<b>By Rob Banks
Crime Editor</b>

Elderly drivers are being asked by Suffolk Police to give driving lessons to learners to ensure they prepare properly for the cut-and-thrust of the county's roads.

It is hoped the pensioners will force young people to pick up all the safety tricks needed to negotiate routes through Suffolk, including:

- Driving at no more than 20mph (even on the A12 and A14)
- Pootling along in the middle of the road, with no regard for the central markings
- Parking at 45 degree angles in car parks, or simply straddling two parking bays
- Undergoing 14-point turns
- Over-revving the engine
- Not using fourth gear and above
- Failing to indicated on roundabouts
- Falling asleep at junctions (then waking up and taking off without looking)
- Giving cyclist no more than four inches of space

Trials in Bury St Edmunds have proved successful, with a group of 20 OAPs hired to give mandatory lessons to teenagers.





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