With 74.5 percent of drivers passing first time in France, the government hopes that earlier success will result in learners having to spend less money on driving lessons. French learners now must also take part in 10 hours of computer-simulated virtual driving before they will be allowed in a vehicle. A rise from the six hours previously mandated, the time spent mastering traffic tendencies and tricky conditions on the programme should result in fewer hours of paid driving lessons, the government says. Photo: APFLonger-term, the government aims to prioritise learning in automatic vehicles instead of manually driven cars. Looking towards a future of electric cars, Patrice Bresson, President of CNPA-Education Routière, said: "In the next five years, we will only have automatic vehicles.

Source: The Local July 23, 2019 14:03 UTC