The government has put forward changes to regulations for obtaining a driver’s licence in Poland.

After passing the test, young drivers will now only get a provisional licence for two years, and will have to place a “green leaf” sticker on the front windshield of their cars to notify others that they are rookies. More experienced drivers will have to re-new their documents every 15 years.

Truck drivers must new their documents every five years, as well as be tested by doctors and psychologists for their mental stability and capability of driving.
 
The new regulations are to affect those who have just taken their driver’s exams or are about to take them. They will be given their driver’s license temporarily, and if the police catches them speeding, causing an accident or committing other misdemeanours then they will have to re-take their test.
 
If the driver gets 24 penalty points on their licence, they will not lose it but be forced to take a “re-education course” to remember and re-learn all the rules of driving. However, in the following five years if they gain another 24 penalty points their driver’s license will be taken away from them.
 
Amongst the changes, current drivers are also required to get their driver’s licence renewed, so they match the ones throughout the European Union since 2006. Although the drivers are expected to pay 70,50 zloty for the renewed licence, they have until 2033 to do so.
 
It is up to the Sejm, the Polish parliament, to accept these changes put forward by the government, and the new law could start being put into effect at the end of this year. (mk/pg)