First Personal Injury Calls for Young Driver Education

MANCHESTER, England, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Personal injury claims solicitors at First Personal Injury have called for more education for young drivers. Young drivers are more likely to have accidents than older drivers. Michael Jefferies of First Personal Injury believes that campaigns such as the RoSPA one should be more widespread, commenting that:

"The current RoSPA campaign focussing on young drivers is excellent. It's informative and targets both new drivers and their parents. We need to see more campaigns like this taking place in order to educate young drivers about the potential hazards they face."

The RoSPA campaign highlights some alarming figures, such as the fact that 3000 drivers under 18 are killed on the roads each year and that one in three male drivers aged between 17 – 20 have a crash within the first two years after passing their driving test. Michael Jefferies believes that the figures call for action.

"As RoSPA points out, a lack of experience, peer pressure and a tendency for an over confident approach are just three contributing factors to these alarming statistics. There are a host of reasons that young drivers, particularly male young drivers, are so much more likely to have a road accidents and these reasons need highlighting more widely, perhaps through graphic national television or Internet campaigns. Road accidents involving such young people are particularly tragic and cutting these numbers should be a priority."

SOURCE First Personal Injury