P-plate passenger limits recommended (Google News Australia)

YOUNG drivers would face passenger limits under recommendations from a NSW government advisory panel.

The panel, set up by the State Government to look at ways to reduce the number of accidents involving novice (New) drivers, today finalized the recommendations it will give to Roads Minister Eric Roozendaal.

The recommendations include the ban on carrying more than one passenger late at night (but how late, is there any specific time?), although there will be some exemptions (why there should be any exemption?).

The panel ruled out imposing curfews on P-plate drivers but has recommended that first year P-plate drivers lose their licenses if they are caught speeding. (Maybe this is too strict; I think at least one chance should be given before the license will be lost.)

The panel also recommended that parents of young drivers be given more education and backed a plan by the Government to ban first year P-plate drivers from using hands-free mobile phones. (The people around you are definitely very important to your behavior. People from the same area have many similar characteristics, like accent, hobby, appearance, and so on. And the family environment is even more crucial to a person, especially a child. News I heard last night is about some horrible young alcoholic, they can’t control themselves after drinking alcohols. They become to be desperate, violent and very dangerous, they can commit many criminals just for getting the alcohols. The reason there are many very young alcoholics is their parents let them contact the alcohol at very early age. They have very weak self-control capability at that age like 10. Alcohol for young children just likes drugs; once you taste it, it’s very easy for you to be addicted to it.)

Soames Job, the Roads and Traffic Authority's representative on the panel, said the night passenger restrictions were introduced because research found young drivers were more likely to have accidents if they were carrying several peers. (ye, it’s right, if you just keep talking with your friends and frequently move your sightlines from the road in front, you are easily to lose your concentration and the response time for any emergency.)

"P-plate drivers are more likely to have serious crashes when they have a number of passengers on board," Mr Job said.

Mr Roozendaal has promised to respond to the panel's recommendations within a week.