Latest news and stories about driving licence in Portugal for expats and residents.
The Government has approved a scheme that allows learning to drive with a tutor, but the person responsible must have held a licence for at least 10 years, a requirement that was not foreseen when the measure was announced in January. The creation of a scheme that allows learning to drive with a tutor, as an alternative to attending classes...
The introduction of the points system led to a large increase in revocations, which rose from 35 over six years to more than 400 every year. The Government wants to increase these numbers.
“We are on the eve of the introduction of the autonomous car; I argue that the aspiring driver's exam should focus on their history and psychosomatic sensitivity,” said the doctor.
Home News Portugal proposes driver licence exams in a foreign language Portugal proposes driver licence exams in a foreign language In addition to all the changes the Government intends to apply to new driver's licence applicants, measures will also be implemented targeting the foreign population
Miguel Pinto Luz, Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, presented the changes approved by the Council of Ministers to the Legal Regime for Driving Instruction, which will allow learning with a tutor.
During the campaign there was no shortage of debates, but now that we're in the final stretch we are entitled to only one. Also, the new driving licence rule that is causing driving schools sleepless nights.
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.
Instruction with a tutor that “allows the transmission of knowledge from parents to children or from grandparents to grandchildren” is cited by driving schools as a “threat to road safety”.
The scheme approved this Thursday opens the door to tutor-led training for students over 18 who wish to obtain a category B driving licence.
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.
Home News Driving licence rules to change Driving licence rules to change Driving across Europe may change, as the European Union ( EU) plans to update driving licenses.
A recently announced agreement concerning the recognition/exchange of Brazilian CNH (national driving licences) has not yet been implemented in Portugal. Brazilian drivers in Portugal continue to face the same rules and requirements while administrative and legal steps for putting the deal into effect remain outstanding.
José Manoel Giardini, who also holds Italian nationality, was only released after officers ascertained at the police station that he had a Brazilian driving licence.
A mutual-recognition law promulgated by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa allows Brazilians living in Portugal to use the licence issued in Brazil without needing to exchange it for a Portuguese driving licence.
The Portuguese Head of State, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, promulgated on Wednesday the government decree relating to the 2023 agreement signed between Portugal and Brazil on the mutual recognition of driving licences. "The President of the Republic signed today the Government decree approving the 'Agreement between the Portuguese Republic and the Republic ...
The Portuguese head of state, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, today promulgated the government decree relating to the 2023 agreement signed between Portugal and Brazil on the mutual recognition of driving licences.
Agreement allows Portuguese drivers resident in Brazil to drive using a driving licence issued in Portugal, and vice versa.
The agreement to recognise driving licences of Brazilians in Portugal and of Portuguese citizens in Brazil was signed in September 2023 and has only now come into force.
Detentions were carried out over the past four days. This amounts to an average of 76 drivers per day. Since 18 December, 96 people have been detained for not having a driving licence.
