A relatively new approach to driver education is that it should extend over a longer period of time and be more systematically arranged (graduated) than the present system. This has been shown to have positive effects in several other countries. The Swedish road safety bill proposed a new aim and direction for the work on road safety, based on Vision Zero. Vision Zero is an approach to road safety endeavours founded on the premise that no one should have to be killed or seriously injured as a result of an accident within the road transport system. The standpoint of the Swedish National Road Administration (SNRA) is that driver education shall be seen as part of long-term traffic education that starts early and continues throughout life. The SNRA has also ascertained that a radical change is needed if driver education is going to contribute to enhancing road safety in a more substantial way that what is the case today. This means that there must be a change in both the structure and content of driver education. This will also affect those parties involved in driver education. The report outlines 3 stages of education that would take approximately one year to complete. (A) There is also a Swedish version of this report "Stegvis foerarutbildning: en vaeg till oekad trafiksaekerhet foer nya bilfoerare" Vaegverket. Publikation 2000:77.
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