Month: May 2015

I was invited by Patrice Bessone, national president of the Conseil National des Professions de l’Automobile (CNPA) Education Routière – the National Council of Automobile Professions, Traffic Education Section to join him in a round table discussion at the CNPA National Congress held this year in Reims.

The May EFA Delegates meeting was held at the Hotel Zochova chata, Bratislava, Slovakia. And was hosted by Mgr. Jaroslav PREKOP – Chairman of the Slovak Chamber of Driving Schools who started the meeting by welcoming delegates to Slovakia.

The recent CIECA Congress held in Berlin was titled “Personal resources for safe driving” and included a number of well known speakers.

I was in Brussels yesterday, on behalf of the European Driving Schools Association (EFA) attending a very interesting Eco-driving  Workshop. The event was part of an initiative titled “Joining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challenge” organised by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) represents the 15 Europe-based car, van, truck and bus makers.

ACEA states that “there has been significant progress made in bringing down CO2 emissions from cars, vans, trucks and buses thanks to ongoing innovation efforts by