Studies and research | New drivers elsewhere | New drivers' crash rates | How graduated licensing works | Important information for parents | GLP changes: new rules for new drivers
IMPORTANT: If you start a GLP-approved driver education course after March 31, 2007, you will no longer be eligible for a three-month reduction to the waiting period before your first road test. More...
For new drivers, the risk of being in a crash is very real. That's why we've taken a good thing - the Graduated Licensing Program (GLP) - and made it even better.
In its first three years, GLP reduced the new driver crash rate by 16 per cent. But most of the crash reductions came from the longer learner stage, when new drivers have a supervisor.
Novice drivers were still 45% more likely to crash than more experienced drivers. And those crashes tended to be more severe, with 1 in 4 of the collisions involving GLP drivers resulting in an injury or fatality.
The October 2003 changes to GLP gave new drivers the time they need to practice safe driving skills and attitudes - and do it with less risk.
