PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
LEARN AND LIVE CAMPAIGN (12 November 1992)

That this House supports the Learn and Live Campaign, which calls for all newly qualified drivers to be deemed to be probationary drivers for a period of 12 months following their successful driving test, and that this should be indicated by the display of P plates; believes that such a practice would reassure and assist all road users including pedestrians and the probationers themselves; notes that a similar practice already operates in Northern Ireland, where R or restricted plates are displayed and where demonstrably the rate of accidents involving newly qualified drivers has been significantly reduced; further notes the the introduction of comparable regulations was welcomed in Australia and New Zealand; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Transport to introduce, on an experimental basis, legislation introducing the compulsory display of P plates by probationary drivers at the earliest opportunity.

Sponsored by:
Andrew Mackinlay (Labour)