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Local Drivers Win National Road Safety Competition
Fifteen young drivers from throughout Thames Valley are winners of a national road safety competition.
The winners enjoyed an action packed day at Silverstone, home to the British Grand Prix, on 30 October 2004. The day included a Grand Prix style go-kart racing tournament, an off road session in a 4 x 4 vehicle, and a ‘skids and skills’ trial on a challenging slalom course.
The competition is part of the For my girlfriend road safety campaign, which reminds young drivers of the potentially tragic consequences of driving too fast – by facing young male drivers with the appalling prospect of killing their girlfriend while she is a passenger in their car. The campaign has been running in Thames Valley for a year.
To enter, young drivers between the age of 18 – 25 years were required to log onto the For my girlfriend campaign website, www.fmg.org.uk, and answer a series of multiple choice questions. The website contains a host of road safety information and other material that a young driver will find useful, including advice on insurance, vehicle maintenance and personal safety while driving.
Dan Campsall, Communications Officer for Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership, said, “We hope that by attracting younger drivers to the website to enter the competition, they will pick up safety information while trawling through the site for the competition answers.On the day at Silverstone, there was an impressive mix of challenging driving activities which all served to reinforce a strong road safety message. The prize is designed to appeal to young drivers who might be attracted by speed – the very people we need to reach with the safety message.”
Created: 2005-10-25 09:05:27 | Last Updated: 2005-10-28 11:48:59
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