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| Handbook driving assessment |
Challenge
Some drivers / applicants encounter physical and/or cognitive
limitations that might be of influence to comply to the above-mentioned
principles for getting and/or having a driving licence.Part of the information for a decision can be found in the reports issued by medical specialists on the nature and the severity of the illness.
However, some of the information that is necessary for authorities to determine the fitness to drive of a person can only be objectively gathered by means of expert assessment including an on-road driving test. Often this is the case for persons with locomotor, cognitive and/or eyesight limitations, caused by all kind of different diseases and/or injuries.
Starting point
In several EU countries there is well established, in-depth knowledge available in gathering objective information of the implications of physical and/or cognitive limitations, as far as relevant for the fitness to drive decision by authorities, by means of expert assessment and on-road driving tests.
In order to enhance the mobility situation for all drivers / applicants with physical and/or cognitive limitations in all EU countries, the leading experts in this field have joint their efforts to make the existing knowledge available and ready for implementation by the relevant authorities in the EU.
Goals
PORTARE aims to make the existing knowledge on assessment available by
describing:- the consequences related to fitness to drive for different illness categories
- the criteria for assessment in relation to these consequences
- the criteria for on-road testing in relation to the consequences
- methods to enable assessors to supply the relevant information to decision makers
Furthermore PORTARE aims to stimulate implementation in all EU countries by means of:
- describing the knowledge and skills needed by assessors to assess the driver / applicant and to supply the relevant information for a decision to the authorities
- train-the-trainer workshops for information exchange amongst experts in EU
- establishment of an EU organisation for assessment and on-road testing of drivers / applicants with physical and/or cognitive limitations