Several driving school associations warn against allowing online theory lessons as a fundamental alternative to face-to-face lessons in driving schools.
The experiences from the lockdown have shown that the learner drivers hardly get involved in discussions about road safety during the distance lessons, are often distracted and participate rather passively in the lessons, said the chairman of the Federal Association for Driving Instructor Associations (BVF), Jürgen Kopp, on Tuesday.
"This in turn has a major impact on the learning effect and on attitudes towards road safety."
In addition to the BVF, the German Driving Instructor Academy and the interest group Moving also participated in the call.
"A pure online theory class can never offer the training quality that is possible in face-to-face classes," said the Academy President, Gerhard von Bressendorf.
According to the associations, the background is a recommendation from the transport committee to the Federal Council, according to which a basic possibility for online theory lessons should be created.
According to the associations, this is currently only possible to a limited extent within the framework of the pandemic regulations.
The Federal Council is to decide on a corresponding change in the driving license regulation on Friday.
The driving school associations not only fear for road safety, but also worry about the strengthening of purely online driving schools such as "123 Fahrschule".
In the Bundesrat, the states of Lower Saxony and Hesse in particular are currently in favor of learner drivers being able to receive distance learning.
"Especially in a flat state like Lower Saxony, it is no longer possible to explain to learner drivers why they sometimes have to travel long distances when there are inexpensive, didactically suitable and, above all, tried and tested digital solutions," said Lower Saxony's Transport Minister Bernd Althusmann (CDU). a few days with.