AA calls for graduated driving licence for new drivers

The AA is also calling for the introduction of a Graduated Driver Licence (GDL), which would put restrictions on newly qualified drivers such as no peer passengers for six months once they have passed their test.

An average of five people per day are killed on UK roads and 82 are seriously injured, but one in five young drivers crash within a year of passing their test and 1500+ young drivers are killed or seriously injured each year. The call comes as the motoring manifesto is launched ahead of the upcoming local and mayoral elections, and a pending General Election, calling on councils and the next government to make five key pledges to improve Britain’s roads.

Research by the AA shows 72% of people would agree with the introduction of a GDL for new drivers, three quarters (76%) would also back introducing an eye test for the over 70s.

Ros spoke to Edmund King OBE, president of AA.

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