As part of Brake Road Safety Week (23rd-29th November) drivers in Felixstowe with a Section 59 warning are being urged to attend a Learn and Live presentation at Felixstowe Fire Station in High Road West on Sunday 22nd November 2009 at 2.30pm.

A Section 59 warning is issued to a driver or their vehicle following anti-social and careless driving and those who attend the Learn and Live presentation will have them removed. The initiative will give drivers the opportunity to have a ‘clean slate’ in return for attending the education event. This is driven by the fact that if a second offence warning is issued, their vehicle can be confiscated.

Other members of the public are also welcome to attend.

It is hoped the event will encourage drivers to stop anti-social and careless driving through education about the dangers. The presentation will include a film containing graphic images highlighting the consequences of road collisions caused by inappropriate driving. Fire officers will discuss their own experiences and there will be a practical demonstration of cutting a volunteer out of a vehicle.

The Learn and Live presentation will be presented by the Fire and Rescue Service and supported by the Felixstowe and District Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT).

PCSO Steve Butcher from Felixstowe and District SNT says, "Education is the key to this event as an alternative to prosecution. We want drivers to consciously improve their careless driving to reduce the chance of repeat offences. This will not only keep them out of trouble but will mean a safer community for everyone.

"We are hoping that the event will attract a good number of drivers who have committed Section 59 warnings as their offence will be removed from their record. If they were to commit a second offence then potentially their vehicles can be seized and they will have to pay £150 to get it back. This is quite an incentive to get their initial warning removed!

"We are not only encouraging drivers who have committed offences but their friends, family or the public to attend. This is an informative and impactive presentation that will affect people who watch it."