Young Drivers
Helping learner drivers become safer drivers
Are you going to teach your teenager to drive? Don’t despair. Leichhardt Council, together with Marrickville Council and the RTA, are conducting a series of two-hour workshops to help parents teach their learner drivers to be safer drivers.
The workshops are free and will be conducted on the following dates from 6:30pm to 8:30pm:
MARRICKVILLE COUNCIL
- Monday 5 September 2011 and
- Monday 5 December 2011
The workshops will be held at the Marrickville Council Building,
Function Room (Level 3)
Marrickville Council Administration Building
2-14 Fisher Street
Petersham 2049
LEICHHARDT COUNCIL
- Tuesday, 14 February 2012 and
- Tuesday, 27 March 2012
The workshops will be held at the Leichhardt Council Building,
Supper Room (Level 1),
Leichhardt Town Hall Building,
7-15 Wetherill Street, Leichhardt (Marion Street Entrance)
Bookings are essential for the workshop.
To make a booking, either call or email:
Leichhardt Council: (02) 9367 9000 or email rso@lmc.nsw.gov.au
Marrickville Council: (02) 9335 2207 or email rso@marrickville.nsw.gov.au
The Roads and Traffic Authority introduced a Graduated Licensing Scheme (GLS) for new drivers on 1 July 2000. The scheme aims to help young drivers gain more experience. Currently all learners must have at least 120 hours of supervised on-road driving experience. New drivers are required to pass through three licensing stages before obtaining a full licence:
On 1 July 2007, several changes were introduced to licensing laws regarding young drivers. Additional changes were also introduced in October 2008. Further changes will be introduced to the Graduated Licensing Scheme for novice drivers on 19 December 2009. These changes regard concessions for the 120 hours of supervised on-road driving if using an accredited driving instructor. One hour of structured driving tuition by a professional driving instructor will count for three hours in the learner driver log book and will be capped at a maximum of 10 one hour lessons (counting as 30 log book hours). Another change involves learners who are over the age of 25 years old - they will no longer be required to present a log book. For more information about these changes, click on the following link 
Changes to Learner Driver Logbook (26.66kB)
Leichhardt and Marrickville Councils, with the support of the RTA, provide the local workshops to assist parents and supervisors of novice drivers better understand the graduated licensing system and support them in the increasing role they can play in making learner drivers safer drivers.
If you need some tips on how to help your young person learn to drive safely, then the "Help Teenagers Become Safer Drivers" fact sheet is for you. It contains facts about young drivers and road crashes, reference to the newly legislated zero blood alcohol limit, and current research findings on driver distraction.
Click on the link below to have a look at the Parent Fact Sheet: Helping Teenagers Become Safer Drivers.
Help Teenagers - 156 KB
For more information about the workshops, please contact Council's Road Safety Officer on 9367 9000, or email rso@lmc.nsw.gov.au
