Teen drivers could be banned from giving lifts to their friends under new proposals

A roads curate is facing calls to restrict recently licensed teenage drivers from carrying young passengers for the archetypal six months aft passing their test.

The RAC Foundation has written to Labour's Lilian Greenwood, presenting information that demonstrates drivers are astatine the highest hazard of accidents wrong the archetypal six months of obtaining their licence.

The curate for the aboriginal of roads has been asked to present a caller class of licence for novice drivers aged 17-19, according to the Sunday Times.

This projected licence would prohibit them from transporting immoderate passengers aged 25 oregon younger for the archetypal six months aft passing their test, unless accompanied by an big aged 35 oregon older.

The suggested rules would besides mandate a six-month learning play for caller drivers. This request could efficaciously destruct ultra-intensive "crash course" benignant grooming programmes that presently let immoderate individuals to instrumentality their driving trial aft lone a fewer lessons.

If a determination was adopted it would bring the UK closer to Australian rules which halt recently qualified drivers nether 25 from giving a assistance to much than 1 rider overnight.

Penalties for breaking the would-be laws could spot punishment points added to the licence to bring astir an contiguous prohibition and request for a caller test.

Ms Greenwood, the MP for Nottingham South, has not commented.

She backed a erstwhile effort by her Labour workfellow Kim Leadbeater successful May to present graduated driving licences.

Her namesake Ian Greenwood - nary narration - said his 12-year-old girl Alice was killed successful 2008 erstwhile a car, being driven by an 18-year-old, crashed into the family’s vehicle.

“They would not person been driving connected that roadworthy and truthful Alice would astir apt inactive beryllium alive, property 28 and happy,” Mr Greenwood told the Times.

Sharron Huddleston, 54, has besides backed the determination aft her girl Caitlin, 18, was killed successful a car clang aft taking a assistance from her person Skye Mitchell, besides 18, successful 2017.

Ms Huddleston said: “She was inexperienced — the coroner said that was the origin of the clang and recommended graduated driving licences beryllium implemented.”

The Department for Transport has been approached by the Standard for comment.