Russian traffic police reported that since the beginning of the year, the number of accidents with the participation of novice drivers in the country decreased by 6.7%. TASS.
The ministry noted a decrease in other accident rates in such accidents. In particular, the number of deaths as a result of such accidents decreased by 23.1%, and the number of those injured in these accidents decreased by 6.6%.
The state traffic inspectorate stated that the reduction in accident rates was achieved thanks to the reform of the assessment of the skills of candidate drivers, carried out on April 1, 2021. Since April last year, testing driving skills indoors was excluded from the practical part of the exam, now traffic cops evaluate future drivers only in real traffic conditions.
Earlier, the traffic police said in Russia decreased The number of drivers who passed the driving test on the first try, this was due to the introduction of new rules for conducting a practical test.
Source: Gazeta
