Report with about 270 proposals provides permission to drive at 16 years old, under restrictions, and should be read in the committee on Wednesday
The Chamber of Deputies is preparing to consider one of the most extensive revisions of the Brazilian Traffic Code (CTB) in recent decades. A report that brings together about 270 proposals – including the creation of a driving permit from the age of 16 – is expected to be read in the special committee this Wednesday (17), after having its reading postponed last week. Only after the presentation will the text be discussed and voted on by the collegiate.
The point of greatest repercussion is the so-called Driving Permit (PPD), aimed at young people aged 16 and 17. According to the draft of the rapporteur, deputy Aureo Ribeiro (Solidarity-RJ), the teenager could drive vehicles of categories A and B, but under restrictions: circulation only in urban perimeters, between 5 am and 11:59 pm and always accompanied by a qualified adult. For motorcycles and scooters up to 150 cm³, the companion would not be required. The definitive CNH would automatically leave at the age of 18, as long as the driver did not accumulate serious or very serious infractions in the period.
The report also changes the training of drivers: driving schools would be called Traffic Schools and could both teach classes and apply practical exams, as long as they are subject to audit and inspection systems. The text also provides for the coexistence of these centers with autonomous instructors and makes official the performance of the exam in automatic transmission cars, currently restricted to manual models.
The agenda goes far beyond qualification. Among the 270 proposals attached to Bill 8.085/2014 are rules for electronic inspection, mobile radars, speed limits, tolls in the free flow model and the circulation of electric bicycles and scooters. The report even addresses the regulation of self-driving cars in the country, in a sign of how the sector is pushing for a broad review of the legislation.
The movement comes in the wake of Brazil’s CNH program, which reduced the obligation for face-to-face classes and, according to Senatran, made license requests jump from 369 thousand in January 2025 to 1.7 million a year later. Road safety experts, however, are cautious about allowing it at 16 years old, noting that a change like this bumps up against even the criminal sphere and requires a level of oversight that the country does not yet have. If the committee approves the opinion, the text will go to the plenary and then to the Senate.
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