CODE ZERO held their first Corporate/Group Event at their brand-new facility in Pitt Meadows, BC last week. As usual, the unique combination of Advanced Driving lessons and Team-Building activities left the participants with both newfound confidence in their driving abilities along with valuable experience in working (and playing) well together.

After undergoing several carefully-designed, police recruit-inspired driving exercises that teach potentially, life-saving skills to them, the group of 16 split up into teams of four in order to solve a mock crime that involved an armed robbery and a getaway vehicle. Referred to as the “CODE ZERO Gold Shield Challenge”, this exciting event tests safe-driving techniques, observation skills plus overall teamwork and cohesiveness all under the added pressure of time limits, emergency sirens and two-way radios. These additional factors provided participants with the opportunity to work and drive under stressful conditions, something that they discovered can be done quite well if they focused on the skills and techniques that they were practising earlier.

Although they were, in many ways ‘pushed to the limit’, all the participants displayed a surprising level of competence accompanied by a suitable amount of enthusiasm and team spirit throughout the entire day of activities. “I never thought I could share so much fun with others while learning to be a much better driver myself!” said one enthusiastic participant.