P-plate driving tests could change to help deal with a backlog of tens of thousands of Victorian learner drivers prevented from getting their licences under COVID-19 restrictions.
Many learner drivers have not been able to accrue the 120 hours of supervised driving needed to complete a test, due to stage four restrictions on reasons for leaving home.
"I am a long way off with my hours at the moment," she said. "It's something I want to get as soon as I can." Mr Andrews said his 18-year-old son Noah was in the same situation as tens of thousands of other Victorian teens unable to take a test or accrue the full hours. "We want people to have that independence, freedom and mobility that comes from getting their P-plates."
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