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Funds to help train young drivers | Funds to help train young drivers |
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Young motorists are to be given help with the cost of advanced driver training in an effort to cut the number of road deaths in Scotland. | |
The Scottish Executive is to provide funding towards the scheme. | |
The north east has the highest fatal accident rates in Scotland for drivers aged 17 to 25. A total of 62 people died on the region's roads last year. | |
The executive is funding a six-month pilot in the Moray, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire areas. | The executive is funding a six-month pilot in the Moray, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire areas. |
It will provide half the cost of advanced driver training. | It will provide half the cost of advanced driver training. |
When this is added to local authority funding already on offer that means a £150 course could cost as little as £15. | When this is added to local authority funding already on offer that means a £150 course could cost as little as £15. |
The executive said it was obvious that road safety messages, particularly among young people, still needed to be heard. | The executive said it was obvious that road safety messages, particularly among young people, still needed to be heard. |