Theresa May has made an announcement that calls for the Department of Transportation to look into trying to get a graduated driving license. This is designed to help young drivers and it is also designed to try and limit the amount of accidents that happen with young people on the road. This is especially the case for those who are aged 17-24. The announcement has come after Mr. Jeremy Chapman challenged her during the Prime Ministers Questions. He asked if a graduated license system would be brought into place after figures show that one out of every four drivers are actually involved in an accident within their first two years.
If you want to become a driving instructor then you will understand how important it is to make sure that someone is ready before they go in for their driving test, but even if you do this, there is still a very high chance of them having an accident in the future.
Chapman went on to say that there are over 400 deaths or even serious injuries on the roads in the UK every year and all of them involve new drivers. Research shows that if this new licensing came into place, then this would save over 4,471 casualties and it would also save £224 million every single year as well.
The research has suggested that if a new training program is going to be brought in then a learner driver could benefit from this. It would recommend 100 hours of supervised driving during the day and 20 hours of driving at night before any practical test can be taken. This is designed to help those who need the extra support and it is also designed to limit casualties as well.