This isn't a news article. It's literally propaganda to instill support for what they're planning. If you notice, you weren't the target audience. The sob story they lead with, the driver would have been out of any graduated license program already by his age, and later in the article they mention he's already aged out of the group they want to do this to.
The young men driving themselves to death: "Three young men smile for a photo in the pub - 45 minutes later, two of them are dead." ( www.bbc.com )