Drivers born in these years face 'ban' on having passengers under DVLA rule

Drivers born in these years face 'ban' on having passengers under DVLA rule
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Drivers born in these years will be banned from carrying passengers under a new DVLA law. The AA has suggested that new drivers under the age of 21 should not be allowed to have passengers of a similar age in their vehicles.

President of the AA Edmund King told Susanna Reid on ITV Good Morning Britain today how he believes the graduated driving licences could 'save at least 58 lives a year and almost 1000 serious injuries'. It means young drivers born between 2003 and 2007 could be impacted by any new driving licence legislation.

The report said: “Currently, there are no legal restrictions upon the licences of young and/or newly qualified drivers and the current vehicle licensing regime permits the carrying of young persons as passengers in circumstances such as these.

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“It is noted that young drivers are exponentially more likely to be involved in a collision with each similar aged passengers in the car. I am concerned that deaths will continue to occur or will occur into the future where younger persons are carried in motor vehicles being driven by newly qualified and/or young drivers.

“In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and I believe you have the power to take such action.” In reply, a viewer fumed: "Appalling, discriminatory bit of Net Zero 'nudge' from @TheAA_UK - who many would wrongly assume to be on the side of motorists What next AA? Why don't we ban all motorised transport, at any age? Think of all the accidents we could avoid, living in our new safetyist Stone Age!"

"I didn’t get my licence until I was 21. I was away and at college. Didn’t need a car. I think 17 is too young - a young woman almost took the side of my car out two days ago because she didn’t stop at a roundabout she came flying round out of nowhere!" a second raged.

Another said: "I think since I learnt to drive the test has become much harder to pass. At seventeen I was towing a caravan with L plates with my dad supervising. This was perfectly legal at the time and when my father learnt to drive he never had to take a test but he never had a crash."