Those convicted of dangerous driving must offer proof that they have learnt to drive safely on the roads before they can expect cheaper driving insurance, AA Insurance has said.

The AA is introducing a new scheme to encourage safe driving. Run by the AA Charitable Trust, the scheme will see dangerous drivers take practical lessons on road safety. Young drivers with a poor track record will be put forward for the course of lessons by police with the aim of encouraging them to become safer drivers.

However, AA head of road safety Andrew Howard says that simply attending the course will not guarantee lower insurance premiums. Rather, attendees need to prove that the standard of their driving has improved before they will see a drop in the cost of their car insurance.

“Firstly, most of these people will have gone on the course because they haven’t been terribly responsible and secondly, insurance companies tend to want to see proof that people who have been on the course come out on the end of it as safer drivers before they went on it,” he explained.

The road safety charity Brake recently released a report showing that one in three drivers who die in road accidents are under 25, despite only one in eight UK drivers falling in this age group. It is hoped that the courses in driving safety will help push down this figure.

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