PROGRAMS helping disadvantaged youth to learn to drive have been one of the keys to the drop in the number of young people killed on the roads.
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Driving instructor Darryl Harbour said he had seen a lot more opportunities for young people in the seven years he had been a driving instructor.
“There are a lot of charity groups helping the underprivileged kids,” he said.
“It has helped them to have lessons and other opportunities.”
TAC road safety manager Liz Waller said a program was run in Ballarat called L2P learner driver mentor program.
“They get access to instructor lessons and they also get access to a mentor who will take them for driving practice just like you would with a parent or a family member,” she said.
“It is for someone who doesn’t have a car or a supervising driver.
“It is to make sure that anyone who might not be able to get that sort of practice can participate.”
