LEARNING to drive could become a bit easier and less expensive for young drivers with the roll out of a raft of changes by the NSW Government covering Learner licences.

Member for Tweed Geoff Provest said young drivers will be offered the chance to reduce their logbook driving hours from 120 to 80.

"Young drivers and their parents can struggle to log 120 hours behind the wheel while on their L-plates," he said.

"Now by taking part in the new Safer Drivers Course and having professional lessons they can reduce their compulsory supervised driving hours to 80.

"The Safer Drivers Course will be rolled out throughout NSW between July this year and January 2014."

Mr Provest said he was looking forward to working with the minister to deliver this course for the Tweed electorate.

"It makes sense that learners also need more supervised driving experience on higher speed roads and the raising of the limit from 80km/h to 90km/h will help in the transition to P-Plates," he said.

"Young drivers are tragically over-represented in the NSW road toll and we want to ensure they are all given the opportunity to learn about road safety while they are still learning the basics of driving.

"Statistics show that in the first few months of driving alone on P-Plates, a young driver is at almost nine times more risk of being injured in a crash than a driver on their L-Plates.

"These changes are about improving the training given to beginner drivers so they are in the best possible position to graduate to driving without supervision."