Acclaim Driving Blog

Driving age rising to '18'

Published: February 13th 2008

The driving age could effectively rise to 18 in a major overhaul of how young people are prepared for the road. Learners will still be granted their provisional licence from the age of 17, but will need a year to pass a beefed-up test. It will mean that the minimum age at which a new driver could realistically go out on his or her own will be 18. Road safety figures show that one in five new... (read on)