A clearer and more complete contract must be used by

driving

schools since June 1, 2020. -

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Nearly 1.5 million French people take their driving license each year.

A sesame that has a price: 1,800 euros on average to follow a preparation in driving school.

The State has decided to lower this cost by around 30%.

To do this, the government announced several measures in 2019 to promote cheaper learning methods, to be able to register directly online for the exam, but also to set up a standard contract to develop competition. in the area.

A document came into effect this summer.

The services and the training program in detail

When choosing a driving school to prepare for your driving license, it is not always easy to know which establishment to turn to.

Price, flexibility of the courses, lessons, proximity, pedagogy, several criteria must be taken into account before committing to a training which can last for many months.

The new standard contract, mandatory since June 1, 2020, intends to clarify the situation.

It requires not only to describe all the costs and services included (learning booklet, theoretical and practical course, simulator course, condition of cancellation of one hour of driving), but also to detail the training program chosen by the pupil, with the estimated number of hours planned, as well as the educational and technical means implemented.

If administrative procedures remain the responsibility of the candidate, this must also be mentioned.

And if it is ultimately necessary to add more driving hours, it will be necessary to go through an amendment to the contract.

Thanks to this reinforced formalism, the government intends to prevent professionals from introducing prohibited fees (such as prohibited invoicing in the event of transfer of a file to another driving school) and to facilitate the comparison of offers.

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The State is soon to set up an online comparator fed by the data of this standard contract, to allow students to compare offers, price, success, success rate, and thus promote best practices.

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