Hazard Perception – EFA

EFA Newsletter October 2026

EFA — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:58:39 +0000

The European Driving Schools Association (EFA) held its General Assembly in the Slovakian Ring on 20–21 October 2026, hosted by the Slovak association of driving schools SKVZA.

SKVZA President Ing. Jozef Rohal opened the proceedings.

The programme brought together speakers from universities, industry, emergency services and driving school associations.

On the training side, Ing. Jozef Rohal presented his project for driving schools certified to European standards. Ing. Jan Vrabel of the University of Žilina described the new curricula, training structure and driving tests in Slovak driving schools. TSS GROUP showed modern approaches to instructor training, including a new geolocation system for monitoring driving lessons. AAŠČR President Ing. Aleš Hořčička presented a virtual reality platform that helps learners prepare for the first stage of the driving test.

Research and technology also featured strongly. Prof. Gianluca Di Flumeri of Sapienza University of Rome presented a study on hazard perception among drivers of automated vehicles, linked to the “Yellow Car” video produced by EFA with JellyLearn. Other speakers looked at hydrogen mobility and new powertrains, the challenges of fighting fires in electric vehicles, the qualifications needed for fuel tanker drivers under ADR rules, and the state of compulsory motor insurance in Slovakia and the EU.

EFA Newsletter September 2026

EFA — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:58:16 +0000

On 18 September, EFA took part in City Flows 2026 in Matera. This international event is promoted by Fondazione Unipolis together with the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and the Unipol Regional Councils (CRU Unipol), and it is part of the official European Mobility Week programme. The 2026 edition, held at Casa Cava in the heart of the Sassi, was dedicated to “Disability and the right to autonomous, safe and inclusive mobility.” The organisers’ starting point was that disability is not a niche topic but the lens through which to measure whether a mobility system truly works for everyone.

EFA Newsletter July 2026

EFA — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 09:43:56 +0000

Spain’s National Confederation of Driving Schools (CNAE) has re-elected Enrique Lorca as president for a new term. Two candidacies were originally set to contest the July 11 election: one led by Rubén Castro, president of the Asturian driving schools’ employers’ association, and the other headed by Lorca, president of the Murcia provincial driving schools’ association. Days before the vote, Castro withdrew his bid, which under CNAE’s statutes triggered the direct election of Lorca’s slate, also including Teresita del Niño Jesús Coll, Emilio Fernández, Rafael Cruz, Joana Ribas, Sergio Olivera and José Blas Valero.

Lorca has led CNAE since 2020 and the European Driving Schools Federation (EFA) since 2019; he also chairs the Ibero-American road-safety education association AICEFOV and the Road Safety Alliance (ASV).

The re-elected team says it will keep working to improve driving-test capacity, defend driving schools’ interests and strengthen the profession’s standing, building on recent efforts such as the campaign against Article 62 of Spain’s Traffic Law and CNAE’s involvement, via EFA, in shaping the EU’s new driving licence directive. Talks with the Interior Ministry on Germany’s accompanied-driving model are also ongoing. Looking ahead, CNAE identifies the exam-capacity shortage and the rise of autonomous vehicles as its main strategic challenges.