Mercedes car rental fans may find themselves being offered training by their employers to improve their driving skills, thanks to Mercedes-Benz World.

The automotive brand experience centre has launched a dedicated course for businesses to offer their employees this opportunity, which it hopes will improve vehicle control and handling ability and their assessment of road risks.

Using vehicles at the facility packed with standard safety technology, the centre's driving courses offer drivers skills that could be life-saving, according to Mercedes-Benz World managing director, Peter O'Halloran.

"Driving is potentially one of the most dangerous things we do, and time pressures, meetings and deadlines can be especially distracting when driving for work," he said.

"As with the technology on all our road cars, it's better to avoid an accident in the first case, rather than to mitigate its effects."

It is estimated that there are 55,000 work-related car accidents annually and this could be cut by such ventures, Mr O'Halloran said.

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