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The government insists the alternative tutor-based learning scheme guarantees 'all dimensions of road safety', but driving schools and the ACP do not share that view and have expressed concern about the measure.
Portugal has steadily climbed the ranking of European Union countries with the highest road traffic accident rates.
The Automobile Club of Portugal (ACP) warned on Friday of the grave risks arising from the creation of a scheme to learn to drive with a tutor, approved on Thursday by the Government, arguing that it endangers road safety. By removing driving schools' exclusivity over practical instruction and transferring that responsibility to tutors ...
The Government approved a measure that will change driving instruction, allowing it to be carried out by a tutor. Registration is required, but the only prerequisite is to hold a driving licence.
The government has approved a scheme that permits learner drivers to learn to drive accompanied by their parents or grandparents.
On Thursday the Government approved at the Council of Ministers the creation of a scheme that will allow people to learn to drive with a tutor, as an alternative to attending practical lessons at driving schools.
The government is moving forwards with its plan to profoundly change the rules about taking driving licences. Right now, driving schools have a ‘monopoly’: they are the only places where The post Driving schools ‘move over: give way to mum and dad’ appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The system for driving instruction by a tutor will be expanded and simplified, taking from driving schools some of the control they currently have over teaching that practice. The Government will simplify the 'driving instruction with a tutor' scheme, in practice eliminating the requirement that those who teach must have specific training to ...
The government will debate a package of changes this Thursday at the Council of Ministers.
