Accompanying person

In this article you will find out who is eligible to be an accompanying person for your BF17, what tasks and requirements this accompanying person must fulfil and what questions you should ask yourself before getting into the car with your driving licence at 17.
 

The name says it all, because it is not for nothing that the word "accompany" is used in "Accompanied driving at 17". 

The most important prerequisite and distinguishing feature to the regular class B driving licence  is that there must always be an accompanying person in the car. It does not matter whether it is in the passenger seat or the rear seat. The presence in the car is important.

With your girlfriend to the outdoor pool or with your best friend to the kiosk around the corner. I wish. Unfortunately, not every person who has a category B driving licence counts as an accompanying person. When the law on driving licences was passed at the age of 17, the legislator already clearly defined the conditions and requirements that an accompanying person must fulfil for accompanying driving.

The prerequisites at a glance:

• At least 30 years old
• Category B driving licence
• At least 5 years of accident-free driving
• No more than 1 points in the driving aptitude register in Flensburg

Since beginners between the ages of 18 and 25 still belong to the most endangered and also the most dangerous group of drivers in our country, they were excluded from the outset as accompanying persons. Only a person who is at least 30 years old may be entered as a registered passenger on the test certificate of the driving licence at the age of 17.

The second essential criterion that an accompanying person must fulfil is driving practice. If an accompanying person has no driving experience of his own or if this was interrupted, e.g. by the withdrawal of a driving licence, this person is not considered suitable to assist a novice driver in accompanied driving at the age of 17. Accident-free driving for at least five years is required. Only then can you be registered as an accompanying person in the driving licence.

The points file in Flensburg is also an important factor in the selection of the accompanying person. Anyone who has more than one registered point at the time the examination certificate is issued shall be eliminated. Of course it is not desirable if the accompanying person collects points during the time as an accompanying person because of violations of the StVO, the road traffic regulations. Here, however, the role model function counts more. The minor driver does not have to worry that the test certificate will be withdrawn only because his accompanying person has collected points.

In addition to the clear requirements which an accompanying person must meet and which are prescribed by law, it is worth asking oneself as a novice driver with whom one would like to sit in the car for the next 12 months. Does one benefit more from the many years of experience or a certain calmness of the accompanying person?