Hi, I’m COOPER, and yes, I help new drivers.
Come and together we will set you up with the basic core skills that you need to build a very strong foundation and a good, solid pathway to a future of calm driving and solid awareness to drive safe for life. My broad history of road safety, has taught me that learning the car and car control are important foundational bases that help set you up on a path of contined learning as you benefit greatly from this powerful independent skill of driving, along side its incredible potentional destructive force.
The best way to start is to meet me at King Edward Station, which is close to a very quiet area, perfect to get all the basic core skills built into you.
After one meeting, we can sit down and figure out what the best path is to get you set up and on the road to driving. Many drivers stay with me throughout their entire learning, right up to test day. Others mix me in with this practice person. Any path is ok with me. Whatever works, we will do it.
If you have any questions, please text me at 236-998-4268 anytime thanks, COOPER
YES I OPENLY AVOID PHONE CALLS. — SO SO SORRY.
But you can text me short or long or any kind of question and I will answer them all.
And I do apologize in advance for avoiding phone calls but I spend near all my time with hands-on teaching plus off time running my websites, videos and administration. Please consider reading my website and this New Driver outline here, in place of time talking. And yes many parents, partners or guardians come to the first drive session and chat with me pre-session and post-session, which is a good face to face solution versus talking on the phone. Try me for one session, then decide the next step. Or let the new driver do one session, come home and talk with you about what we did, and this then opens up a direct communication via TEXT messages going forward with COOPER.
Yes, yes PLEASE PLEASE text me all and any questions,
WHAT DO YOU TEACH IN YOUR NEW DRIVER PROGRAM?
I taught a 30-hour New Driver program in Ontario and managed all the thory training for six different driving schools for over 13 years including 3 high school programs — similar to the ones now taught in BC — with the average age around 17. After that I moved into corporate fleet work, T ransport Canada applied research, and all the rest. <- Read all about my background here.
For the last six years I’ve focused on high-anxiety clients, post-crash drivers, people dealing with heavy stress, and those who really struggle with the road test (my average client age now is 31).
This means I go deep on the brain, decision-making, and mental distractions, while still covering all the traditional driver training stuff. The knowledge and skills needed to stay safe, are the same whether you’re 17 or 37 — you’re building advanced skillsets that give you the best chance of taking maximum action to always drive at the lowest possible risk.
I follow a four-pyramid structure of skills with a very strong emphasis on the base levels (L1 & L2): car control, 100% sign reading, and the actual laws. I put heavy focus on real confidence, real competence, and an honest look at the actual risks — especially for young drivers who stay high-risk right up to age 25.
With every client I walk alongside their own journey through this complex, potentially dangerous skill. I help them acquire exactly what they need so they can self-navigate the learning, pass the test, and keep growing for the rest of their driving life.
New driver research shows beginners need well over 60 hours (ICBC even recommends it) before testing. In truth, the longer they stretch their learning years the safer they are — many countries require a basic 120 hours plus of documented driving hours before attempting licensing.
The research very is clear here. The longer you stretch the new drivers learning out, the safer they are long-term.
I help lay a rock-solid foundation using my background in driver training, crash research, and honest conversations about decision-making and independent thinking — especially when you’re alone in the car.
I don’t offer a one-size-fits-all, off-the-shelf solution like most of the industry. The information needed to truly grasp driving is vast, so I shape it specifically for each unique brain as they move forward in their life of driving and their personal journey – that of continually learning how to manage the ever present risk of driving.
For a more direct, packaged path straight to the driving test, the big schools and the overall industry offer a more here-is-the-answer, this-is-the-right-way, copy-me-and-you-will-pass service. I however focus more on your unique complex individual brain as I follow its discover thru this very complex ever changing world of driving. You can read about the four pyramids I have developed here: https://ihaveevolved.com/anxiety-free-driver-training/
Many clients take full programs elsewhere or work with other trainers and just use me for check-ins or a different point of view. Any and all exposure to was of driving and different viewpoints in my opinion is GOOD and IS NEEDED even if its 10 minutes in a parking lot with a truck or a motor bike or anything motorized. 90% of my high anxiety client has already worked with other trainers. This is all good because it lead them to COOPER.
Please feel free to ask me anything — even if you don’t hire me. ( TXT PLEASE ) Giving a new driver as much support and as many different perspectives as possible is the right path. In the end, they must develop their own way of figuring out this lifelong, always-challenging skill.
If you have any questions, please text me at 236-998-4268 anytime thanks, COOPER
For a more in depth discussion about COOPER’s methods, please continue reading here https://ihaveevolved.com/anxiety-free-driver-trainin g. Also review his extensive history – T ransport Canada applied research, and all the rest. All of which is available to you when you come drive with Cooper.
Plus driving & learning is fun!
