With Winter time being the most common season for motoring accidents , the Driving Standards Agency has advised motorists passing their test at this time of the year to take a course aimed at making motorists become safer drivers. The DSA hopes that this will help reduce road deaths and injuries in the process.
Winter is a notorious time of the year for driving fatalities. In 2007 the worst 3 months for car users being killed due in road accidents was:
- November (142)
- January (134)
- December (133)
DSA has several initiatives to help boost road safety standards, including the Pass Plus scheme mentioned above.
The Pass Plus course is a training course made up of 6 modules, in which the candidate is expected to drive proficiently during all weathers on a mixture of most road types including dual carriageways, rural roads and motorways.
Though anyone with a car driving licence holder can take the Pass Plus course, the DSA says that its mostly beneficial to drivers who have very recently passed their driving test.
Rosemary Thew, Chief Executive of the Driving Standards Agency said: “One in five deaths on British roads involves newly-qualified drivers and this is unacceptable. Such a grim statistic gains much of its volume during this time of year due to the dark, cold and wet conditions that accompany winter
