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Princess Royal learns about drink and drug driving

By TJ (08-10-2007)
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The Princess Royal visited public and corporate driver training  organisation the TTC Group.  Here she 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.

The Princess Royal, 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 was given 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.

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.

Image: The Princess Royal enjoyes a joke with TTC Group director Jenny Wynn during her tour of the building.

 

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