An event aimed at promoting safe driving during the winter months has arrived in Leicestershire. 
The Highways Agency roadshow will be at the Leicester Forest East Services on the M1 on Wednesday December 10th between 10:00 and 16:00.
Car hire drivers will be able to speak to agency officers in person and gain valuable advice on road safety during potentially difficult seasonal conditions.
Highways Agency staff will also be giving out complimentary safety items such as reflective stickers and ice scrapers to visiting motorists.
The Highways Agency’s severe weather and winter service coordinator Darren Clark said: “According to research carried out by the Highways Agency, 50 per cent of road users would continue with a journey after hearing a severe weather warning and around a third of road users would not carry out any checks on their vehicles before heading out.”
Between October and April the Highways Agency employs a team of salt and grit-spreaders to help maintain road safety 24 hours a day.