The sessions will be held at the skidpan at Lincolnshire Police Headquarters in Nettleham, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings throughout the summer. They will commence on Tuesday 20th April. Anyone who would like to book a session should contact Lincolnshire Police on 01522 558936. To be eligible, people must be 25 years old or under, or have passed their test in the last 12 months, and reside in the Lincolnshire Police area. Appointments will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Anyone who has applied previously but not received a place, will need to re-apply (last year the sessions had to be cancelled due to water-supply problems at Headquarters rendering the skidpan out of use).
Lincolnshire Police's Driver Training Manager, Clive Pouncey said, "Statistically, young drivers have a high likelihood of being involved in road traffic collisions on our county's roads". "Nationally, one in five will be involved in an accident in the first six months and within two years of passing their test, 200 young drivers will be killed on the roads". "The aim of this programme is to help to reduce the number of these casualties and fatalities on our county's roads by giving young drivers the chance to improve their skills and build up their driving experience, particularly in adverse conditions". "All this is done in a safe environment with individual tuition from advanced police driving instructors, in police cars". "We hope that young people will take us up on our offer, which is completely free of charge". "The sessions will be enjoyable and fun, as well as teaching skills which may well save lives".
"These sessions are an investment in the safety of our young and new drivers, as well as other road users, and we hope that there will be a good take up". "I'm convinced that the key to reducing the number of casualties of young people on our roads is to provide them with the skills they need to be good drivers, as well as giving them an understanding of how they can increase their chances of staying safe through their own attitude and behaviour".
Lincolnshire Police are recommencing their popular programme of skidpan training for the county's new and young drivers. This is aimed at helping to instil good road practice into drivers who are 25 years old and under, or who have passed their driving test in the last 12 months, to enable them to develop their driving skills and help to keep them as safe as possible on the roads.