"New driving license rules rolled out by the European Commission have apparently already entered 'into force', but closer inspection reveals that they will take years to make it onto the roads. The European Commission (EC) this week proudly announced that a raft of new driving rules had officially come 'into force' across Europe. The changes, the EC says, "aim to reduce the number of crashes on EU roads and undue administrative burden on citizens and authorities.""
"One of the headline changes is a new directive introducing a fully digital driving licence on mobile phones to be issued into the EU Digital Identity Wallet, as well as imposing EU-wide bans on drivers who lose their licence in one country. The aim is to streamline administrative processes and ease cross-border driving, but as The Local has covered previously, drivers will still be able to ask for physical licenses."
New EU driving rules aim to reduce crashes and administrative burdens, citing 19,940 road deaths last year. A directive introduces a fully digital driving licence for mobile phones to be issued into the EU Digital Identity Wallet, while preserving the option to request a physical licence. Mutual recognition of driving disqualifications will enforce consistent consequences for serious offences across Member States and enable bloc-wide bans for drivers who lose licences in one country. Compulsory medical examinations will be introduced to enable more systematic checks of fitness to drive, with particular attention to older drivers. Most measures will not become applicable on roads for up to four years.
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