Research

Over the past five years there have been a number of studies into the barriers to the current Graduated Driver Licence System (GDLS), the costs of the failings of the current system and the need for change.

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  • An estimated 70,000 to 90,000 New Zealanders struggle to access the licensing system or are stalling part way through.

  • 40% of people on their Learners Licence won’t progress onto their Restricted or Full licence, yet 70% of jobs require at least a Restricted licence as a prerequisite to employment. 

  • Only 5 percent of young people leave school with a Full New Zealand driver’s licence. That’s classrooms full of students heading out into the world without a way to get to trades, training or apprenticeships, let alone sport other community activities.

 Copies of some of these studies can be found below:

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2016

The case for change

Research done in conjunction with the Auckland Co-Design Lab, outlining insights into the current driving and licensing system. It focuses on what’s not working and why, and the impacts for Aotearoa New Zealand.

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2016

Driver licensing societal benefits

The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) wrote a report to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in 2016 on the costs and benefits associated with driver licensing.

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2019

No one size fits all

An NZIER report to the Ministry of Education in 2016 on highlights in-school driver education programmes.