A Road Safety GB poll of road safety professionals has found overwhelming support for Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL). 85% of respondents were in favour of GDL with 8% against its introduction and 7% remaining unsure roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/road-safe… #GDL Caitlin's Campaign Crystal Owen

The findings of the latest Road Safety News readers’ survey have, perhaps unsurprisingly, shown overwhelming support for the introduction of graduated driver licencing (GDL).

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GDL is overdue and so are the results of Driver2020
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Mum calls for graduated driving licenses to cut young road deaths. Speed & alcohol caused crash which killed Billy Robinson & his friend who was driving. 6 other young men were packed in the back of the VW Polo. BBC South RoadPeace Brake, the road safety charity Road Safety Trust UK #Surrey

Sometimes a brave politician comes along, connects with the enormity of avoidable grief (sadly, largely because of her own life story), listens and then acts. Here is Kim Leadbeater MBE MP doing just that.

4,935 people were killed or seriously injured in crashes involving young…

The risks from young driver crashes is clear. The disproportionate number of people killed or seriously injured in young driver crashes is clear. What is also now clear is that those involved with road safety (readers of Road Safety GB) overwhelmingly support a British #GDL They…

RoadPeace Department for Transport dr ian greenwood Road Safety GB United Nations United NationsRSC Jonathon Passmore Elizabeth Box We already do it with motorcycles, so there is a clear president and no reason not to...aside from objections from people that sell cars!

The risks from young driver crashes is clear. The disproportionate number of people killed or seriously injured in young driver crashes is clear. What is also now clear is that those involved with road safety (readers of Road Safety GB) overwhelmingly support a British #GDL They…

Thank you BBC South for highlighting young driver safety concerns, asking about #GDL & discussing why it is important for coroners to raise prevention of future deaths reports bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…. Crystal Owen Caitlin's Campaign #GDL #YoungDrivers

Elizabeth Box BBC South Crystal Owen Caitlin's Campaign Sally Taylor Department for Transport dr ian greenwood Nicole Taylor Brake, the road safety charity RoadPeace Guy Opperman Lucy Straker - she/they 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Well done, Liz, for continuing this vital conversation👏💜 #GraduatedDrivingLicensing #EnoughIsEnough #ForgetMeNotFamiliesUniting

More discussion on the risk of death or serious injury from young driver crashes. Thank you to Adam Dowling & BBC Kent for sharing tragic stories of deaths from young driver crashes. This is just a clip. See BBC Sounds for the full piece. #stoproaddeath #GDL

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Deaths or serious injury from young driver crashes: the argument presented to me quite regularly is about restricting the freedom of young people. Here is my response on BBC Kent which is pretty clear (blunt):
“What we would say as a group of families is all our dead…

dr ian greenwood BBC Kent BBC Sounds Department for Transport Kim Leadbeater MBE MP Holly Lynch MP RAC Foundation Brake, the road safety charity PACTS RoadPeace Fabian Hamilton Edmund King OBE BBC Breakfast Thanks for coming on, Ian!

You'll be a bit busy with local elections tomorrow.
But on 7th May, please support the Driving Licences (young drivers) motion to save young lives, and their victims of all ages.
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Deaths or serious injury from young driver crashes: the argument presented to me quite regularly is about restricting the freedom of young people. Here is my response on BBC Kent which is pretty clear (blunt):
“What we would say as a group of families is all our dead…

More discussion on the risk of death or serious injury from young driver crashes. Thank you to Adam Dowling & BBC Kent for sharing tragic stories of deaths from young driver crashes. This is just a clip. See BBC Sounds for the full piece. #stoproaddeath #GDL

Time for…

All the best in your efforts to publicise the avoidable death of a small town’s worth of young people each year. And another town or two seriously injured.

Graduated licences for new drivers make sense, as would decadal re-testing from, say, 70 years old?

Sometimes a brave politician comes along, connects with the enormity of avoidable grief (sadly, largely because of her own life story), listens and then acts. Here is Kim Leadbeater MBE MP doing just that.

4,935 people were killed or seriously injured in crashes involving young…

dr ian greenwood Well said Ian. You're so right, it's not good enough. Nowhere near.

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