CIECA European Driver Training Initiative Workshop Meeting

CIECA European Driver Training Initiative Workshop
Meeting Report
7 November 2012  Leuven (Belgium)
CIECA Secretariat
Avenue de Tervueren 36-38 I 1040 Brussels I info@cieca.be
1. AGENDA
Registration and Welcome coffee
10.00
President’s opening remarks
Kari Hakuli, Trafi (Fin), CIECA President
10.10
The view of the European Commission
Gilles Bergot, DGMOVE of the European
Commission
10.20
The MERIT and HERMES projects
Dr. Gregor Bartl, Alles-Führerschein,
Austria
11.00
Novice driver preparation from an
international perspective
Jan Genschow, IFK, University of Potsdam,
Germany
11.30
Approaches to an optimization of driver
training in Germany
Bianca Bredow, IFK, University of
Potsdam, Germany
12.00
12.55
Lunch
All Members (3 working groups)
Chairmen: Han Rietman, CBR (NL), CIECA
Expert Advisory Group, Jean-Pierre
Fougère (F), CIECA Hon Member, PerGunnar Veltun (N), Expert Advisory Group
Discussion in working groups
1. Structure of a training and
testing framework
2. Guidelines and minimum
standards for training content:
What competences should a
driver gain before getting
licenced?
Coffee Break
3. Guidelines and minimum
demands for competencies for
driving school teachers
4. Guidelines and regulations for
supervision of training and
training results
15.40
Discussion conclusions
Working group chairmen
15.55
Next steps: Towards a CIECA Working
Party
Han Rietman, CBR (NL), CIECA Expert
Advisory Group
16.05
President’s closing remarks
Kari Hakuli, Trafi (Fin), CIECA President
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2. PRESENTATIONS
The following presentations were made:
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The MERIT and HERMES projects, Dr. Gregor Bartl, Alles-Führerschein, Austria
Novice driver preparation from an international perspective, Jan Genschow, IFK,
University of Potsdam, Germany
Approaches to an optimization of driver training in Germany, Bianca Bredow, IFK,
University of Potsdam, Germany
Please refer to the CIECA website for the powerpoint presentations.
3. WORKING GROUP NOTES
(1) The starting point of the discussion is the Annex IV of the third Driving Licence Directive
2006/126/EC, laying down requirements for driving examiners and the certainty that there is
no European-level legislation as yet on driving instructors and on driver training in general.
This note reflects the key areas of discussion of three working groups on the approach to be
taken in setting up requirements for driving instructors and in designing guidelines and
minimum standards for training content for new drivers. The working group participants
took into consideration the presentations given during the Workshop and the reading
material originating from the MERIT project (2005).
(2) The working group chairmen were asked to address four key areas:
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Common European framework for learning to drive
Guidelines and minimum standards for training content for new drivers: What
competences should a driver gain before/after getting licensed?
Guidelines and minimum demands for competencies for driving school instructors
Guidelines and regulations for supervision of training and training results
(3) A synthesis of the discussions in three working groups was presented by the three
working group chairmen.
3.1. GENERAL REMARKS
(4) All Members supported the CIECA initiative to take this project forward and that CIECA
must respond proactively to a likely European Commission initiative in the area of driver
training. More specifically Members agreed that CIECA should start a Working Party that
elaborates minimum European requirements for instructor training and training content.
Finally, Members agreed that this Working Party must produce a “Guidance Document” or a
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“Blueprint” that will help the European Commission in its future consultation and legislative
process.
(5) Members shared the opinion that the European Commission needs – at the end of the
process- to produce a Directive, setting out guidelines that all EU countries should aim at,
but leaving it up to the individual countries to decide how.
(6) There was a high level of consensus among Membership that such a Driver Training
Directive should have the following essential requirements: A future Directive should be
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Should have clear road safety benefits ;
Based on scientific evidence from the projects (e.g. MERIT), that have been
conducted in this field ;
Should be built on existing systems of individual Member States that are already in
place (Such as e.g. the post-test accompanied driving programme in Germany or the
conduite accompagnée in France) ;
Have the least budgetary implications for the Members ;
Be future proof by not making reference to a particular technology, but by using
high-level functional definitions. The Directive should become "future-proof" and
less "maintenance prone", such as some articles in the annexes of the current Third
Driving License Directive. This should provide a more stable legal framework and
therefore optimal legal security ;
Include elements of lifelong learning. (The working groups however did not tackle
this issue in depth) ;
Inspired by the zero-vision.
(7) A new Directive should also reflect that there are three key aspects in the licensing
process: (1) the training objectives, (2) training and (3) the driving test. These three
elements reinforce one another and the essence of each should be reflected in the other
parts.
(8) Out of the discussions came the suggestion
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to create an EU Driving Standards Framework Directive that provides the overall
structure for the new regulatory regime setting out the policy objectives and
regulatory principles that Member States must follow
to bring under the umbrella of the EU Driving Standards Framework Directive
o a new Directive on Minimum standards for training content for new drivers
(Curriculum)
o a new Directive on Minimum demands for competencies for driving school
teachers
o a new Directive regulating the Minimum demands for accompanying persons
o a new Directive on Minimum demands for driving schools
o the existing Driver Licence Directive 2006/126/EC
 whilst removing, coordinating overlapping or conflicting sections
 whilst adding new elements (see point (10))
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(9) Scheme
EU Driving Standards Framework Directive
Minimum
standards for
training content
for new drivers
(Curriculum)
Minimum demands
for competencies
for driving school
teachers
Annex :
Annex : quality
improvement and
continuous
development
Follow-up
system
Minimum
demands for
accompanying
persons
Minimum
demands for
driving
schools
Driving
Licence
Directive
2006/126
Annex :
quality
control
Current
annexes
(revised)
(10) Members acknowledged that the work of the future Working Party should also address
the current Driver License Directive 2006/126/EC, since new texts on training and on training
objectives (curriculum) could shed a new light on them (Three Ball theory). As a
consequence the current Annex II and IV of the Driver Licence Directive would have to be
modified further. For instance, Members indicated that for instance the practical test still
might be improved by introducing elements as independent driving.
3.2. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR TRAINING CONTENT – THE CURRICULUM
(11) Discussions in the working groups revealed that several CIECA Members do not have a
national curriculum for driver training in place. The Driving License Directive 2006/126/EC
now fulfills that function.
(12) As to the scope of new texts dealing with the curriculum, working group participants
believed that the future Directive should put “learning” as the central principle rather than
“training”. If a new Directive would attempt to streamline the training, there is a risk that
good pedagogical developments will be ruled out. Member States should be allowed to keep
their pedagogical freedom. This remark goes in the same sense as the remark on “future
proofness”.
(13) All working group participants are firm of the view that it is very difficult to examine
whether a person is a risk taking person or not. They all confirmed its difficult to test the
higher order skills: cognitive skills such as risk awareness, even hazard perception, and
decision-making (levels 3 and 4 of the GDE matrix) during the practical test (and even the
theory test) and that these elements should better be included in the curriculum and in
driver instructor training.
(14) Driving Assistance Systems (DAS) and Eco driving should be part of the curriculum.
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3.3. MINIMUM DEMANDS FOR COMPETENCIES FOR DRIVING SCHOOL
TEACHERS
(15) As to the benefits of a Directive, working group participants indicated that a new
Directive in the area of Driver training would help tackle side effects of the EU Services
Directive (2006/123/EC - on services in the internal market). All CIECA Members present
informed that they had adopted sector-specific laws to implement the Services Directive,
but reported that there often remains an issue with cross- border driving instructors that
sometimes do not meet national standards. It is important that all instructors have the
same competences.
(16) Members participating in the group discussions agreed that the MERIT
recommendations regarding minimum requirements for driving instructors from June 2005
(p. 52-58) serve as a very good basis for discussion. Other principles that have been
developed such as the Irish and British Approved Driving Instructor Programmes must also
be taken into account.
(17) When addressing layman instruction the general opinion is that layman instruction
should be seen as a complement (and not a competition or replacement) to professional
instructors. In Sweden and the UK, for instance, a combination of lay and professional
instructions is the norm. Some Members advocated a form of basic training for layman
instructors, in order to provide some structure to experience-based learning with -for
example- parents.
4. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
1.
ACOURT Gérard
ECF (Ecole de conduite française)
Associated Member
2.
BACON Cathy
EFA
Affiliated Member
3.
BARTL Gregor, Dr.
Alles-Führerschein, Austria
Speaker
4.
BERGOT Gilles
DGMOVE, European Commission
Speaker
5.
BERTEAU Yves
Federal Public Service for Mobility and Transport
Effective Member
(Belgium)
6.
BREDOW Bianca
IFK, University of Potsdam, Germany
Speaker
7.
DOLAN Michael
Road Safety Authority
Effective Member
(Ireland)
8.
FOUGERE Jean-Pierre
Road Safety and Education Consulting
Honorary Member
9.
GENSCHOW Jan
IFK, University of Potsdam, Germany
Speaker
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CIECA President
10. HAKULI Kari
TRAFI (Finnish Transport Agency)
CIECA Secretary General - Treasurer
11. HIMA Tamás
National Transport Authority
Effective Member
(Finland)
Effective Member
(Hungary)
12. HOLDEN Ian
DSA (Driving Standards Agency)
Effective Member
(Great Britain)
13. KALTENEGGER Armin, Dr.
KFV (Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit)
Associated Member
14. LANGNES Dag Terje
Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Effective Member
(Norway)
15. LIJARCIO Ignacio
CNAE (Confederación Nacional de Autoescuelas)
Associated Member
16. LINDBERG Sampsa
TRAFI (Finnish Transport Agency)
Effective Member
(Finland)
17. LYNCH Mandy
DSA (Driving Standards Agency)
Effective Member
(Great Britain)
18. MARTÍ-BELDA Ana
CNAE (Confederación Nacional de Autoescuelas)
Associated Member
19. MATTSSON Hans
Swedish Transport Agency
Effective Member
(Sweden)
20. MICHAELSSON Karin
Swedish Transport Agency
Effective Member
(Sweden)
21. MONTENEGRO Íñigo
CNAE (Confederación Nacional de Autoescuelas)
Associated Member
22. QUOIRIN Jacques
GOCA
Effective Member
(Belgium)
23. REITER Bernhard F., Dr.
MOVING International Road Safety Association
Affiliated Member
24. RIETMAN Han
CBR
25. RIMOLDI Efa
MOVING International Road Safety Association
26. RINALDI Patrick
Service des titres de circulation
27. SCHEPMANN Jan
VdTÜV (Verband der TÜV)
Effective Member
(Germany)
28. SCHULTE Kay
DVR (Deutscher Verkehrssicherheitsrat)
Associated Member
29. SHERRY Garrett
Prometric
Associated Member
30. SKJETNE Bente
Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Effective Member
(Norway)
Effective Member
(The Netherlands)
Affiliated Member
Effective Member
(Monaco)
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31. SMEESTERS Jeroen
EFA / Federdrive
Affiliated Member
32. TEZE Frédéric
Ministry of Interior / DSCR
Effective Member
(France)
Honorary Member
Honorary Member
Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Effective Member
(Norway)
33.
VANBROECKHOVEN
Willem
34. VELTUN Per Gunnar
CIECA Secretariat
35. MATEO Eva
36. VANDENBERGHE Daniel
37. WIRTH Blanka
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