Learners and P-platers face tough new rules with major driving licence overhaul

Western Australia is implementing sweeping, life-saving changes to its graduated driver licensing system, introducing far stricter regulations for both learner drivers and provisional (P-plate) drivers in a bid to cut road fatalities and serious injuries. The reforms, which come after over a year of public engagement and advocacy following a high-profile teen road death, represent one of the most significant overhauls of the state’s road safety rules in recent decades.