If you want to get your driving license in the coming year, you have to expect significant changes. The practical test for the driver's license will be more modern and longer, but also more transparent. From January 2021, the catalog of tasks for the driver's license candidate will be expanded and the duration of the practical test extended by ten minutes. But that's not all that is changing.
What else is changing?
If the practical part of the driving test is finally over and the examinee's nerves have calmed down to some extent, then it is time to wait. From January 2021, the examiner still has to prepare an electronic protocol of the test, which replaces the previous handwritten documentation of the test. In addition, each of the driver's license applicants must have a so-called feedback discussion with the examiner at the end of the practical test. It is not yet entirely clear what this conversation is about, but the examiner will probably give the new owner of the driver's license a few important rules and tips.
Why the innovations?
"The optimized practical driving test", also known as OPFEP for short, applies to all driving license classes from January 1, 2021. The aim of these new measures is to get more objectivity on the one hand and better feedback on the other. For DEKRA, the whole thing is a “milestone in the driving license system in Germany”. In addition to DEKRA and TÜV, the technical test centers, a large number of authorities, the associations of driving instructors and the Federal Highway Research Institute were responsible for the development of OPFEP. Bast responsible. Whether the new exam so at all can go to the start, had to be checked first, 9000 times.
The examiner makes the decision
In the future, the test report will be recorded on a tablet using specially developed software. The examiner documents eight driving tasks, for example the roundabout and five areas of expertise such as traffic monitoring and communication. The examiner then decides alone whether the exam was passed.