DRIVERS aged under 21 are bound to be less experienced than their older counterparts.

With fewer years of driving under their belt it is also likely that skill levels will be lower.

Add to that the natural inclination of many young drivers to be bolder and take risks and it is no great surprise that young male drivers are involved in a shockingly disproportionate number of death and injury accidents.

The addition of alcohol to this mix is bound to make an already-worrying situation even worse.

That’s why a zero drink-drive limit for young drivers was one of the aims of our Wasted Lives campaign to reduce the carnage caused by under-25s.

Now the government’s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has compiled a report which will go to the home secretary urging a zero alcohol limit for under-21 drivers.

They are right and the government should legislate so that young drivers who do drink pay a price by losing their licences.

So far however our politicians have been reluctant to change the law to deter irresponsible behaviour, preferring instead to emphasise better education.

The evidence shows only a combination of the two will really work.