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An inquiry into whether the practice of learning to drive without formal driving school instruction is prevalent in other countries.
ANIECA criticises the decree approved by the Council of Ministers, which allows tutors with 10 years of driving experience to replace driving schools — and speaks of a 'breach of trust' by the Government.
It will now be possible to learn to drive with the help of a tutor (such as a family member or friend) instead of an instructor from a driving school. Associations are criticising the measure, considering it unsafe.
The government approved a regime on Thursday that allows learning to drive with a tutor, but the person in charge must have held a driving licence for at least 10 years.
The National Association of Driving Schools (ANIECA) criticises the current state of driving instruction, comparing the quality of training to operating bumper cars.
The government has approved a scheme that allows learning to drive with a tutor.
Treating the attending physician as the expert who assesses fitness to drive places two potentially incompatible roles on the same person.
With the option of accompanied driving with a supervisor — a scheme approved by the Government on 22 January — driving schools lose the exclusive right to provide practical instruction for category B licences, that risk being transferred to the driving supervisors, although it remains the responsibility of driving schools to verify ...
