Older Drivers Forum for Gloucestershire

08/11/2026

🚗 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲. 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀.
📅 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟭 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 | 𝟭𝟬 - 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺

Please note that this is 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 this month in support of:

𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝑾𝒆𝒆𝒌

💻 FREE community Zoom webinar
👉 Reserve your place: https://tinyurl.com/455ttkuh

Join us for practical Highway Code advice to help keep vulnerable road users safer during the challenging months of winter.

We’ll look at how to help:

🚶 Pedestrians: looking out at crossings and junctions
🚲 Cyclists: anticipating their movements in adverse road and weather conditions
🏍️ Motorcyclists: taking an extra look at junctions and recognising how easily a rider can be missed
🚗 Young drivers: allowing for their hesitation or mistakes

Please share with family, friends and community groups.

New to Zoom webinars? Support is available here https://tinyurl.com/5ywnp9r7

We are a voluntary group and do not have funding to record our webinars for later broadcast. If you register but cannot attend, we will send you summary notes afterwards.

To donate please go to our JustGiving page https://tinyurl.com/fr9wktvf or email [email protected] for our bank details.

Don't delay, act today


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BBC Gloucestershire

05/11/2026

❤️ Thank you to everyone who joined our ‘𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱?’ webinar on 31 October, and to all our partners and supporters who helped spread the word.

You can download the comprehensive notes from the meeting here:https://olderdriversforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/ODFG_Winter_Driving_Web_011126.pdf

⚠️ 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄

Our next webinar is on Saturday 21 November, 10am–11am, a week earlier than usual, in support of 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙍𝙤𝙖𝙙 𝙎𝙖𝙛𝙚𝙩𝙮 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠. ‘𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲.’

Join us for practical winter advice for mature drivers and their partners, looking at our journeys as drivers, passengers and pedestrians, and how we can share the road safely.
➡️ Register here: https://tinyurl.com/455ttkuh
↗️ Please share this post to help others hear about the earlier date.


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BBC Gloucestershire

02/11/2026

🚨 OPERATION INSIGHT 2026 – FINAL WEEK! 🚨

👁️ IS YOUR VISION ROADWORTHY?

The national campaign finishes on Sunday 8th November 2026 – let’s make every opportunity count!

We are calling on all UK Police Forces, Roads Policing Officers, Road Safety Partnerships and Road Safety Professionals to give the Is Your Vision Roadworthy? campaign one final push.

Good eyesight is essential for safe driving, yet too many motorists may be driving without meeting the minimum legal eyesight standards.

🚔 POLICE OFFICERS – PLEASE KEEP TESTING!

Throughout this final week, we encourage officers to carry out roadside number plate eyesight checks at every appropriate opportunity, in accordance with operational guidance.

Whether stopping a driver following a road traffic offence, attending a collision or undertaking routine roads policing activity, please consider whether an eyesight check is appropriate.

Every test matters. Every opportunity could prevent a tragedy.

📊 PLEASE REMEMBER TO SUBMIT YOUR RESULTS!

We are asking all participating forces to ensure their Operation Insight eyesight testing results are submitted promptly following the campaign.

Results can be submitted using either:

✅ The online campaign reporting form

✅ The campaign results spreadsheet

Links to both reporting options can be provided on request.

Your results are vital. They help us understand the scale of defective driver eyesight, identify emerging trends and build the evidence needed to improve road safety and influence future policy.

In 2025, 32 police forces participated, carrying out 3,778 roadside eyesight tests, identifying 59 drivers who failed, with 50 driving licence revocations.

Let’s build on that work in 2026.

⏰ FINAL DAY: SUNDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2026

Thank you to every officer, force and road safety professional supporting this important national campaign.

Together, we can help prevent avoidable collisions, serious injuries and deaths caused by defective driver eyesight.

🌐 www.IsYourVisionRoadworthy.org.uk

01/11/2026

Poor vision costs lives. Eighteen people were killed by drivers with defective eyesight in 2025. All motorists are required to meet minimum legal eyesight standards every time they get behind the wheel.

29/10/2026

📅 Save the Date - Mature Drivers Event 🚗

Are you aged 60+ or know someone who is? Why not save the date for this free event designed to help mature drivers build confidence and stay safe on the roads.

🚒 Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service is hosting a Mature Drivers Event at the Marlene Reid Centre, Belvoir Road, Coalville.

The event is aimed at drivers aged 60 and over and offers helpful advice, information and guidance to support safe, confident driving and continued independence on the road.

✅ Free to attend
✅ Road safety advice
✅ Confidence-building support for drivers aged 60+

If you, a family member, friend or neighbour would be interested in attending, you can book a free place via:

🔗 https://leicspolice.link/GYgbH

Please help us spread the word and share this with anyone who may benefit.

🚗🚒

**UPDATE** This course is now fully booked!

PC Mcallister
NN44 Coalville Beat Team

28/10/2026

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28/10/2026

𝟑𝟏 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 - 𝟏𝟎𝐚𝐦 - ‘𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠’ 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫
You're invited to our monthly webinar - here are the full details:

🚗 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱?
📅 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟭 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 | 𝟭𝟬–𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺
💻 FREE community Zoom webinar
👉 Reserve your free place: https://tinyurl.com/2w9964yw

𝘼𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠, 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙧 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠. 𝙇𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙪𝙣, 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙥 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙛𝙤𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙘𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨. 𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨.

This webinar includes:

👀 You: prescription medicines and driving, plus the latest research and practical advice on headlamp glare

🔧 Your vehicle: winter versus all-season tyres, plus winter considerations for EVs and hybrids

🗺️ Your journeys: finding gritted routes and choosing safer times to travel
Joined our autumn webinar? There’s plenty of new advice.

📝 Register now: https://tinyurl.com/2w9964yw

New to Zoom webinars? Guidance is available here: https://tinyurl.com/5ywnp9r7

📣 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀.

All our work is voluntary. If you can donate to support our work, please go to our JustGiving page: https://tinyurl.com/fr9wktvf


Safe Driving for Life
ITV News West Country
Gloucestershire Constabulary
Wilts and Glos Standard
Gloucestershire Live Cheltenham
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service
GOPA - Gloucestershire Older Persons' Association
BBC Gloucestershire

26/10/2026