P Drivers Project in Victoria, NSW to offer incentives for additional driver training

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P-plate drivers in Victoria and New South Wales will be rewarded with movie tickets and bowling passes for taking part in a new, multi-million-dollar road safety program.

The P Drivers Project aims to enlist more than 26,000 drivers aged between 17 and 22 to take part in what is intended to be ‘one of the largest and most complex scientific research studies undertaken in the area of driver education in the world’.

The $10 million project has been jointly funded by the state and federal governments and the local car industry. It aims to involve around 25,000 Victoria P-platers – one in two in the state – as well as 1600 young drivers from parts of NSW including Western Sydney and areas around Tamworth, Dubbo and Lismore.

Participating P-platers will be involved in the program for three months. They will complete an online assessment that tests their ability to assess risk and gives them an opportunity to critique their own driving habits and ability.

P-platers will also attend two discussion sessions with their peers where they will watch road trauma videos and talk about ways to combat bad driving.