Sir, - There is an apparent conspiracy among media commentators on the recent carnage on the roads not to refer to the very high proportion of L-drivers (particularly 17-year- olds) involved.
What is required is very simple: that all L-drivers should be accompanied by someone with a full licence. That is the rule in all neighbouring jurisdictions. - Yours, etc.,
Very Rev Robert McCartney, Dean of St Patrick's, Upper Kevin Street, Dublin 8.