One in ten young drivers crash within their first year of passing their test. Is this down to them being too young? Or is it simply a result of inexperience whilst behind the wheel?
The Institute of Advanced Motoring believes that lack of driving experience, rather than age, is the prime factor in young drivers getting into dangerous or hazardous situations on the roads.
There has been a growth in companies offering children as young as 11 driving experience in the hope that when they are old enough to hold a license they will be safer on the roads. With this in mind, there is now a call upon the government to encourage youngster to gain experience before they can legally drive on the roads.
There is however the issue that giving children the responibility of getting behind a wheel early on make them complacent when it comes to driving for real. Learning to drive in secluded places is not the same though as the reality of driving on UK roads.
If youngsters are to be encouraged to gain pre-driving skills then there needs to be a great deal of guidelines in place.
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