GEM Webinar 3 – Safer Driving Update

On Tuesday 24th September at 2pm we are running another one of our FREE webinars to help and support safer driving. This webinar will be exploring a wide variety of subjects to help you make informed decisions and stay safe on your road journeys.

The webinar will be expertly guided by Valerie Singleton OBE and lasts 60 minutes.

Topics we will be covering are:

• Driver eyesight
• Winter checks
• Worried about someone’s driving?
• Car insurance: money-saving tips
• Dashcam: road safety benefits
• and more…

To register for your FREE place click here

‘DRIVING SAFELY IN SUMMER’
Holiday Driving Tips  

This popular series of webinars returns at 10am on Saturday 27 July      

Will your summer holidays involve driving longer journey’s than usual?

Will these be on roads you are not familiar with, including SMART motorways?

Are you thinking how best to prepare yourself and your car for these challenges?

In this webinar we will give tips on how to drive safely on your summer holiday trips.  

Feedback from last month’s webinar include

“Excellent webinar. Always new tips to learn”

“Very clear and comprehensive as always”

“Brilliant. Thank you very much. 

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Please click on the link below to reserve your place. If you encounter any issues email us at odfglos@gmail.com

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwkcu-hqzIsEt14WPI9F2A8ZAa0YT4XVnyp

Webinar FAQs

Q: Do I need a zoom licence? A: No, you just click on the link and register

Q: How long is the webinar? A: One hour

Q: Is it recorded? A: We do not have funding to achieve this, but attendees will receive an information pack

Q: I am not able to attend this webinar, when is the next one? A: We are taking a holiday break in August. The next webinar will be on 28 September       

All our work is voluntary. To donate email odfglos@gmail.com and we will provide bank details of Gloucestershire Older Persons Association (Charity No:1124977) under whose charitable status we operate. 

Please share this information with anyone for whom this could be of value.

‘DRIVING SAFELY IN SUMMER.’

This popular series of zoom webinars returns at 10am on Saturday 29 June     

 Summer has finally arrived and in rural counties brings with it seasonal road safety challenges.

• Traffic volumes increase with more vulnerable road users out and about.  This is also the busiest season for farmers
• Fast growing hedgerows obscure traffic signs and at dawn and dusk wild animals are more active
• Tourists are visiting with some not being experienced in driving on rural roads. The festival season is in full swing causing traffic jams in unexpected places.

Combine all this with higher summer temperatures and the results are higher stress levels for drivers and vehicles alike.

This webinar will help re-fresh driving knowledge on how to keep driving safely for longer in summer

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This month we are trialling a new registration system. Please click on the link below to reserve your place.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApduCoqTgqHtSzhAqgmXVgJCY3HZXWW2_m    

If you encounter any issues email us at odfglos@gmail.com

The webinars are free to join, use zoom, but a zoom account is not required.

Whilst we have your attention all our work in Gloucestershire is voluntary and relies on public donations.

If you can donate, please email odfglos@gmail.com and we will provide bank details of Gloucestershire Older Persons Association (Charity No: 1124977) under whose charitable status we operate. Thank you.

      Please share this invitation with anyone for whom this could be of value

A Mobility Scooter Safety Guide

Mobility scooter riders are more than two and a half times more likely to be killed in a road crash compared to other road users, data has revealed.

Department for Transport (DfT) road casualty statistics show that in 2022, nine mobility scooter users were killed and 270 were injured in collisions on the UK’s roads.

Alarmingly, the figures show that over the last decade, mobility scooter casualties have increased by an average of 20 per cent, year on year.

The data has been released by Surewise, a leading mobility scooter insurance intermediary, as a warning to mobility scooter drivers and to other road users.

Surewise, which has insured more than 130,000 mobility scooters in the UK against theft and in the event of a collision, is so concerned about the safety of mobility scooter users that it has launched a ‘Safer Mobility’ Campaign.

The campaign aims to inform mobility scooter users about the risks they face when travelling on or near to the roads, and raise awareness about their vulnerability to all road users.

To find out more and read the Guide click here