Teenagers Too Cool For Lessons
The vast majority of young drivers are shunning the chance to improve their skills with advanced lessons despite figures which show extra tuition will keep them safer on the road or even save their lives.
Every day in the UK, 23 people under the age of 25 are killed or seriously injured in road traffic accidents yet despite this, many see extra lessons as uncool.
Research from Young Marmalade says that there is an overwhelming attitude among Britain’s new young drivers that additional testing is a sign of weakness in front of their mates. Out of the thousands of young drivers it has spoken to in the past year less than one in ten go on to take additional driving Tuition.
Feedback has been they think taking advanced lessons is like an admission of poor driving. This was especially evident in male drivers.
Further driving tuition is a prerequisite on Young Marmalade’s low cost insurance scheme for young drivers. Its research also shows that teenagers who have entered an advanced driving programme are three times less likely to have an accident then their less skilled friends.
I find this attitude astonishing and very sad. Driving is a new skill and the more quality tuition motorists undertake, the better they will become.
You never stop leaning in this game. Pass that message on to any young driver you know.
Jackie Violet – Female First