By NNN-Bernama,
Wellington : Eighty percent of New Zealanders want the legal driving age raised to 18 or higher, China’s Xinhua news agency reported citing a survey released on Monday.
A Herald-Nielsen survey of 2,300 people found 74 percent would like the driving age raised to 18. A further 6.5 percent wanted it lifted to 20.
The result followed the deaths of three teenagers on the roads at the weekend.
The survey came as the New Zealand government considers ways to reduce the road toll.
New Zealand Transport Minister Steven Joyce has released the “Safer Journeys” discussion document, which puts forward more than 60 suggestions for changes to laws, regulations and policies, including lifting the minimum driving age from 15 to 17.
But the Automobile Association says increasing the age is not going to make our roads safer.