Transport Secretary Justine Greening today called for car insurance bills to be cut in a bid to help ease Britain’s youth unemployment crisis.
With more than a million 16- to 24-year-olds out of work and premiums for young drivers costing thousands of pounds, Ms Greening said being able to afford a car was a vital step to finding work.
She wants more young motorists to have “black boxes” fitted in their cars. The technology measures such things as speed, braking and journey times. Drivers are able to slash hundreds of pounds off insurance costs if they can prove they drive safely.
Ms Greening, who was meeting insurance firms today, said: “For many young people, getting a car is one of the ways they can make sure they can access jobs and employment.”
Average premiums for male drivers aged 17 to 22 cost more than £3,500, according to the AA, while young women face average bills of almost £2,300.
