The Driving Skills For Life (DSFL) programme by Ford UK will be hosting free sessions at the Excel Exhibition Centre in London. A morning and afternoon session will be offered on 18, 19, 20 November 2016 here, to help young drivers under Ford UK’s initiative.
According to a new survey conducted by Ford Motor Company, students rank at the bottom of the class, when it comes to road safety. The survey has discovered many university students break the speed limit, use mobile p[hones while driving and also a significant number of them drink-drive.
More than 2,000 young people who took part in the survey, either were studying in a university, or have left school at 18. In the survey 60% admitted to speeding, 36% took calls at wheel, 38% browsed apps, 43% get to send texts and 13% admitted to drink-driving. Of those who left school at 18, 45% admitted to speeding, 41% used phones and 9% admitted to drive-drink.
Research worldwide show the leading cause of death among young people to be car crashes. Young European people are twice as likely to be killed on the road. Results found 48% were temped to overload with friends, 28% knowingly get in with a drunk driver, 75% attempt to drive after little or no sleep.
Manager of the DSFL programme, Jim Graham, commented that it is crucial that all young people and students understand the horrible consequences that taking risks at the wheel can lead to, for both themselves and others. Registration online for the free session is open at – www.forddsfl.co.uk.
