The new Road Safety Education Program of the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) has been up and running since January 2010. Among the guiding principles of this new mandatory driving course, let us mention ecodriving, which serves to help new drivers make more ecological choices when using their car as well as help them adopt energy-saving driving techniques.

More than 100,000 new drivers follow this training course every year in the different driving schools across Québec.

It is within this scope that the Ministry developed an ecodriving training course for new drivers now featured in module 12 of the program. All driver training schools across Québec that are recognized by the Association québécoise du transport et des routes (AQTR) have access to this training material.

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Course description

Name of course: Ecodriving for a new generation of drivers

Cost: included in the price of the driving course.

Training instructor: instructors of driver training schools recognized by the Association québécoise du transport et des routes (AQTR).

Target clienteles: new drivers

Course objectives: introduce the basics of ecodriving as new drivers develop their own driving habits.

At the end of the course participants will be able to:

	Understand the general principles of ecodriving
	Recognize the advantages of ecodriving in general and of certain driving techniques in particular
	Apply the most accessible ecodriving principles

Course plan:

	2-hour period scheduled as part of the Road Safety Education program
	Alternates theory with demonstrations videos shot from a driving simulator