25.11.09 Gloucestershire’s new Road Safety Partnership was only launched in March, but already its reputation is spreading far and wide. A film crew from Poland spent two days with members of the partnership filming a feature on good driving habits to show motorists back home some of the ideas used in other countries to improve safety on the roads. It’s one of a series of films sponsored by Polish car maker Skoda. Spokesman Tomasz Piasny said, “The idea is to go to other countries in Europe to meet experts, policemen, ordinary drivers who tell the story of road safety in their countries.
“We look for statistics and best practices in terms of teaching/instructing driving licence applicants, unique ideas that improve safety a lot and to show Polish viewers (drivers, authorities…etc.) that there are many ideas that improve safety that have been applied abroad for a long time now”.
The film covered SAGE; the older drivers’ assessment, the driver improvement course, the drink drive rehabilitation course, as well as Gloucestershire Constabulary’s Roads Policing Team and Fire and Rescue services.
