The Association of British Insurers is urging a review of the regulations for younger (17 to 24 year-old) drivers, including some new strictures that would require “a minimum one year learning period, restrictions on night time driving and lowering the alcohol limit for driving.”
The ABI said the changes are needed to “reduce the high crash risk young drivers face and to lower their motor insurance costs.” The ABI’s report – Improving the Safety of Young Drivers – points out that only one in eight licensed drivers in the UK “are aged 25 or under, yet one in three who die on our roads is aged under 25. An 18 year-old driver is more than three times as likely to be involved in a crash than a 48 year-old driver.”
The ABI said its “research shows that over a quarter (27 percent) of motor personal injury insurance claims over
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