Bereaved Inverness Parents Support Campaign for Graduated Driving Licences

That the Parliament notes that 18 to 24 November is Road Safety Week 2019; commends Diane and Graham Matheson, who are from Inverness, on the near decade-long commitment that they have shown to the ongoing campaign for a graduated driving licence (GDL) to be introduced to reduce the road death toll among young and novice drivers; notes the couple’s evidence regarding the potentially life-saving merits of a GDL that was submitted to a UK Parliament inquiry into road safety; understands that this has helped to crystallise the argument that there is an urgent need for GDLs to spare more families from the unimaginable experience that Diane and Graham have had to endure since their eldest son’s death in a road accident in March 2010; believes that the package of safety measures that could be brought in under a GDL scheme, such as drivers under 24 being restricted for several months post-test from carrying more than one young passenger, and a requirement that novice drivers do not drive after dark, would bring a common-sense, new-norm approach, to driving, and wishes Diane and Graham the best of luck with their support for the campaign.