Happy New Year and welcome to the latest edition of Words on Wheels, the e-letter designed to keep you in touch with the IAM and the topical issues affecting all young drivers. Inside you'll find stories on:

• More good news for IAM members
• Young driver of the year competition
• Learning to drive consultation paper response
• Skills days
• Young driver report discussed in Scottish Parliament

Remember, it is only by receiving your comments that we can ensure our e-letters continue to strike the right note, so do put fingers to keyboard.

Bob Hinchliffe
Director of Membership and Group Support

Contact the Words on Wheels team directly - wow@iam.org.uk

More good news for IAM members IAM members and associates enjoy a wide range of benefits designed to enhance the value of IAM membership. As of November 2008 IAM members have been able to benefit from discounts on Garmin satnavs... more

Young driver of the year competition Karl Fowler, aged 21, was crowned Peugeot's Young Driver of the Year 2008 and won himself a brand new taxed and fully insured Peugeot 107... more

Learning to drive consultation paper response At the time of the last edition of Words on Wheels, the IAM were responding to the DSA (Driving Standards Agency) consultation paper, which set out proposals for a major review in the way motorists learn to drive... more

Skills days Due to the success of last year's skills days, the IAM are hosting two rider skills days, as well as the first driver skills day, during 2009... more

Young driver report discussed in Scottish Parliament The IAM research and Policy division published a unique piece of research last September titled, Young drivers: where and when they are unsafe... more