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🚗 Young Driver Focus 2024 conference write-up now available! 🚗 We are pleased to share that a comprehensive write-up of the Young Driver Focus 2024 conference is now available. This valuable resource includes detailed summaries of each presentation and links to presentation slides. Whether you're involved in road safety, education, or simply passionate about young driver safety, this write-up is well worth a read. 👉 https://lnkd.in/erYK2V-x Thanks again to our excellent set of speakers Dr Ian Greenwood Loveday Ryder Laura Hill Jacqueline Upton Simon Christmas Nicola Wass Lorna Smith Shaun Helman Jill Weekley Keanan Lloyd Adams Cheryl Evans Michael Bettington Elizabeth Box Ian Edwards Chris Boston Olly Tayler QPM Dan Quin Annabelle Priest Bookings are now open for the 2025 conference which will be taking place on Wednesday 21st May at the Royal Automobile Club. We look forward to seeing you there! 🎟 https://lnkd.in/gdnnduc GEM Motoring Assist | Breakdown Cover & Road Safety RAC Foundation Road Safety GB FirstCar Westcotec Limited #YoungDriverFocus2024 #RoadSafety #YoungDrivers

There are great hopes for the safety benefits that driverless cars will bring eliminating, as they will, the human element which is the cause of the vast majority of current collisions on the roads. But what about the transition to autonomous vehicles, particularly that stage - semi-autonomy - which would see the car and the driver taking it in turns to be in charge. The latest report written for us by the University of Nottingham on this subject has now been published. Also a good write up on the This is Money website: https://lnkd.in/egkrpy5i

🔄 Popular Safe System Survey Returns 🔄 https://lnkd.in/dQPcDN3g Agilysis Limited have today launched a national survey on the state of Safe System implementation, which we are pleased to support RAC Foundation alongside Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, Road Safety Foundation UK Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE), Road Safety GB, IAM RoadSmart and RoadSafe. Now in its third year, the survey introduces a fresh perspective by focusing on culture maturity to evaluate how equipped we are to build capacity and drive progress in road safety. The survey invites everyone in the road safety community to participate, including those from UK road safety local authorities, police forces, fire and rescue services, road safety partnerships, charities, or private organisations. Participation is encouraged at all levels to build a comprehensive picture. All responses will be anonymised, and no sensitive information will be asked. The survey will remain open throughout the summer, closing on Friday 13th September 2024, with findings published in a special webinar on Thursday, 24th October. Please do share this with your colleagues and help shape the future of road safety in Britain! 🚦🛣️

Almost 2 million driving tests that were taken in 2023-24. Yet fewer than half were passed. We need to improve the pass rate to reduce the waiting time for a test (currently, almost 18 weeks) and to reduce the time and financial costs of retakes. We think that might be done by offering a rebate on the driving test fee for those who pass first time, and slightly increasing the fee for those people who are sitting their third test or greater. Read more... https://lnkd.in/ehKEqsG4