The death of his friends was “like the world stopping”, said John, who explained he has since left the “car scene”, selling both his BMW car and motorbike.
During a sit-down discussion for documentary Drive Fast Die Young, he told Sammy’s brother Jamie: “People need to realise you don’t come back, mate. You make a mistake, that’s it.”
The UK’s top roads policing officer, Chief Constable Jo Shiner, said the DVLA statistics were due to a combination of “inexperience, over-confidence” and men “often wanting to show off”.
Road safety experts want the government to toughen up the penalties and reconsider introducing graduated driving licences.
