LEARNER drivers in the Tweed are angry over the lack of government support to help them obtain their driver licences.

"I have no car, no access to a car and no means of paying for driving lessons," 19-year-old Samantha Dinn told the Daily News.

"I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place."

In February this year, the then NSW Government promised $15.6 million for an overhaul of the learner driver system.

The three-year funding would include 10 free one-hour professional driving lessons, taking effect from July 1.

"Nothing has eventuated," said mother of a Murwillumbah learner driver, Krystyna Hogan.

"The current driving requirements for teenage learner drivers is to drive for 100 hours," she said.

"Low income, unemployed parents and no-car families can't afford this expense with lessons costing around $60 per hour.

"Teenagers need to learn to drive just as children need to learn to swim."

Local driving instructor Roger Patterson said he was very disappointed that the new government had not run with the idea.

"It can be very expensive for learner drivers who don't have a licenced driver to teach them," he said.

"These student drivers need all the help they can get."

Ms Dinn said many young would-be drivers were missing out on jobs because they don't possess a licence.

"It's a Catch-22 situation," she said.

"They need the licence to get the job, yet need the job to finance getting their licence. It's very unfair."