The Cabinet of Ministers approved the new law on driver training (The Law on Driving Instructors and Driving Schools) which modernises and changes the whole philosophy of the regulation.
According to a announcement from the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, the proposed Bill introduces for the first time 'Driver Instructor Training Schools', i.e. post-secondary institutions that will provide training and examination to prospective new driver instructors, as opposed to the current practice whereby no structured training is provided and examinations are conducted by the TOM.
An obligation for lifelong learning of driver trainers is also introduced
, at regular intervals, through Driver Training Schools, the categorisation of instructors and schools according to their respective knowledge and training resources and the abolition of the anachronistic regulation which prohibits a licensed and qualified instructor from training a candidate driver unless he/she is engaged in this activity as his/her "main occupation".
Introduce and repeal the anachronistic regulation that prohibits a licensed and qualified instructor from providing driver candidate training unless he has worked for a specific time in an existing school and the abolition of the right of driver examiners (i.e. TOM employees) to become instructors automatically upon retirement,[/B] without complying with the other procedures and obligations.
The proposed Bill also provides for the introduction of a quality assurance procedure for the operation of schools, through their obligation to comply with standards and/or quality assurance procedures for the provision of their services and the introduction of a Code of Conduct for driver trainers.
The notice notes that "the above changes to the legislation are actions in a series of measures promoted by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works to improve road safety".
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