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| Grieving father's drive test call | Grieving father's drive test call |
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| The father of one of four teenage girls killed in a car crash on a mountain road has called for major changes in how young people are licensed to drive. | The father of one of four teenage girls killed in a car crash on a mountain road has called for major changes in how young people are licensed to drive. |
| Terry Jones' daughter Louise, 16, died along with three friends when a car driven by a 17-year-old boy came off a road near Ebbw Vale last week. | Terry Jones' daughter Louise, 16, died along with three friends when a car driven by a 17-year-old boy came off a road near Ebbw Vale last week. |
| He said: "The driving test is not worth the paper it's written on". | |
| Mr Jones said new drivers should take a 200-hour course, with extra tuition to drive passengers. | Mr Jones said new drivers should take a 200-hour course, with extra tuition to drive passengers. |
| The girls - Louise and Kayleigh Parry, both 16, and 15-year-olds Katie Roberts and Danielle Caswell - were in the backseat of a Vauxhall Corsa being driven by a male friend. | |
| The girls died shortly after they left Terry Jones' house | The girls died shortly after they left Terry Jones' house |
| Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Mr Jones said he wanted young people to learn from the crash, which happened shortly after the group had left his house. | Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Mr Jones said he wanted young people to learn from the crash, which happened shortly after the group had left his house. |
| He said: "Even after this incident we've seen young people driving seriously recklessly. | He said: "Even after this incident we've seen young people driving seriously recklessly. |
| "It's as if no warning has been taken. I want to warn all these young girls if they get in the back of cars with young boys driving, they need to realise there is a problem because the boys are going to do what we think this one has done, and show off and come unstuck. | "It's as if no warning has been taken. I want to warn all these young girls if they get in the back of cars with young boys driving, they need to realise there is a problem because the boys are going to do what we think this one has done, and show off and come unstuck. |
| "It's nothing that we didn't do as youngsters but we were lucky." | "It's nothing that we didn't do as youngsters but we were lucky." |
| He called for a pilot-style driving course on which young people would have to log 200 hours before being allowed to drive alone and further 100 hours' tuition before they could carry passengers. | He called for a pilot-style driving course on which young people would have to log 200 hours before being allowed to drive alone and further 100 hours' tuition before they could carry passengers. |
| They can go from nothing to driving the most powerful cars on our road and that is without having any instruction on the motorways Louise Jones' father, Terry Jones | They can go from nothing to driving the most powerful cars on our road and that is without having any instruction on the motorways Louise Jones' father, Terry Jones |
| He said: "It is possible for a young chap, or a young girl for that matter, to get to their 17th birthday and their parents purchase a crash driving course and from not being able to drive, within five days they've passed their driving test. | He said: "It is possible for a young chap, or a young girl for that matter, to get to their 17th birthday and their parents purchase a crash driving course and from not being able to drive, within five days they've passed their driving test. |
| "They can go from nothing to driving the most powerful cars on our road and that is without having any instruction on the motorways." | "They can go from nothing to driving the most powerful cars on our road and that is without having any instruction on the motorways." |
| Mr Jones, who was with wife, Georgina, and their son Christopher, stressed that he did not have any ill-feeling towards the car driver, who survived the crash along with his 17-year-old front-seat passenger. | |
| Funeral services | Funeral services |
| The girls who died were all pupils at Glyncoed Comprehensive School. | The girls who died were all pupils at Glyncoed Comprehensive School. |
| Also at the press conference at Ebbw Vale Rugby Club were Kayleigh's father, Carl Warren, and Katie's cousins, Fay Wheeler and Jane Thomas. | Also at the press conference at Ebbw Vale Rugby Club were Kayleigh's father, Carl Warren, and Katie's cousins, Fay Wheeler and Jane Thomas. |
| Mr Warren said: "Kayleigh was my little girl and she will be truly missed." | Mr Warren said: "Kayleigh was my little girl and she will be truly missed." |
| Ms Wheeler, speaking for Katie's family, said: "Katie was a beautiful girl, an inspiration to us all. We all miss her and all love her". | |
| Mr Jones said the girls' funerals would be held on the same day. | Mr Jones said the girls' funerals would be held on the same day. |