Lilian Greenwood, once an advocate for Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) aimed at improving road safety for young drivers, has stepped back from supporting this initiative after her ministerial appointment. GDL seeks to impose restrictions like night-time curfews and limits on passengers for new drivers, mirroring successful models in other countries. Campaigners are frustrated with this change in direction, particularly in light of alarming statistics showing that young drivers were responsible for a significant percentage of road casualties in 2023.
Campaigners expressed frustration over the shelving of measures they hoped would resemble schemes in the US, Australia and New Zealand by imposing night time curfews on new drivers.
Despite supporting Graduated Driver Licensing as potentially life-saving, Lilian Greenwood has not continued to champion this policy after becoming a minister.
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