From the New Year, 17-year-olds in Czechia will be able to take a driving test and obtain a license – but until their 18th birthday, they will only be allowed to drive under the supervision of a more experienced mentor. However, it turns out that most experienced drivers have picked up a lot of bad habits over the years, so to prepare them for their new role, the Association of Czech Driving Schools is offering a course for would-be mentors.
For most of us who have been doing it for a long time, driving is more or less second nature. But it turns out that comfort and confidence doesn’t always, or perhaps even most of the time, translate into actual skill level. Experienced drivers make a lot of mistakes, says driving instructor Luboš Machart, who has been teaching wannabe mentors in Jihlava.
“It was clear that this group of parents was getting a little rusty on the rules of the road and had picked up some bad habits. It was interesting that in some situations where novice drivers make mistakes, the mentors also made mistakes, for example, missing speed limit signs.”
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Anna Fodor, Tereza Pešoutová, Source: iROZHLAS.cz