First aid for the new, training for the older. The changes that are coming in the driving – Observer

The lessons for the driving licence, will have training in first aid and on the renewal of the licence, at the age of 65 years, motorists will have to do a mandatory training. The measures are part of the new National Strategic Plan for Road Safety (PENSE2020), however several associations are critical of the fact that there is still no date pointing to the start of the initiative, nor does the document refer to which budget will be made available, according to the news, the newspaper the Public this Monday.

The introduction of first aid training aims to teach those who are taking the first steps in the conduct to act quickly in case of an accident. In addition to this, the PENSE2020 account with over 105 measures. Another measure present in the PENSE2020, that may generate controversy, is the inclusion of training required for drivers 65 years of age at the time of the renewal of the charter.

There is also an initiative in the direction of enter in the car the eCall, which is a system that alerts you to the emergency services in the event of an accident. The information is issued quickly and automatically with the information from the location of the car.

The document also proposes that, from 2018, all new cars in the market, in the European Union, will already have the integrated system. With direct call to the emergency number – 112 – is the main objective to reduce killed and seriously injured people on the roads.

in Addition to the measures of prevention and care in case of accident the document presented by the National Authority of Road Safety suggests a study for the inclusion of devices inhibitors of driving case the conductors showing excess alcohol. And how is this reflected in practice? It’s simple: before you start the trip, the car will have a device that will make it necessary to measure the rate of alcohol in the blood.

If the value of alcohol is greater than the allow by law, the car is locked, not allowing the trip to be made. (In Portugal, 0,5 gr/l, alcohol present in the blood already represents infringement).

however all this measures do not have a concrete date for the next nor do they have a budget for the implementation of the same. So says the president of the Association of Citizens, Self-Mobilized, Manuel João Ramos, giving emphasis to the fact that the road education be forgotten. "It was approved in 2012, a reference to citizenship Education road in basic education, but the Ministry of Education ended with the chair of Education for Citizenship and no longer be the place to address this matter."

you Can query the document PENSE2020 here.