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Starting in 2025, drivers will need to take a new exam to renew their driver's license. The change aims to increase safety and will have an impact on all categories of the National Driver's License.
A major change is about to impact Brazilian drivers: the mandatory new exam to renew their driver's license, as provided for in a bill in the final stages of approval. The proposal, which aims to increase traffic safety and modernize the process of issuing and renewing the National Driver's License (CNH), promises to demand more attention of the drivers.
What changes with the new exam to renew your driver's license?
If approved, the new law will require drivers to take additional tests to renew their National Driver's License. The highlight of Bill 4111/23 is the inclusion of a psychotechnical test as a mandatory step in all renewals of categories A (motorcycles) and B (passenger cars).
Currently, drivers in these categories only need to pass physical fitness and vision tests. With the new rule, the psychotechnical test – already required when the driver's license is initially issued – will be mandatory at each renewal. This measure aims to ensure that drivers are mentally fit to drive safely.
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Stricter changes for categories C, D and E
Drivers in categories C (cargo vehicles), D (passenger transport) and E (coupled vehicles, such as trailers) will also be impacted. Currently, these drivers undergo periodic eye exams and toxicology tests, which check for the presence of chemical substances that could compromise driving.
Although the text of the bill does not detail specific changes for these categories, experts point out that the psychometric test should become part of the process. This raises the safety criteria for professional drivers, who deal with more complex situations on the road.
Why is change necessary?
The increase in aggressive and violent behavior on the roads is one of the main reasons for including the new driver's license exam. Congressman Hugo Leal, the bill's rapporteur, highlighted that psychological assessments will help identify drivers with profiles that pose risks to public safety.
The proposal is an attempt to keep up with the demands of modern traffic, which requires increasingly prepared and aware drivers.
Impact on drivers
The new mandatory exam to renew a driver's license will require more time and planning from drivers to renew the document. Experts suggest that drivers in the affected categories start preparing for the costs and new deadlines involved in the process of revalidating their National Driver's License.
If approved, the measure will come into force in 2025, marking a new era in the way Brazil ensures road safety and promotes more responsible driving. Stay tuned!
Shame on these deputies who have nothing useful to project anymore. Half-heartedly taking money out of the taxpayer's pocket. There will be a shortage of drivers in Brazil. Driving licenses are getting more and more expensive and on top of that they are full of nonsense that doesn't justify anything. All violent citizens in traffic pass the psychological test first. I know several who have even killed. They passed everything first.
The greatest safety on the highways are the highways themselves, with poor maintenance, bad signage, high fuel prices and freight rates that don't increase because no one monitors this... the only monitoring they do is fine the driver, leaving him with more debt in the future... they can put all kinds of tests on him, but it should be free because we already pay tolls, pay IPVA, ANTT, tachograph and taxes on everything we transport. If the truck owner had 20% of what he passes on to the government, we would be happy, but the little that is left is to pay fines, new tires that break, maintenance on the truck due to the poor maintenance of the highways...