Hard-hitting road safety project for new drivers

HARD-hitting presentations will be given to new and learner drivers under a fresh scheme to promote road safety.

Police and the fire services have teamed up with the Motor Schools Association of Great Britain to deliver the initiative, dubbed the New Driver Scheme.

The project is being rolled out in South Ayrshire initially, with the hope it can eventually benefit drivers across the country.

Motorists taking part in the scheme will be shown a film, developed by Police Scotland, which looks at the devastation caused by a crash in Stewarton in April, 2014. It resulted in the deaths of Patricia Brown, 52, and 18-year-old Alec Stewart. It will also feature “dashcam” footage which documents the incident in detail.