Don’t crash – learn safer driving

 

Keith Jones, who has retired as head of Carmarthenshire Police, is now working to reduce the road death and injury toll with one of the UK’s top driver training organisations. The TTC Group has just launched a new National Driver Alertness Course in the area with expert instructors.

 

“The first courses have just taken place and were very well received,” said Mr Jones, who retired as divisional commander six years ago after a 30-year career in the police force.

 

The courses are for drivers who have been involved in low level driving incidents or offences such as driving without due care and attention or if they have been involved in minor crashes. The aim is for a motorist to become a safer driver through education instead of receiving a fine or being prosecuted.

 

“The aim of the course is to create safer communities and to improve driver awareness to reduce the occurrence of future incidents and reduce the financial and emotional costs to the community. The course lasts a whole day and is divided between the classroom and on the road with a qualified driving instructor. It is hoped that they will also be offered to a wider range of offender to include mobile phone and red light violations and other traffic offences,” added Mr Jones.

 

The courses, which replace the former National Driver Improvement Scheme (NDIS) are being offered in both English and Welsh across the Dyfed-Powys police force area. The TTC Group, which already runs speed awareness courses in Dyfed Powys, has been helping to design and develop the new NDAC course now being rolled out across the UK.

 

A pilot course run last year by TTC received positive feedback from drivers.

 

In Dyfed Powys in 2009, 40 people died on the roads, 316 were seriously injured and there were 1,923 slight injuries.

 

The TTC Group run speed awareness courses for those caught speeding a few miles over the limit and drink drive rehabilitation courses for offenders who get up to a quarter off their driving ban after successfully attending a three day course.

 

For more information contact www.ttcautomotive.co.uk or call 0845 270 4363.