28 April 2025, 16:42 | Updated: 28 April 2025, 18:10

By George Icke

When I met the families of the teenagers killed in a car crash in Shipston-on-Stour, I couldn’t stop thinking about just how preventable their deaths could have been.

Edward Spencer, the young driver, lost control of his car whilst speeding just five weeks after his test.

Now four families are living with the consequences of his actions, and he’s starting his adult life locked up for 2 years.

We know there are ways to reduce the risk of this happening.

It's time we stop hesitating and introduce graduated driver licences across the country — and make telematics black boxes mandatory for all young drivers.

Graduated licences would place seemingly obvious limitations on newly qualified drivers.

A crucial rule would be stopping them from carrying passengers for at least the first six months after passing their test.

Not only........

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