Drivers 'should take lessons for one year'
Date: 19/03/2008 12:00:00
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called for a minimum one-year learning period to be put in place
for those wishing to drive.
According to the organisation, accidents involving young motorists result in the death or serious injury of four people every day.
Its analysis of car insurance figures also revealed that younger drivers are more likely to cause more collisions than their older
counterparts, while inexperienced younger motorists are twice as likely to claim on their policies compared to older drivers with
little experience.
"Introducing a structured minimum one-year learning period and passenger restrictions will help today's young drivers
become tomorrow's safer motorists," commented ABI general insurance and health director Nick Starling.
Last year, the ABI published proposals on how to tackle the problem of the rising number of crashes involving foreign
drivers in the UK, including making road law data available to all drivers entering the country.