{"id":244074,"date":"2023-11-03T09:48:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T09:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/?p=244074"},"modified":"2023-11-03T09:48:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T09:48:54","slug":"im-a-car-expert-15-year-olds-drivers-will-lead-to-widespread-law-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automotobuzz.com\/car-reviews\/im-a-car-expert-15-year-olds-drivers-will-lead-to-widespread-law-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m a car expert – 15-year-olds drivers will lead to widespread law changes’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New driving law proposals which could see 15 and 16-year-olds allowed on British roads have been called out by a\u00a0classic car expert.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wayne Scott, spokesperson for the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs\u2019 said the scheme would force decades-old rules to be ripped up to cater for younger motorists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He insisted the scheme wouldn’t help the motor industry and could risk a surge in illegal driving.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The warning comes as campaigners close in on a historic Parliament debate with over 94,000 people now lending their support to an online poll.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Scott told Classic Car Weekly: \u201cThe federation and its clubs are always keen on any opportunity to get young people into historic vehicles but there\u2019s no indication that this is aimed at that goal, nor that it will actually help at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cFurthermore, other laws will have to be changed to accommodate it. For example, you can\u2019t legally buy petrol until you\u2019re 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou also don\u2019t qualify for minimum wage nor can you enter full-time employment until 16 – so how are these children supposed to buy and run a car? You cannot apply for finance to buy a car at that age either.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThen there is the difficulty of insurance and the risk profile of having a child at the wheel of a car will likely create an impossibly high premium that would prevent any 15-year-old ever affording insurance, risking an increase in non-insured drivers on our roads.\u201d<\/p>\n

Campaigners said the current system which usually only lets youngsters start driving at 17 was \u201cunfair\u201d.<\/p>\n

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