COURSES to enable older people to drive safely after the age of 60 are being run by Bexley Council's road safety unit.

The free two-and-a-half-hour courses will cover health, fitness and driving performace, vision and visibility, driving and the mature driver and planning for the future.

The courses will take place at the council's road safety centre in Baugh Road off Rectory lane, Foots Cray, on February 9 and February 23 from 10am to 12.30pm.