Don’t let teens drive the family car, parents told

PARENTS were last night warned against lending the family car to their teenage children as the most dangerous month on the roads gets into full swing.

Road safety chiefs issued the alert, saying July was traditionally the blackest month for deaths on Ireland’s 97,000km of roads.

Citing music festivals such as this weekend’s Oxegen spectacular in Co Kildare, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) urged parents against allowing inexperienced drivers behind the wheel.