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Driving Schools Hold Nationwide Protests Over Plan to Make Classes Optional for Brazil’s CNH

Officials tout up to 80% lower costs as the consultation runs to Nov. 2 before Contran considers changes.

Proprietários de autoescolas organizam manifestação contra a CNH sem Autoescola.
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Overview

  • Autoescolas and instructors rallied in multiple capitals on Oct. 23, with CET reporting about 200 vehicles on São Paulo’s Ponte Estaiada before a convoy to the state assembly.
  • Demonstrations were also recorded in Fortaleza, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Manaus, Recife and Curitiba, according to local reports.
  • The Transport Ministry’s draft under public consultation would allow online state theory courses and credentialed autonomous instructors, remove the 20-hour practical minimum and keep theory and road tests mandatory.
  • The sector’s federation Feneauto, led by Ygor Valença, is organizing signature drives, pressing legislators and preparing court action to halt the process.
  • Opposition lawmakers filed a decree to suspend the consultation, and ministry sources signaled possible adjustments such as keeping some mandatory practical classes, while Feneauto warns of 170,000 job losses and 15,000 closures.