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The French way of Doing Things Christian
Machu Road education Directorate of road safety
and traffic Department of Transport
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Accompanied driving is a learning method in two
parts 1 one part in a driving school, 2-
followed by an accompanied driving part to
acquire the practical elements.
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The learner must be at least 16 years old The
accompanying person (usually a parent) must be at
least 28 years old and have had a driving licence
for more than 3 years.
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The driving school part
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Appraisal of initial ability Theoretical
training Practical training (20 hours of
lessons minimum)
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- How to go through to the second part ?
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pass the theory test validation by the driving
instructor of a sufficient ability level for
driving and the handover of a  driving pass 
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The accompanied driving part
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• 3000 km (1 800 miles) minimum driving between one
  and three years under the supervision of an
  accompanying person in his vehicle (no special
  equipment needed except an external sign)
• 2 feedback meetings with the instructor
  during this period

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Taking the practical test from the age of 18
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Shorter probationary period from three years
(traditional training) to two years (AD) Reduces
the novice driver extra-insurance premium
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A real success
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A higher pass rate
70 at the first attempt compared to 48 in the
traditional training
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The average cost is similar to traditional
training around 1000
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An unclear safety effect
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Fewer damage-only accidents but Nothing
significant in the injury accidents statistics
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The stakes for novice drivers (licence
holdership for less than 2 years) 4 of the
population and 26 killed
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Anticipated effects of accompanied driving 
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A reduction in risk-taking of novice drivers and
their accident level by adding a period of
experience- gaining and better knowledge of road
safety to traditional initial training
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Description
The weakest link
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The Driving School The accompanying person
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The accompanying person dilemma
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What is the relationship between the young driver
and the accompanying person (teacher or mentor or
something else) ? What does the accompanying
person teach the driver ? How can the
accompanying person be supported and when ? How
to avoid transmitting bad habits ? What are the
social effects ?
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The accompanying person dilemma
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At which levels of the GDE matrix does the
accompanying person teach?
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How to improve the system its application
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Training the driving instructors to the AD method
Quality control of training Trying to increase
the duration of initial training (often reduced
to the minimum stated in the law) Introducing a
specific training session for the accompanying
person (parents re-training) Making the presence
of the accompanying person compulsory at some
stages
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Description
And/or rethink a new driving training package
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Accompanied driving is common sense. You must
supervise a learner, support him occasionally,
help him to recognise all sorts of driving
situations and accompany him during a
considerable period of time before leaving him to
drive on his own.
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Description
Some ideas
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Learning how to behave in the street from
childhood and through the teenage period Finding
appropriate educational methods for each
learner Having a different approach with males
and females Learning independent driving Gradual
access to driving
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Bearing in mind new stakes
E-driving Eco-driving
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Bearing in mind new context
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Driving is a social act and not only a
behavioural one  I need my driving licence to
get a job, I need a job to learn driving 
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Teaching  how to drive      how to behave 
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Through education at school Through
individualised training Through post-license
training Through educational enforcement Through
individualised rehabilitation
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If  Should accompanied driving be encouraged 
is the question
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the answer coud be How can pre- and post
licensing be included in lifelong driver
education ?
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