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ROAD safety initiatives are to be specifically aimed at young drivers and motorists aged 65-plus this year.
Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership took its message to 3,500 young people last year via the 2Fast 2Soon project.
Firefighters, police officers and crash survivors told their true stories in a theatre production.
The project, which also features workshops in schools and practical driver training, is to continue this year
And older drivers will be encouraged to brush up on their skills.
A total of 44 people were killed on the county's roads last year, compared to 52 in 2009.
Last year seven 17-to-24-year-olds were killed in crashes on Lincolnshire's roads, compared to 13 in 2009.
In the over-65 age group, there were 14 fatalities last year.
"Overall, the aim this year, as always, is to reduce casualties across the board," said road safety partnership spokesman John Siddle.
"But we are always keen to identify vulnerable groups and work with them.
"We are aware a lot of people retire to Lincolnshire and we have had some complaints made to us about older drivers.
"In the New Year we are looking to roll out driver workshops and practical driving assessments to the over-65s across the county following a pilot scheme last year.
"We are also looking to get the more mature motorcyclists on board.
"Many take up biking again later in their lives. We need to look at what they might want from us."
Overall last year, fewer people were killed in crashes on Lincolnshire's roads, but the number of those seriously injured rose.
Between January and the end of October last year, 340 people were seriously injured on the county's roads, compared to 333 in the same period in 2009.
And the number of slight injuries were up from 1,581 between January and October 31, 2009, to 1,601 in the same time last year.
Retired printer Gary Hill, 69, an advanced driver, said driving was a skill which needed constant honing throughout an individual's motoring career.
"Whatever your age, it is always important to think of road safety and how you can better your driving," said Mr Hill, of Chippendale Road, Lincoln.
"I think the recent bad weather has forced people to educate themselves about safer driving, but this is something everyone can do at all times."
Damian Wilkinson, 25, a shopkeeper who lives in Wragby, who is also an advanced driver, said: "You regularly get training at work, if you're a mechanic you learn about new cars and athletes train regularly.
"Why should it be any different for drivers?"
How dare they target people like this blatant ageism
