30/02/10
 
East Ayrshire Council are considering placing a puffin crossing on Grassyards Road, just outside St Joseph's Academy.  This will help to increase road safety around the school as it gives the students a safer place to cross.  It will also help to cut down on the amount of parked cars which create difficulty for pedestrians trying to cross the road.
 
 
23/02/10

We've partnered up with Tailguardian (www.tailguardian.com), an Irvine based company who design "intellegent"  vehicle safety signs.  They're currently being used on Stagecoach, The Bethell Group, Fife Police and First Scotland.  Tailguardian have support from local councils and road safety groups and in 2009 won a prestigious award from Brake, a road safety charity (that I'm a Road Safety Ambassador for) in the "Fleet Safety Product of the Year" catagory.  Currently KM Driver Training is the only driving school in the UK to use Tailguardian's signs on their training vehicles.  For more information on Tailguardian and to buy their products click on their logo below.

 

08/02/10

It has now been confirmed that the Kilmarnock driving test centre is closing and relocating to the new site at Irvine's Riverside Business Park. Exact dates are unknown as yet but due to the DSA currently negotiating with the lease at the new site it looks as though it will be around late summer or early autumn 2010.

28/01/10

2 months after submitting their application it has been confirmed by North Ayrshire Council that today the DSA have won planning permission to replace Saltcoats test centre.  The new location will be Century Court, 11 Riverside Business Park, Irvine, South Ayrshire, KA11 5DJ.  The driving test centre will occupy the ground floor of an existing commercial premisis.  A date for when the new test centre will open is has not been confirmed.  More information can be found by clicking here.