Conversely, if placed in the overall new regulations on driving training and testing, this is a necessary adjustment step to bring the driving test and license issuance closer to the reality of traffic, where each driver must understand the law better, know how to handle situations better and be more conscious.
For many years, the simulation test was expected to help learners identify risks on the road. But the reality of implementation shows that there are still many inadequacies. Many learners reflect that handling situations on the computer is sometimes different from the developments in real life. There are situations where, in reality, drivers can proactively reduce speed, brake early or avoid from afar to ensure safety, but when taking the test, they must press the correct "standard time" according to the answer. This makes some learners switch from thinking about understanding situations to practicing reflexes according to tricks, or rigidly, mechanically when applied to reality.
If you only learn to cope with the exam, it is very difficult for the driver to have enough bravery to handle when a real situation occurs.
Removing the simulation exam does not mean lowering the test standards. Instead, the number of questions increases, and there are more real-life situations. In particular, the exam questions are built in the direction that learners cannot "learn tricks, take trick tests".
For a long time, a part of people learning to drive only cared about how to pass the exam as quickly as possible. Tips for answering questions, tips for remembering traffic signs, and tips for choosing answers have sometimes turned learning traffic laws into memorizing to cope.
The encouraging thing is that the upcoming changes put a higher focus on training quality. Driving training institutions will have to help students understand the nature of the law, practice observation skills, predict risks, handle situations and form a safe driving culture. Learners also have to change their thinking: learning and taking driving tests is not just to "have a driver's license", but importantly to equip themselves with sufficient capacity to participate in traffic in a civilized and responsible manner.
Removing the simulation test, increasing theoretical requirements, opposing "teaching tricks, testing tricks" and bringing practical tests close to the real road is the right direction. A driver's license is only meaningful when the issued person understands the law, respects the law and knows how to behave safely in complex situations on the road. This is both a technical requirement and a requirement of social responsibility for each driver in the current increasingly complex traffic context.
