Media Statement
Saturday, 14 November
Hon Peter Dunne
MP for Ohariu
Leader of UnitedFuture
Dunne: Govt doesn't need to reinvent wheel on driving age
The Government doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel on lifting the driving age, UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne said
today, calling on it pick up his Bill to raise the driving age.
“My Bill is already before a Select Committee and would raise the starting age for getting a driver licence to 16 and 18
and a half before you can get your full licence,” Mr Dunne said.
“Essentially, it’s there for them. It’s about meeting the same concerns that they have about young, ill-prepared drivers
on our roads who are a danger to others and themselves,” he said.
“That Bill was introduced to Parliament as a government Bill with unanimous support in October 2007 and still sits
before the Transport Select Committee.
“The Government could proceed with the Bill now, rather than embarking on a fresh round of consultation,” he said
He said that beginning another round of public consultation on the driving age, when it has a Bill already before a
select committee upon which it could invite submissions tomorrow is simply going round in circles.
Ends