Area: Promet
Competent authority: MzI
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 937
Initiative accepted and completed: '2020-05-28'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2019-04-01'
Initiative published: '2019-04-01'
Initiative submitted: '2019-03-27'
Response from the competent authority: Reply from the Ministry of Infrastructure:The
  petitioner proposes that a programme for novice drivers (a safe driving course)
  be implemented already during the training of motor vehicle driver candidates in
  driving schools, as part of the preparation for the driving test, thus easing or
  simplifying the procedures for obtaining and renewing a driving licence.The additional
  training of novice drivers, who are mainly young people, was introduced by the legislator
  on the basis of an assessment of the state of road safety. In terms of their participation
  in traffic, novice drivers are the most frequent causes of road accidents and, together
  with passengers in cars, the most frequent victims. These drivers are subject to
  additional requirements and rules which they must follow during their driving experience
  and which enable them to be better prepared for the various challenges of modern
  traffic and to prepare their responses to the most dangerous situations which usually
  lead to an accident.In Slovenia, too, on the basis of its own experience and that
  of other European countries, measures are being implemented, mainly aimed at training
  and educating drivers, with a focus on young drivers, and new measures are being
  planned which have proved successful in some European countries and have already
  turned the so-called negative statistics in a more positive direction. Measures
  to reduce the number of accidents involving or caused by drivers aged between 18
  and 24 can be divided into three groups:- traffic education, which runs from the
  start of school to the preparation and passing of tests for bicycles, mopeds and
  category A and B driving licences, - various preventive actions aimed at young drivers,
  and - legal solutions which provide for a special period for novice drivers, among
  whom young drivers are the most important, during which they have to further improve
  and test their knowledge and skills, in addition to the fact that they are already
  participating in traffic as drivers.The beginner driver programme cannot be included
  in the preparation for the driving test, as drivers need to have already developed
  certain skills for the test. By running the programme after a certain period of
  time after the driving test, when novice drivers have already developed driving
  habits, it is possible to make any necessary corrections to their driving, to develop
  a driving strategy anticipating potential hazards and to demonstrate the appropriate
  action to be taken in extreme situations. The novice driver is helped to integrate
  more safely into normal traffic by correcting driving errors and developing a driving
  strategy. The safe driving training and the group workshop remind the novice driver
  to be aware of the dangers of speed and drink-driving in particular, as they allow
  the novice driver to learn the physical laws and behaviour of the vehicle in an
  extreme situation on a safe surface. Drivers shape their behaviour in traffic on
  the basis of their own experience, so they need to test their emergency actions
  and then reflect on them in the workshop. Experience shows that a passenger car
  driver gains most of the experience needed to drive safely after driving 100,000
  km, which means eight to ten years of driving in traffic. The Beginner Driver Programme
  significantly reduces this time and mileage, as it gives the beginner driver a lot
  of important experience on safe, non-traffic surfaces (safe driving areas) in the
  first, most critical year after passing the driving test. It follows from the above
  that the learner driver programme cannot be regarded as an administrative obstacle,
  nor should it be included in the training programme for motor vehicle driver candidates,
  as it would lose its relevance.The learner driver programme is run by authorised
  organisations which are not linked to the central register of drivers (RV-2). As
  soon as the third phase of the register of drivers is completed, the above-mentioned
  authorised organisations will also be linked to the database, but until then it
  will be necessary to provide proof of fulfilment of the obligations by means of
  physical certificates. Due to security measures against forgery or counterfeiting
  of certificates, it is not possible to prove the fulfilment of the obligation via
  e-mail.The reply was prepared in cooperation with the Public Agency for Transport
  Safety of the Republic of Slovenia.
Text file: 937.txt
Title: ' Procedure for obtaining and renewing a driving licence'
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=937
