Crackdown on P-platers: New driver restrictions after spike in fatal accidents

By Julie Power
Updated July 24 2016 - 8:08am, first published 12:15am
P-plate driver Reilly King, 17, with his father Adrian, says his mother has been talking to him about driving safely for "at least five years". Photo: Cole Bennetts
P-plate driver Reilly King, 17, with his father Adrian, says his mother has been talking to him about driving safely for "at least five years". Photo: Cole Bennetts
17-year-old Reilly King's father, Adrian, taught his son to be an extra cautious driver. Photo: Cole Bennetts
17-year-old Reilly King's father, Adrian, taught his son to be an extra cautious driver. Photo: Cole Bennetts
Despite the introduction of graduated drivers licences, police are shocked by a surge in number of young people using mobile phones, speeding or not wearing seat belts.  Photo: Cole Bennetts
Despite the introduction of graduated drivers licences, police are shocked by a surge in number of young people using mobile phones, speeding or not wearing seat belts. Photo: Cole Bennetts

All P-plate drivers will be banned from using their mobile phones for at least three years, even hands-free or in speaker mode, under a range of new restrictions to reverse what NSW roads minister Duncan Gay called a "heartbreaking" spike in the rise in fatal accidents among young people.

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