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Young Drivers - new licensing laws for young Queenslanders
The Queensland Government is introducing a new graduated licensing system this year to reduce fatalities on the roads, particularly among young motorists.
Young drivers aged 17-24 are at least two and a half times more likely to die as a result of a road crash than other motorists.
That's why from 1 July 2007 the Queensland Government is introducing new laws to change the licensing system for young drivers.
Key changes include:
- lowering the minimum learner age to 16 and extending the licence period to 12 months
- gaining 100 hours of certified, supervised driving experience for under-25 learners
- restricting all mobile phone use, including hands-free, blue-tooth accessories and loud-speaker functions, for learner and P1 provisional licence holders under 25
- restricting mobile loud-speaker functions for supervisors and passengers of learner and P1 provisional licence holders under 25, while they are being instructed
- motorbike learners will be required to hold a car provisional licence for 12 months before obtaining a motorbike learner licence
- introduction of a two-phased P1 and P2 provisional licence system
- compulsory L plates (a black L on a yellow background) and P plates (a red plate for P1 and green plate for P2)
- peer passenger restrictions (only carrying one passenger aged under 21) from 11pm to 5am for P1 under 25
- high-powered vehicle restrictions for provisional drivers under 25
- to progress from a P1 to a P2 licence, provisional drivers must pass a hazard perception test (being introduced in 2008)
- late night driving and other restrictions for disqualified and suspended young drivers.
Visit the Queensland Transport website for more information and fact sheets!
Last updated 23 May 2007
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