Last year the young students from The Riverina Anglican College (TRAC) were given the opportunity to attend the Rotary Youth Driver Awareness program, an intensive day course which combines theory with practical driving examples.

All four students gave the course a hearty tick of approval and believed defensive driver training and education courses should be compulsory for learner drivers.

"I think it would be a good idea, you can never have too much training," 17-year-old Annabelle Williams said.

"Perhaps there should be a course for those who haven't been through something like the Rotary driver-awareness course."

Having access to a driver training course through school, Year 12 student Trudy Annetts, 17, believes introducing an element of driver education into schools would not be necessary.

"I think the training we get is adequate through school but I think there should be a compulsory course you can do when you are learning to drive," she said.

On her red P-plates since July 2009, Lauren Cummings, 17, now has several months of experience up her sleeve and feels confident the amount of training she received was adequate.

While she rates herself as quite a good driver, Lauren believes there are a few young people who ruin it for the rest.

"It's really the minority who breach the rules when most of us are actually trying to do the right thing," she said.

Having only been in possession of his red P-plates for six days, Will Cole, 17, is already well aware of the scrutiny he is placed under every time he hits the road.

The Year 12 student believes crashes involving P-plate drivers are often over-represented with a small minority giving the rest a bad name.

"I think they get targeted, the only crashes you ever hear about are the ones involving P-platers," he said.

"You sort of have a target on your back, you're pretty visible because of the P-plates.

"It's alright if you're doing the right thing though."