L-Plates, Logbooks and Losing-Out : Regulating for Safety – Or Creating New Criminals?

In Victoria and New South Wales, young learner drivers have been required to have 120 hours supervised driving before taking their provisional license test since July 2007. Queenslanders under 25 have to show that they have completed 100 supervised hours. Most other states require at least 50 hours’ supervised driving. The new requirements are intended to ensure that new drivers are better prepared to drive unsupervised, but it also may be creating a new class of criminals from marginalised communities