An advanced driving group is raising awareness of safety on the roads after a number of car and motorbike-related deaths.

The Bury and Rochdale Advanced Motoring Group (BRAM) combined around 15 years ago and provide advice and guidance for motorcyclists and car drivers to take and pass the advanced rider and driver courses.

The courses provide vital information and skills on how to be safer on the roads as well as making things like insurance cheaper.

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BRAM chairman Mike Gillett said: “We are Bury and Rochdale Advanced Motoring Group, and we offer advanced motoring courses and improved driving skills.

“We offer additional training and it’s very successful.

“If you look at the accident rate throughout the country, things like the advanced driving courses are promoted to try and reduce accidents and injury and death.

“Recently there was a young woman killed on a motorbike in Radcliffe, and one of the things I’ve noticed is that there has been a few accidents and deaths on motorbikes.

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“In Greater Manchester, there’s been around nine deaths in the last two months.”

Everyone at BRAM are volunteers and all the training the group offers is free as they are a registered charity.

The group also attend local shows, have had a stall at Bury Market in the past and go around to bike and car retailers to offer their expert advice.

Recently, Mike Mahon became the first associate from the BRAM group to complete the Advanced Driver course successfully in a 100 per cent electric vehicle, a Tesla Model 3.

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Anyone with any type of car or bike is welcome to contact the charity and book in training to help them be safer drivers and riders in the community.

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