Launched on March 8 in four test areas, then phased in by stages, the reform of the driving license will cover all of France on Monday.From that day, the candidates from regions Corsica, Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Reunion, Mayotte and departmental community of the territorial collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, will join the rest France and discover new events planned for this review.
For the occasion, the Secretary of State for Transport Dominique Bussereau and the inter-ministerial delegate to the Road Safety Michele Merli will travel early in the afternoon at the examination of Rosny-sous-Bois (Seine-Saint-Denis ) to make an assessment on the new theoretical and practical tests and meet candidates who have just passed the tests.
The idea of reform is driving the "skills assessment into the inspector discussed with the candidate's strengths and weaknesses and to permit the passage of shorter, cheaper, and safer" , in the words of Prime Minister Francois Fillon. But "the more quickly does not mean it is easier," explained Mr Bussereau after the launch of the reform.
In examining the code, which always involve 40 questions, those "a little trap, cheesy, outdated, ambiguous" were deleted or reworded. During the practical test, the candidate evolves during 5 minutes "independently" with the only indication to reach the destination. He can get an extra point with being courteous and another point with an economical driving.The goal is to reach surpass the 20 points needed to win the diploma.
According to driving schools, the point for being courteous is practically given to all candidates. But the point of economical driving is too hard to obtain, must climb the fourth-speed 1500 rpm, "said Pascaline Maiziere, director of the school self-Chatillon in Reims, to which the reform has not improved situation.
The secretary general of the largest union of inspectors (SNIC-FO) Christian Grolier, which claims to represent 70% of 1380 inspectors, including some disappointment of users. "The authorities explained that they wanted reform to make the examination faster, easier and cheaper.Many have realized that the license would be easier to get, some have extended the date of their examination to pass the new module, whereas the expression easier concerned the administrative procedure, "he said.
"The license is not easier than before and the rate of 55% success in 2008 will persist beyond the 66% claimed by the department would have saved 148 posts (…) our inspectors goal is to issue the permit to well-trained people, "he adds. First review of France with 1.3 million candidates each year, driving license, symbolized by the pink paper triptych owned by 40 million drivers, there for 111 years.
Each candidate spends on average 1,500 euros to pass the tests of driver's license.