The Standing Committee on Transport and Communications is considering a private member's bill from the Progress Party and others to stop using the Esterman visual field test as grounds for revoking driving licences and to introduce more functional assessment methods instead. The committee recommends that the Storting reject the proposals. Members from the Progress Party and the Green Party argue that losing a driving licence is a serious intrusion into people's lives, while members from the Labour Party, Conservative Party, Centre Party, and Red Party contend that the professional process of revising assessment methods within the Health Directorate and the Norwegian Public Roads Administration should be allowed to continue.
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The Storting calls on the government to cease using the current visual field test (Esterman program) as the sole and decisive basis for revoking or denying driving licence applications.
The Storting calls on the government to introduce more functional and accurate assessment methods for driving ability, including simulator-based testing or practical driving tests through approved driving schools or with an examiner from the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, as an alternative to laboratory-only visual field testing.
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that people who previously lost their driving licence as a result of the current visual field test are given the right to a new individual assessment, including access to simulator or practical driving tests, without additional costs or bureaucratic obstacles.
The Storting calls on the government to implement the necessary changes to driving licence regulations within six months, so that visual field testing alone does not determine whether a person obtains or retains driving rights.