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Newly qualified drivers under the age of 25 could be banned from giving their friends a lift under new plans being considered by the UK government in a bid to cut down on the number of car crashes...
According to road safety charity Brake, one in five drivers crash within a year of passing their test..
As a result, countries including Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and some US states have brought in graduated licensing schemes for those who have only recently passed their test, which can include lower alcohol limits, and restrictions on driving at night or with other passengers under a certain age, reported The Independent...
The proposal came following a campaign by a woman whose 18-year-old daughter was killed in a car crash after taking a lift with a friend who had passed her driving test four months prior in 2017...
It is this legislation that could be amended to also ban carrying young passengers for six or 12 months, in a move backed by the Department for Transports advisory body on supporting road crash victims, The Independent cited a report from The Times...
