Overview
- Berlin proposes making theory learning app-based by removing mandatory in-person classes to lower the cost of a driver’s license.
- The plan would shrink the theoretical exam question catalogue by about one-third.
- Simulator use would expand to cover all manual-transmission training and parts of mandatory special drives such as autobahn and night driving.
- Driving schools report fewer enrollments as learners wait for possible savings and they warn simulators cannot replicate real traffic stress.
- Schools cite simulator purchases of roughly €40,000 each and note that the package is entering coordination with the Länder toward potential legal changes in H1 2026.