Bedfordshire pilots older driver seminar

The Bedfordshire Road Safety Team held an experimental Older Drivers Seminar at Silsoe Conference Centre on 8 May to inform more mature drivers of the way that the ageing process affects driving.

During the first half of 2003 two thirds of all fatal collisions on Bedfordshire’s roads involved older drivers – a situation that clearly needed to be addressed.

Road safety team leader Bill Brady led the seminar and was accompanied by other team members. The seminar provided information for attendees on a wide range of subjects including speed reduction.

"On completion of the session each attendee was offered the opportunity of a free driving assessment to outline their strengths and weaknesses," Bill Brady says. " If the seminar is a success more will be planned later in the year. With Observation, Anticipation and Planning we can all became OAP safer drivers," Bill Brady concludes.

For further information about the seminar contact Bill Brady, Bill.Brady@bedscc.gov.uk.