Researchers from the University of Nottingham have begun a three year research project to try to change the way young drivers behave on the roads. Academics from the university say this group of drivers are three times more likely to cause an accident than more experienced motorists.
They will compare new drivers' visual skills and awareness of hazards to those of experienced motorists.
The project aims to highlight hazards using a driving simulator.
It also aims to find out if it is poor visual skills, not lack of driving experience, that makes the drivers more likely to cause an accident.
Dr David Crundall said: "We would like at the end of three years to say if somebody were to take a certain training package and engage with hazards in a simulator under these appropriate conditions, then their performance would improve in certain areas and that this will reduce the number of accidents they might have."
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