Some driving schools are protesting against the health measures imposed since the re-containment.

Indeed, they can take the driving test ... But not give lessons.

A paradox that annoys, in particular the driving instructors of two wheels, who consider that they respect physical distancing.

Reconfinement affects sectors of economic activity very variably.

Driving schools, they feel particularly disadvantaged.

Indeed, it is impossible for them to give driving lessons to their students, but they can, on the other hand, pass the exam.

An aberration according to professionals in the sector, who call on the government to review its copy.

According to Patrice Bessone, the president of the driving school branch within the National Council of Automotive Professionals (CNPA), the health protocol put in place had largely proved its worth.

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"If it is dangerous, it is unthinkable to leave the inspectors in examination. Or else it is not dangerous, and in this case, we must be left to work", he vituperates.

This demand is not really economic, since the government has indicated that driving schools could benefit, as activities in closed places, from the Solidarity Fund, that is to say from a subsidy proportional to the loss of turnover, within the limit of 10,000 euros.

Driving schools denounce above all a lack of consistency, especially with regard to training to drive two wheels.

Former rider Philippe Monneret, founder of the Easy Monneret training group, explains: "I know very well that it's not easy to make decisions at the moment. But we are outside, we are riding motorcycles, guys. are separated, they have their full-face helmets. We meet all the criteria so that the virus does not circulate. "

The situation is all the more frustrating as the number of registrations for the 125 license - which allows you to drive a light motorcycle - has increased by 50% in recent months.

The candidates are, for the most part, people who wanted to avoid public transport, and therefore the coronavirus ...

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An already tense situation

The waiting lists for training and obtaining the permit are therefore likely to grow.

At the end of the first confinement, the driving schools had faced a considerable influx of candidates who had not had the opportunity to take lessons or to take the driving test.

At the beginning of October, Bruno Garancher, president of the ECF network, told the microphone of Europe 1 that there was always a traffic jam to take the exam.

A difficult situation for the candidates, that the reconfinement will not fix.