Kelly Rose
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A lesson In motorway driving

A motorist has praised a road safety course that taught him "the proper etiquette" for motorway driving.

John Maclean (63) said the National Driver Alertness Course he volunteered to attend in Glasgow was so worthwhile as it reminded him of motoring rules he had long forgotten.

As part of the course, he was taken onto the M77 at East Kilbride, near Glasgow, by a driver trainer from the TTC Group, a leading provider of road safety education courses across the UK.

"It was a refresher course and I enjoyed it. It was very informative and reminded me of some of the rules of motorway driving which I had forgotten. The trainer took me onto the motorway to show how the driver entering from the slip road must make sure their speed is the same as cars already on the motorway.

"It was a good way to be reminded about the proper motorway etiquette," said John, who made the mistake of slowing down and moving into the middle lane to allow drivers to enter from the slip road.

He attended the course after being referred by police when his van was involved in a minor motorway incident.

"I had moved into the middle lane to let the cars enter the motorway because I knew my van could only do 50mph and I didn't want to hinder motorists coming via the slip road.

"When I moved back into the slow lane, I pulled in front of a vehicle which I hadn't seen and went immediately back into my lane. It was carelessness and a lack of concentration on my part," said John, a sports administrator from Glasgow, who passed his test 45 years ago.

The course, which also involves a classroom session, gets drivers to talk about how road incidents happen and gives people the skills to deal with them better, said driver trainer Graeme Bennett.

"Sometimes things go wrong on the road and it's important that drivers can explore professionally the real causes leading to why some of these incidents occur and how they can reduce the chances of them happening again."

In 2013, Police Scotland introduced the National Driver Alertness Course in Scotland run by the TTC Group to educate drivers involved in minor road crashes.

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