of leisure centre,Cocks Crescent,New Malden	Story of the System of car control	THE STORY OF POLICE DRIVING AND HOW IT CONNECTS WITH ADVANCED DRIVING BY JOHN DOWELL, IAM EXAMINER AND FORMER POLICE DRIVER Some of you will know John. He is a vastly experienced former police driver and IAM RoadSmart examiner who has been researching developments in police driver training and their Roadcraft driver manual. He will talk about the involvement of professional racing drivers in police driver training, the influence of developments in vehicle technology and how this all links to our advanced driving. He will also answer questions such as: • We call ourselves Advanced Drivers, but where did this all begin? • Who created The System of Car Control (IPSGA)? • Where did ‘Do not drive so fast that you cannot stop well within the distance you can see to be clear’ come from? • Who defined a hazard? • Who said: ‘Decisions are made on a combination of (a) what we can see; (b) what we cannot see; and (c) circumstances we can expect to develop?’
Tuesday 21 November 2017 at 7.30	Coombe Wood Golf Club, George Road, Kingston Hill	General meeting and an evening with Sarah Sillars OBE, IAM RoadSmart Chief Executive	The first part of the evening will be a group general meeting to discuss a proposal to merge with the Central London Advanced Motorists Group. This will be followed by and evening with Sarah Sillars, IAM RoadSmart Chief Executive who will discuss technological developments which will affect drivers and important developments that have happened within the organisation, what's planned for the future, our vision and charitable objectives. The IAM rebranded as IAM RoadSmart last year and have been busy developing new driving products and tailoring the advanced driver course to better suit people's needs. Sarah has personally been influential in engaging IAM RoadSmart with policy makers and Government.
Tuesday 19 September 2017 at 7.45pm	MEFAS, side of leisure centre, Cocks Crescent, New Malden	Sarah Fisk	Sarah Fisk of the IAM Driver Retraining Academy will be our guest speaker. Those of you who came to our AGM will remember Pat Doughty, IAM RoadSmart Charity and Operations Director, highly recommending Sarah as a popular and interesting speaker! Do you know - how long alcohol takes to leave the system? - what a unit of alcohol is? - how much you can drink and then drive? - what “being in charge” means? Sarah will answer all these questions and talk about - alcohol myths and facts - home measures - the law - beer goggles
Sunday 17th September	Ford test track, Dunton, Essex	Driving skills on the Ford test track	The drive experience day is about learning your own car's capabilities and ensuring good awareness of stopping distances and the car's capabilities on its turning circle, plus many other activities. Members take their cars on the track in a safe controlled environment. All members are requested to check their insurance allows them to be covered to participate. Food and drink is not provided and there is nowhere on site to buy, so please bring your own! The cost is £15.00- £20.00 as a donation to Essex Air Ambulance charity. You're welcome to give more! Email dunton@slam-iam.co.uk if you'd like a place. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. This is not a track day where you would race against other cars or against the clock but a driving skills day. Organised by Chelmsford IAM group. Contact the events co-ordinator at events@slam-iam.co.uk
Wednesday 6 September 2017	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	IAM Skills Day at Thruxton Circuit	Not a track day in the sense of racing but time on a racing circuit where you can learn about handling, cornering lines, braking lines, etc with an IAM instructor. Further details on IAM website. The days are for all who want to improve their driving or riding skills whilst also having some fun. No prior experience is required - we have had classic cars, family runabouts and all manner of bikes attend our days. Members and non-members are welcome so why not come as a couple or a group of friends/colleagues. Booking essential, with IAM on 0300 303 1134.
Tuesday 18 July at 7.45pm	MEFAS, side of leisure centre, Cocks Crescent, New Malden	Meet the Examiner, with Mark Blundell	Mark Blundell, IAM examiner, will explain various advanced driving techniques and talk about what you'll need to do to pass the IAM RoadSmart advanced driving test. Let us know what in particular you'd like him to explain or let us have your questions for him so he can make sure he covers what you want. These evenings are excellent both for those preparing for their test and for members wanting to keep up to date with modern techniques.
Saturday 8 July 2017	New Malden High Street	Malden Fair	Once again we'll be at the popular Malden Fair in New Malden High Street to recruit new members and encourage people to train to become better, advanced drivers. If you can spare a little time to help on our stall, please speak to Dorothy or email her at: events@slam-iam.co.uk
Tuesday 16 May 2017 at 7.45pm	MEFAS, side of leisure centre, Cocks Crescent, New Malden	Traffic Management - 'Why do they do that?'	Grahame Bath, SLAM member and former Traffic Systems Team Leader of Surrey County Council will explain the whys and wherefores of Traffic Management. Surrey and other local highway authorities have powers and duties to keep roads clear and traffic moving: how do they go about this? How does it affect us as drivers? Do bus lanes help or hinder? Come and find out!
Monday 3 April 2017	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	IAM Skills Day at Thruxton Circuit	Not a track day in the sense of racing but time on a racing circuit where you can learn about handling, cornering lines, braking lines, etc with an IAM instructor. Further details on IAM website. The days are for all who want to improve their driving or riding skills whilst also having some fun. No prior experience is required - we have had classic cars, family runabouts and all manner of bikes attend our days. Members and non-members are welcome so why not come as a couple or a group of friends/colleagues. Booking essential, with IAM on 0300 303 1134.
Tuesday 21 March 2017 at 7.45	MEFAS, side of leisure centre, Cocks Crescent, New Malden	Annual General Meeting with Pat Doughty, IAM RoadSmart Charity and Operations Director	The Group's AGM where we'll review activity over the past year, elect officers/management committee and talk about future plans. Come along; join in and tell us what you want from the club. Pat Doughty, IAM RoadSmart Charity and Operations Director will be our guest speaker. A lot has been happening at IAM: they’ve moved from Chiswick to Welwyn and have been looking hard at how to engage with new sectors and deliver new products. They’ve reorganised their service delivery team – the people who we regularly engage with – and are developing new routes to IAM membership and new module-based training packs. They redesigned the advanced driver package last year and we started delivering the new training programme last summer. Pat will bring us up to speed on all the new IAM initiatives and tell us where he expects the IAM to develop in the future. This should be a lively and interesting event!
Tuesday 17 January 2017 at 7.45	MEFAS, New Malden	Meet the Examiner, with Mark Newman and Stuart Haythorn	Mark Newman, IAM RoadSmart examiner and former Police driver, with Stuart Haythorn, IAM RoadSmart Area Service Delivery Manager, will explain various advanced driving techniques and talk about how to pass the IAM advanced driving test. Let us know what in particular you'd like him to explain or let us have your questions for him so he can make sure he covers what you want. These evenings are excellent both for those preparing for their test and for members wanting to keep up to date with modern techniques.
Tuesday 15 November at 7.45	MEFAS, New Malden	MG Owners Club	Presentation by local MG Owners Club
Sunday 2 October, 2016 at 9.30am	Ford test track, Dunton, Essex	Driving skills day	The drive experience day is about learning your own car's capabilities and ensuring good awareness of stopping distances and the car's capabilities on its turning circle, plus many other activities. Members take their cars on the track in a safe controlled environment. All members are requested to check their insurance allows them to be covered to participate. Food and drink is not provided and there is nowhere on site to buy, so please bring your own! The cost is £15.00- £20.00 as a donation to Essex Air Ambulance charity. You're welcome to give more! Email dunton@slam-iam.co.uk if you'd like a place. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. This is not a track day where you would race against other cars or against the clock but a driving skills day. Organised by Chelmsford IAM group.
Tuesday 19 July 2016, 7.45pm	MEFAS, New Malden	Ultimate Driving Craft	An evening of driving awareness training. Chris Gilbert is a specialist advanced driving instructor and former Police driver, Police advanced driver instructor and examiner. He has over 50 years experience of driver training and has produced a series of DVDs to help with training. “Eyes on Main Beam” is one of the series and explains the subconscious act of how drivers use their eyes when driving. With the aid of clever animation Chris explains exactly how, by consciously looking up and scanning, the standard of driving will improve. This session is recommended for all, but is especially useful for those who are preparing to take their advanced driving test.
Saturday, 11 June 2016	Bovingdon, near Hemel Hempstead	Driving day with SpeedSkills	Based on police anti hi-jack training manoeuvres, the bespoke IAM 6-hour day offers you an original concept. Experience some of the training given to the Royal family, to specialist units within the British Army, international government agencies and to police protection officers from around the world. You'll experience understeer & oversteer, braking exercises, forward and reverse slalom, steering techniques and team competition. They use large standard cars (not yours!) on an off-road circuit near Hemel Hempstead and you'll create and be taught how to correct skids and learn how to complete a specialist manoeuvre such as ‘J’ turns (a manoeuvre frequently used by stunt drivers). Light lunch and refreshments included. The cost is £180 per person, which is very competitive for a whole day, bespoke event of this kind. Email events@slam-iam.co.uk to express your interest.
Tuesday 17 May 2016 at 7.45pm	MEFAS, New Malden	First Aid	Would you know what to do if you were involved in or came across a crash where people were injured and needed first aid? Or if there was an accident at home? Come along on 17 May when St John Ambulance first aiders will show you some basic skills which you'll be able to use.
Sunday 10 April 2016 at 9.30am	Ford test track, Dunton, Essex	Driving skills on the Ford test track	The drive experience day is about learning your own car's capabilities and ensuring good awareness of stopping distances and the car's capabilities on its turning circle, plus many other activities. Members take their cars on the track in a safe controlled environment. All members are requested to check their insurance allows them to be covered to participate. Food and drink is not provided and there is nowhere on site to buy, so please bring your own! The cost is £15.00- £20.00 as a donation to Essex Air Ambulance charity. You're welcome to give more! Email dunton@slam-iam.co.uk if you'd like a place. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. This is not a track day where you would race against other cars or against the clock but a driving skills day. Organised by Chelmsford IAM group.
Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 7.45 pm	MEFAS, New Malden	Annual General Meeting; plus 150 Years of the London Underground	Group AGM where we'll hear about group activities over the past year, receive the annual accounts and elect officers and the management committee members for 2016-17. After the formal part of the evening, guest speaker John Horsman from the London Transport Museum will give an interesting presentation on 150 years of the London Underground. The Tube was the first mass-transit underground system in the world and, before electrification, the first underground train lines operated with steam locomotives. Some of the early locomotives and carriages are preserved in working order in the Museum. Now any extensions under London are dug by huge tunnelling machines but the early tunnels were either dug out by hand or with explosives or using a ‘cut and cover’ technique. The London Underground has had to adapt to wartime uses and peacetime population and commerce changes and is now part of a huge integrated public transport system.
Tuesday 19 January 2016 at 7.45pm	MEFAS, New Malden	Meet the examiners with Shaun Cronin, IAM Regional Quality Manager, and Vince Hoar, IAM examiner	Shaun Cronin, IAM Regional Quality Manager, with Vince Hoar , IAM examiner will explain various advanced driving techniques and talk about how to pass the IAM advanced driving test. Let us know what in particular you'd like them to explain or let us have your questions for them so they can make sure they cover what you want. These evenings are excellent both for those preparing for their test and for members wanting to keep up to date with modern techniques.
Tuesday 17 November 2015 at 7.45pm	MEFAS, New Malden	Sarah Sillars OBE, IAM chief executive - the IAM now and in the future	Meet the IAM Chief Executive, Sarah Sillars OBE, hear about Sarah's plans for the organisation and how they might affect us as members or might affect our group. Sarah Sillars, OBE and Hon FIMI, joined the IAM in February 2015. Her mission will be to improve driving and riding skills and to campaign for legislation to improve road safety. Sarah joined the charity having overseen the commercialisation of Semta, the sector skills council for engineering and advanced manufacturing. She has a long and illustrious career within the automotive sector, having been CEO and Executive Chair of the Institute of the Motoring Industry (IMI). She was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in June 2008 for services to skills training and the retail motor industry.
Tuesday 15 September 2015 at 7.45	MEFAS, New Malden	Members evening - Meet the Observer	SLAM invites you to an interactive evening suitable for current Associates and long standing members alike. Here’s your chance to have a quick advanced driving refresher and brush up some of your skills and knowledge. Topics will include observation processes as you approach a corner and will touch on some of the systems found in modern cars. This will be an interactive session and will conclude with a Q & A.
Sunday 23 August 2015	Dunton, Essex	Driving day on Ford test track (bookings now closed)	Driving skills event - learn the capabilities of your car, emergency stopping, how to respond to sudden swerving and much more! Have you ever driven safely with both hands off the steering wheel? Well you'll be able to here on the track's banked circuit. Limited spaces available. Spaces get taken quickly as it is a great day out and very popular, so it’s best to book early. Please contact Isobel - dunton@slam-iam.co.uk - for further information and to book your place. Organised by Chelmsford Group.
Tuesday 21 July 2015, 7.45pm	New Malden	Meet the Examiner - Mark Newman, IAM Advanced Driving Test Examiner and Police traffic officer	This will be your chance to find out what examiners look for in the advanced driving test, what succeeds and common causes of failure .... and how to achieve a F1RST. Essential for anyone preparing for their test but also excellent for observers and other members. If there’s something specific you want to know or you just want to hear about the latest advanced driving techniques, come along …. and bring your friends.
Saturday 4 July 2015	Oakley Airfield, near Oxford	Driving day with SpeedSkills	Based on police anti hi-jack training manoeuvres, the bespoke IAM 6-hour day offers you an original concept. Experience some of the training given to the Royal family, to specialist units within the British Army, international government agencies and to police protection officers from around the world. You'll experience understeer & oversteer, braking exercises, forward and reverse slalom, steering techniques and team competition. They use large standard cars (not yours!) on an off-road circuit about 10 minutes from junction 8A on the M40 and you'll create and be taught how to correct skids and learn how to complete a specialist manoeuvre such as ‘J’ turns (a manoeuvre frequently used by stunt drivers). Light lunch and refreshments included. The cost is £165 per person, which is very competitive for a day, bespoke event of this kind. Email events@slam-iam.co.uk to express your interest.
Thursday 2 July 2015	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire (now fully booked)	IAM Skills Day at Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	Not a track day in the sense of racing but time on a racing circuit where you can learn about handling, cornering lines, braking lines, etc with an IAM instructor. Further details on IAM website. Booking essential, with IAM on 0300 303 1134.
25 June 2015	Goodwood, Sussex	Goodwood Festival of Speed	Email Graham at chairman@slam-iam.co.uk for details and to register your interest.
Tuesday, 19 May 2015 at 7.45	MEFAS, New Malden	Modern car technolgy - Tim Shallcross	Are you confused by all the new gadgets fitted to cars, or those strange icons which light up unexpectedly on your dashboard? Or do you look forward to the next new feature or driving aid to be introduced? What about double-clutch gearboxes ... and cars which drive themselves: do they interest or excite you, or make you nervous? Tim Shallcross, Head of Technical Policy and Advice at the IAM (and a regular contributor to newspapers, magazines and TV) will come along on 19 May to talk about modern developments, what they do and what they mean for drivers. Come along to find out what it all means and what's next .... and don't forget to bring your questions!
Saturday, 25 April 2015	Epsom	IAM Regional Forum	Forum for representatives of all groups in the South East.
Tuesday 20 January, 2015 - 7.45pm	MEFAS, New Malden	Paul Woozley, IAM Membership Manager	These are interesting times for the IAM: the chief executive left a few months ago, they have appointed a new Director of Standards and a Marketing Manager and are embarking on major reviews of strategy and standards. Paul Woozley can tell us what's going on and what it all means for our members. Did you know, for instance, that the current member benefits might save you more than the costs of your annual subscription? Come along and find out what the IAM is doing for you.
Tuesday, 18/11/2014 19.45 to 21.45	MEFAS Rooms, Malden Leisure Centre, off Blagdon Road, KT3 4TA	Members Evening (open to friends and other IAM Group members)	Manuel Battista, European Director of Route One Publishing Ltd will be accompanied by Mike Woof, Editor of World Highways to talk about the latest issue of Safety and Security for Road Infrastructure, which will be distributed to attendees on the evening. This publication is designed to help inform those engaged in tackling the horrific death toll on the world's roads. Come and find out what is being done to improve road safety and bring your questions with you for Manuel and Mike.
Saturday 8 November 2014	Bovingdon, near Hemel Hempstead	Driving Skill Day with SpeedSkills (now fully booked)	This is a follow-up to our successful day in June and there are a few places left. Based on police anti hi-jack training manoeuvres, the bespoke IAM 6-hour day offers you an original concept. Experience some of the training given to the Royal family, to specialist units within the British Army, international government agencies and to police protection officers from around the world. You'll experience understeer & oversteer, braking exercises, forward and reverse slalom, steering techniques and team competition. They use large standard cars (not yours!) on a wide empty runway and you'll create and be taught how to correct skids and learn how to complete a specialist manoeuvre such as ‘J’ turns (a manoeuvre frequently used by stunt drivers).
Tuesday 16 September at 7.45pm	MEFAS, New Malden	Meet the Examiner	Graeme Jones (IAM Examiner) and Steve George (IAM Quality Manager) will come along to answer all you questions about the IAM advanced driving test - what's involved; what leads to success and common causes of failure; how to achieve a F1RST; and what comes after the test. Essential if you're preparing for your test or just want to know about current advanced driving techniques. If you've a burning question about any aspect of driving, come along and ask!
Sunday 14 September	Ford Test Track, Dunton, Essex	Driving Skills Day	Driving skills event - learn the capabilities of your car, emergency stopping, how to respond to sudden swerving and much more! Have you ever driven safely with both hands off the steering wheel? Well you'll be able to here on the track's banked circuit. Limited spaces available. Spaces get taken quickly as it is a great day out and very popular, so it’s best to book now but no later than 1 September. Please contact Isobel - dunton@slam-iam.co.uk - for further information and to book your place. Organised by Chelmsford Group
15/07/2014	New Malden Drive Centre start time 19.45	Members evening at New Malden Centre 19.45	This coming Tuesday evening is the final members evening before the summer holidays. You are invited to come along to this event where the Group will be showing two very unique DVDs. One DVD covers the final day of commercial services of Concorde with British Airways. This is a wonderful tribute to this iconic plane. The second DVD has just been delivered to the Group and it has the highlights of the Group visit to Speedskills in early June. This is packed with exciting adrenaline pumping action. Members are invited to bring along friends and family members to this event. Please come along and support your Advanced Motoring Group.
Saturday 12 July 2014	New Malden High Street	Malden Fair	Once again we'll be at the Malden Fair in New Malden High Street to recruit new members and encourage people to train to become better, advanced drivers. If you can spare a little time to help on our stall, please speak to Graham or email him at: chairman@slam-iam.co.uk
Tuesday 8 July 2014	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	IAM driving skills day	These skills days are very popular: they are not track days in the usual sense - there won't be speed trials or racing . Your instructor will have specific aims in mind for your Skills Day, but will adapt to any particular needs you may have if you make them known. You will experience - • Sighting Laps • Gear Selection Laps • Steering Laps • Braking and Acceleration Laps BOOK DIRECT WITH IAM
Saturday, 7 June 2014	Bovingdon, near Hemel Hempstead	Driving skills day with SpeedSkills	NOW FULLY BOOKED BUT NAMES BEING TAKEN FOR RESERVE LIST IN CASE OF CANCELLATIONS Based on police anti hi-jack training manoeuvres, the bespoke IAM 6-hour day offers you an original concept. Experience some of the training given to the Royal family, to specialist units within the British Army, international government agencies and to police protection officers from around the world. You'll experience understeer & oversteer, braking exercises, forward and reverse slalom, steering techniques and team competition. They use large standard cars (not yours!) on a large empty runway and you'll create and be taught how to correct skids and learn how to complete ‘J’ turns (a manoeuvre frequently used by stunt drivers).
Tuesday 20 May at 7.45	MEFAS, New Malden	Commentary Driving	You'll have heard of commentary driving and maybe had a go at delivering a commentary while driving. It's not as easy as it appears! It's not compulsory for the advanced driving test but would be needed it you're aiming to achieve a F!RST - the highest level of pass. And if you plan to go for the Masters assessment, it's essential to deliver a good commentary. As well as that, it's a valuable asset for any advanced driver. Come along on 20th when Fergus Taylor-Gregg (SLAM Chief Observer) and John Dowell (IAM Examiner) will use a DVD presentation to show you a professional commentary and explain how you can use it to best effect both in your advanced driving test and everyday driving.
Tuesday 18 March 2014 at 7.45	MEFAS, New Malden (STC)	Group Annual General Meeting, with Mark Trimmer - From Berlin to Chiswick, via Devon & Cornwall and Sussex	Group AGM where we'll hear about group activities over the past year, receive the annual accounts and elect officers and the management committee members for 2014-15. The formal business should be concluded fairly quickly and we'll then have an interesting discussion with our guest speaker - Mark Trimmer (IAM Regional Manager) - Military Police experiences around the time the Berlin Wall was coming down and Civilian policing in Devon & Cornwall and Sussex. Changes within the IAM and plans for the future.
Tuesday 21 January 2014 at 7.45	MEFAS, New Malden	Mark Wright, former racing driver and High Performance Club member	Mark will talk about his experiences and difficulties in the different requirements for road and track driving. He has been able to take aspects and experiences from track driving to complement his road driving and will discuss those differences and the reasons for them. He believes that even areas which may overlap should first be refined in an ‘off road’ track environment - perhaps on an IAM Skills Day for example?
Sunday, 13 October 2013 9.30am - 2pm	Ford test track, Dunton Essex	Driving Skills Day	Driving skills event - learn the capabilities of your car, emergency stopping, how to respond to sudden swerving and much more! Have you ever driven safely with both hands off the steering wheel? Well you'll be able to here on the track's banked circuit. Limited spaces available. Spaces get taken quickly as it is a great day out and very popular, so it’s best to book now but no later than 4 October. Please contact Isobel - dunton@slam-iam.co.uk - for further information and to book your place. Organised by Chelmsford Group
Tuesday 17 September 2013 at 7.45pm	MEFAS, New Malden	Meet the IAM Examiner	Vince Hoar, IAM Examiner will be with us on 17 September. Come along to find out what's involved in the IAM advanced driving test, what examiners look for, how to pass with a F1RST, common misconceptions and common causes of failure. Essential for anyone preparing for their test and great for observers and other drivers too. If there’s something specific you want to know or you just want to hear about the latest advanced driving techniques, come along and bring your friends!
Tuesday 23 April 2013	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	IAM Skills Day	Track-based skills day with individual instructor guidance. Booking essential via IAM website.
Tuesday, 15 January 2013	MEFAS, New Malden	David Hodges, lead guide for Concorde and the flight simulator	David is lead guide on the Concorde and the simulator at Brooklands Museum and has also run the model air show and flown models at Brooklands. Brooklands is the Home of Concorde - more than 30% of every airframe, British and French, was manufactured there. Discover the leading role played by Brooklands in the Concorde. This talk is on the Concorde fleet and the history of the Brooklands aircraft and includes a short film. G-BBDG was the third Concorde built in Britain and this country’s first production Concorde. First flown in February 1974, ‘Delta Golf’, as she is known, carried out a large part of the certification work that saw Concorde flying in commercial service between 1976 and 2003. Delta Golf was the fastest production Concorde and in 1974 she became the first aircraft ever to carry 100 people at twice the speed of sound - 1,350mph.
Tuesday 20 November, 7.45pm	MEFAS, New Malden	Talk by Duncan Knox, Surrey County Road Safety Team Manager	Duncan Knox takes the lead officer role for road safety for the council, and is directly responsible for the road safety engineering team, and partnership working with the police in the provision of safety camera enforcement. Duncan has developed Surrey's Drive SMART Road Safety and Anti-Social Driving strategy to deliver a coordinated range of interventions combining engineering, enforcement and education. Find out about their new driver training and education initiatives and how effective they are in tackling anti-social driving and reducing casualties.
11 November 2012	Goodwood Circuit, Sussex	Skid control training	Skid control course arranged by Guildford IAM Group at a specialist skid facility at Goodwood Circuit. Next date: 11th November 09:30am. A 3-hour course covers an initial briefing on the causes of skids and how to cope with them, leading to time spent on the skidpan practising controlling vehicle skids. The cars are set up and the skidpan treated so that they can skid at very low speeds so this will give an opportunity to practice at a dedicated off-road facility under expert guidance and in complete safety. £50 for Members/Associates of the Guildford group £55 for non members (Family and friends) Contact Christine King Tel: 01483 537608 Email: skidpan@guildford-iam.org.uk
23rd September 10.45am	Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey	Mercedes World Guided Tour, Brooklands	Free guided tour. During the tour you’ll see a fascinating film exploring 125 years of Mercedes-Benz innovation, see automotive legends and learn all about the invention of the motor car. Also, find out more about the Brooklands racetrack itself as well as the Mercedes-Benz high performance gallery and expansive range of vehicles.
18th September 2012 7.45pm	MEFAS centre, New Malden	Meet an IAM Examiner!	This will be your chance to find out what examiners look for in the advanced driving test, what succeeds and common causes of failure. Essential for anyone preparing for their test but also excellent for observers and other members. If there’s something specific you want to know or you just want to hear about the latest advanced driving techniques, come along and bring your friends!
17th July, 2012 7.45pm	New Malden	A talk by Mark Trimmer, regional IAM coordinator	Mark Trimmer, our regional IAM coordinator and former police divisional commander will come along to talk to us. Come along to hear his insight and ask some of the questions you want answers to.
15/11/2011 7:45pm	New Malden	Members, friends and families evening	Glen Marr, Director of the Insurance Fraud Bureau will be discussing fraudsters on the road, or "crash for cash"! How to spot them, what to do and other scams to watch out for!
3/11/2011 19:30	Cuddington	Chairman's talk to Ewell Rotary Club	Following an after dinner talk to the Epsom Club, the Chairman has been invited to give an after dinner talk about advanced driving to Ewell Rotary Club
23/10/2011 (Sunday)	Godstone, Surrey	Visit to Highways Agency	This was a great opportunity to visit the Highways Agency control and operations centre at Godstone (next to the M25). We had a very good briefing on what the HA does and saw the state-of-the-art technology live and in use by the operations staff. A patrol stopped by to show us their vehicle and its on-board equipment before it had to depart to close the M23!
20/09/2011 7:45pm	New Malden	Members, friends and families evening	IAM Staff Examiner Trevor Dickinson spoke to us about what IAM examiners are looking for in the Advanced Driving Test and why some candidates fail the test. It was a great opportunity for those of you who are training to take the test to find out what makes our examiners tick!
21/7/2011 19:30	Epsom	Chairman's talk to the Epsom Club	An after dinner talk to the Epsom Club on advanced motoring.
Tuesday 19th July, 7.45pm	New Malden	Meet the Chief Executive of the IAM!	Simon Best, Chief Executive from the IAM was our guest speaker at this special members, associates and friends evening at New Malden Centre.
Tuesday 17th May, 7.45pm	New Malden	A talk from the Highways Agency	Dom McLeman, guest speaker from the Highways Agency. How do they know what's going on ? How do they help control our busier roads & what happens when an accident brings them to a halt ? We found out at this fascinating talk!