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Your role in road safety
Find out the role you play in making Victorian roads safe.
In this topic
Why your learner needs you
What your learner must do when they drive on their Ls
Your legal requirements as a supervising driver
The four pillars in the Towards Zero strategy
Why your learner needs you
Your learner needs you to guide, support and verify their drives.
You’re there to:
- Work with them so they can learn the skills and attitudes of a safe driver.
- Make lots of time to take them on drives.
- Work with them to gradually increase the level of difficulty of drives.
- Plan drives with them based on the stage of driving they’re in.
- Give them feedback on how they’re going.
If they’re under 21, help them log at least 120 hours, of which 20 hours are at night.
Keep in mind, many learners log more than 120 hours, so you should support them to do this. And if your learner is over 21, you should still help them log lots of hours as it will make them a safe driver.
The more hours in many conditions they get, the lower their crash risk will be.
What your learner must do when they drive on their Ls
Your legal requirements to supervise
When you supervise, you must:
- Have a current full car licence (not your Ps).
- Have a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) under 0.05 or 0 if you’ve got an alcohol interlock or are a driving instructor.
- Never drink alcohol while in a vehicle with your learner.
- Be listed as a supervising driver in their myLearners app or in their paper logbook.
- Use a registered and roadworthy car, suitable for your learner.
If you have car insurance, then check your car is covered when your learner is driving.
We've made roads safe by creating:
Roundabouts
Flexible barriers
Tactile surfaces
Sealed shoulders
Lane markings.
Victoria has been a world leader in the introduction of road safety interventions that have helped bring down the lives lost on our roads from 1061 in 1970.
Check out TAC's road statistics to see how we've halved the lives lost on Victoria's roads since 1989.