Workshop – New Concepts of the practical driving test- Munich, Germany, 6-7 December 2007.

Session 1: ECO-DRIVING 
Chairman: Marcellus Kaup, TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH

  • Video: the New Driving Style (Netherlands) 
  • Mini-presentations from
    • Germany, Reinhard Meyer (TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH)
    • Sweden, Olof Stenlund (SRA),
    • Finland, Sami Mynttinen (AKE)
  • Video: Eco-driving and young drivers (Germany) 
  • Conclusions of final report, Nick Sanders, CIECA

Session 2: INDEPENDENT DRIVING
Chairman: Reinhard Meyer, TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH

  • What is ‘independent driving’ and why is it important?, Nick Sanders, CIECA 
  • Video Great Britain
  • Independent driving as a general concept in the practical driving test, Sami Mynttinen (AKE, Finland)
  • Specific independent driving tasks in the practical driving test, Peter de Haan (CBR, Netherlands) 
  • Video Germany

 

Session 3: INTEGRATING THE GDE-MATRIX INTO CATEGORY B TRAINING & THE TEST
Chairman: Jean-Pierre Fougère, French Ministry of Transport

  • The GDE matrix and the test, Prof. Esko Keskinen, Turku University, Finland
  • Mini-Presentation: Self-assessment in the practical driving test, Jan Vissers, DHV/CBR, Netherlands
  • Mini-Presentation: Situation-awareness questioning, Maria Åkerlund, SRA, Sweden
  • GDE matrix in initial training: the example of Norway, Jan Edv. Isachsen, NPRA, Norway
  • GDE matrix in 2nd phase training: the example of Switzerland, Irene Burch, ASTRA, Switzerland