Part 1: Traffic probation study: With the third regulation on exemptions from the regulations of the driving licence regulation, the basis for the pilot project and thus the acquisition of the driving licence class (FE class) AM at the age of 15 was created with effect from 1 May 2013 for the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The aim of the evaluation was, on the one hand, to examine whether the pilot project would have an impact on the observable traffic probation. On the other hand, the question was examined as to whether lowering the minimum age has an impact on the attractiveness of the FE classes that can be acquired in the further course of life. Gender-specific preferences in the acquisition of FE classes, which are also known from official statistics, can be shown. Young men are more likely to purchase two-wheeler classes, including the FE class AM. This is true both in the pilot project states and in the comparison states (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and Bavaria). Settlement structural differences in the acquisition of driving licences (FE acquisition) also become clear. Here, too, it can be shown for the pilot project states and the comparison states that significantly more people acquire the FE class AM in rural areas. Part 2: Survey study: By lowering the minimum age for obtaining the AM driving license to 15 years, the legislator is pursuing the goal of improving the mobility of young people, particularly in rural areas. In the survey study on the evaluation of the AM15 pilot project in the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, which have been involved in AM15 since the beginning of the measure, 15-year-old holders of an AM-driving license from the trial countries will be interviewed. Also 15- and 16-yearold holders of a light moped (Mofa) license or an AM or A1 license from the non-model test countries of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Lower Saxony will be interviewed. The survey questions focus on aspects of the holders’ road safety (falls, crashes, risk awareness), their mobility behaviour and their intention to acquire further driving licenses. (Author/publisher)
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