PRINCESS ROYAL LEARNS ABOUT DRINK & DRUG DRIVING
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The Princess Royal learned all about the national education programme to make UK roads safer by tackling drink driving, speeding and careless driving during her visit to Shropshire.
She visited the TTC Group (Telford Training Consultants) – leaders in the field of public and corporate driver training –and met motorists whose lives have been affected by drink driving. They have each attended the 18 hour rehabilitation course for offenders and have helped raise awareness about the consequences of drink driving.
The Princess Royal met Joanna Hough who was horrendously injured in a “morning after” car crash and Love Isaac Sackey who wrote a rap song about not drinking and driving.
“The Princess Royal said that not many people were aware about the morning after which was what caused my horrendous accident. I am certainly aware of it now after going on the TTC course,” said Joanna, who almost died in a road crash.
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HRH, who was also given information on drug driving, said: “There is an assumption that drugs are dangerous and drink is not, which is curious.”
She also got a taste of a speed awareness course and the National Driver Improvement Scheme aimed at teaching drivers how to stick to speed limits and be more aware of road hazards.
HRH also learned about how companies are now educating their employees to improve driver safety from Shropshire businessman Vernon Hogg, Dealer Principal at Mitsubishi and Honda.
“We talked about how we had brought alcohol awareness to Shropshire companies with 100 put through our courses over the past year. They employ 10,000 and run 2,000 vehicles. She was very aware about the employers duty of care although a lot of employers are not aware that they are responsible for their vehicles,” said Mr Hogg.
A new solution to dealing with low risk offenders involving TTC working with probation and prison to deliver special training programmes was revealed to the Princess. TTCs involvement in educating schoolchildren about the dangers of alcohol was also on the agenda.
TTC Group directors Graham and Jenny Wynn escorted their royal guest on a tour of their new offices at Hadley Park, Telford, which were officially opened by the Princess Royal.
TTC Director Graham Wynn, who presented the Princess with a hand made glass work of art of horses, said: “It has been an honour to have the Princess Royal here today to hear about our work in re-educating drivers who transgress the law. We do take enormous pride in what we do. The more drivers we can re-educate, the safer our roads will be.”
The Princess also learned about how TTC helped to raise £26,000 with a recent Gala Ball for the Severn Hospice and of their work in helping to cut crime in Telford and how they give their backing to young footballers in the town.
With more than 100 trainers, the TTC Group is the UK’s largest provider of the drink drive rehabilitation scheme for convicted offenders which has been praised for reducing reconviction rates.
The road safety experts put on tailor made courses for the commercial world so that firms can cut the number of accidents among company drivers and reduce driving costs.
And with a panel of 150 approved driving instructors, they also run speed awareness and the National Driver Improvement Scheme on behalf of police and local authorities for motorists caught speeding or for careless driving.
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