Essential Driver Training

Essential Driver Training

Essential Driver Training

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has announced on Thursday 31st March 2011, that the new Essential Driver Training (EDT) programme, which requires learner drivers to take compulsory driving lessons for category B vehicles (cars and light vans), will be introduced on Monday 4th April. EDT is one of a range of measures announced by the RSA last September as part of a new Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) system which will enhance the way drivers are trained, tested and licensed in Ireland. Any person getting their first learner permit with a start date on or after 4th April 2011 must complete a minimum 12 hours of Essential Driver Training, with an RSA registered Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) before they can sit their driving test. Typically the 12 EDT lessons will be spread over six months and be supported by practice and tuition as required.

Niall Doyle, Corporate Affairs Manager with the Irish Insurance Federation warmly welcomed the new initiative from the RSA. "Driving is an essential life skill in the 21st Century and it is very appropriate that our children and young adults receive appropriate driver training. It is also hugely beneficial that a significant part of this training will be under the guidance of a Sponsor (father or mother) who will have a significant vested interest in seeing this training is successful. This training (EDT) should reduce the number of collisions, injuries and fatalities on Irish roads and as a consequence help keep the cost of motor insurance down."

17-24 year olds are one of the highest risk groups on Irish roads and are three times more likely to be killed in a collision than the rest of the population. Furthermore, research shows that young drivers are most vulnerable in the six to twelve month period immediately after getting their license.

With those stats in place is it clear that these are important steps needed to reduce the death toll on our roads. Aviva clearly point out the importance of the Essential Driver Training including the steps and costs involved in this PR release. For learner drivers not yet at EDT level Aviva provides the same 6 months free learner driver cover when they buy a 10 pack of standard driving lessons from Aviva driving school.

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