It could soon be harder for teenagers to get a driver's licence.
A consultation document for a 10 year plan to improve road safety is to be issued later this month.
Transport Minister Stephen Joyce says raising the minimum driving age, making the restricted licence test tougher and increasing the length of time for learner licences will all be up for discussion.
He says he is not deliberately looking to raise the driving age, but young drivers are over-represented in crash statistics.
According to the Ministry of Transport, 37% of fatal crashes between 2005 - 2007 involved a driver aged from 15 to 24 years.
Mr Joyce says the document will also canvass the increasing popularity of motorcycles and how they contribute to the road toll.
The Automobile Association is supporting moves to make it harder for teenagers to get a driver's licence.
The association's general manager of motoring affairs Mike Noon says more supervised training is vital, but the AA would also like to see people spend at least 12 months on a learner licence and a tougher restricted licence test.
He says from the anecdotal evidence a lot of drivers are only doing up to 25 hours of supervised driving before sitting their restricted licence, where as international research suggests that drivers should be doing 120 hours.
