Background
The chances are that if you have found this page you are either a new driver or will be thinking of learning to drive in the next year or two. That’s great and driving your own car ( or often mum or dad's) can be fun and give you real independence. However, when you get hold of the keys for the first time and become everyone’s best friend remember that there's something that you won’t find mentioned in the user manual.
As a young driver you are much more likely to be involved in a crash than any other road user. Last year 45 young drivers aged 17 to 24 were killed or seriously injured on Northamptonshire's roads. That's the lives of 45 people just like you who ended there and then or changed beyond comprehension
You probably won’t think that it will be you though because you will be a safe driver and it always happens to idiots who don’t care anyway. Unfortunately this isn’t always the case. There are those who will always take risks but there are even more level headed people who make a moment's bad judgement or lose concentration for only a second and the consequences last a lifetime. We want you to enjoy driving but more importantly we want you to enjoy the rest of your life.
So what is 2fast2soon then?
2fast2soon aims to highlight some of the causes of accidents which involve young drivers. Similar initiatives have been run elsewhere in the country and abroad but we have adapted it and, dare we say, improved it for young people in Northamptonshire.
The initiative is produced by a road safety partnership in Northamptonshire which is made up of organisations who have a serious interest in making sure you stay safe on the roads. They include Northamptonshire County Council, Northamptonshire Police, Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue and The Ambulance Service. Together we make up Northamptonshire’s Casualty Reduction Partnership which has been working since 1999 to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI) on the County’s roads. Since 1999 there has been a 42% decrease in the number of young drivers killed or seriously injured within Northamptonshire.
