The procedure for passing exams for a driver's license will be changed from February 2013. All relevant draft documents can be found on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Of course, the regulations have not yet been worked out, but until February there is enough time to correct the shortcomings.
From February 1, 2013, the Russian State Traffic Inspectorate plans to change the rules for taking exams for obtaining a driver's license. The innovations will affect both the practical and the theoretical part of the exams. The rules have become much stricter.
If the examiner answers incorrectly to any of the twenty questions of the theoretical part of the assignments, he will have to solve additional problems. One wrong answer - five questions in the "load". The time for completing theoretical tasks will be reduced to twenty minutes - one minute for each task. A separate minute is allotted for additional questions.
The first part of the practical part of the exam will also undergo changes, according to the new rules, tasks will be held on sites specially prepared for this. The examinee is required to perform four exercises flawlessly, which will be assessed by the driving inspector. Assignments consist of starting up an uphill, stopping downhill, 90-degree turns, and parallel parking in reverse.
The second part of the practice exam consists of standard city driving. The entire duration of both the theoretical and practical exam should not be more than 3.5 hours. Currently, the conditions for obtaining a driver's license are much milder, the examinees can make two mistakes in the theoretical part, while there are only three practical tasks.
The State Traffic Inspectorate went to such extreme measures due to the high statistics of accidents caused by novice drivers. A tougher exam will force people to study the rules of the road carefully and deeply and improve their driving accuracy.
Moreover, under the new rules, driving schools will not be eligible to participate in exams, which will exclude the possibility of bribes to inspectors from the examinees. However, skeptics argue that bribery has flourished and will continue to flourish among those seeking a driver's license without knowledge.
