“Make the license cheaper, simpler and faster”: this is the ambition of a bill whose examination will begin Monday in the National Assembly. A new digital platform must thus see the light of day, “1 young person, 1 permit”, to identify all the aid, from the State as well as from the communities.
The bill also plans to open up funding through the personal training account (CPF) to all types of permits, whereas currently only B permits, heavy goods vehicles and buses are concerned.
Finally, the authorization for public or contractual officials to take the practical test of the permit will be extended to the national level. It is not an “outsourcing”, assures the author of the text, Sacha Houlié, in the face of the concerns of the inspectors.
A consensus text
The Renaissance president of the law commission wants to send “a message to young people”. He notes that “the cost of acquiring a driving license now reaches 2,000 euros, or even more, with strong territorial disparities” and that the times for obtaining have “lengthened”.
The CPF made it possible to finance 322,000 driving licenses in 2021, or 28% of the licenses issued that year, two-thirds of the beneficiaries being people under the age of 35.
The bill has a general consensus among the deputies, even if the left deplores a lack of ambition. Renaissance elected officials plead for a possible passage of the permit from the age of 16, and will ask for a report to this effect.