Driving - a skill for life

Road Safety Officer, Emma Selway: "The success of the council's driver refresher courses has led us to promote Skills for Life as a way of providing drivers who cannot attend courses during the day, or those who want to continue training, with an opportunity to take part."

Presentations

The first step is to come along to the presentations held at:

Committee Room 1, County Hall, Dorchester DT1 1XJ on 6, 13 and 20 March 2013 commencing 6.45pm and finishing at 8.45pm.

These are free to attend.  Doors are open from 6pm onwards and you can park in any Permit Holders space.

Organised by the Dorset Group of Advanced Motorists (DGAM) the topics include observation, positioning, speed management, reading the road and awareness of other road users.

What's next?

Following on from this you can enrol with the group for a practical Skills for Life course, being guided by a specially trained observer to advanced test standard.

As part of a pilot project Dorset County Council have teamed up with DGAM, to encourage drivers to take part in post-test training which helps them become more controlled, confident and ultimately, a better driver less likely to become involved in a collision.

Just over half of people killed or seriously injured on Dorset's roads are in a car. Three out of every four were injured on rural roads (a 50mph or more speed restriction). Driver error is said to play a part in nine out of ten collisions, so encouraging drivers to take further training makes sense.

For more information contact Jane Percy.

• Name: Jane Percy
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