It is actually the Danish Road Safety Agency that decides what you need to learn in the driving school. The Danish Road Safety Agency has created a syllabus that describes exactly what you need to know in order to take and pass the driving test. Both you and your driving instructor are responsible for ensuring that the lessons are organized according to the syllabus. You can find the syllabus in the theory room.

The six main goals of the curriculum are to give you.

• Insight and understanding of the dangers and difficulties you encounter as a driver in traffic, but also knowledge of traffic rules and other legal regulations that are important in this context.
• Such knowledge of the car and its operation that you can identify defects that affect safety.
• Understanding some of the human factors related to driving skills. This understanding should strengthen your abilities, counteract your limitations and otherwise help you anticipate others' difficulties in traffic.
• Ability to critically assess traffic and to drive without endangering yourself or others.
• Attitudes towards becoming a considerate and responsible road user.
• Finally, to teach you something about the plight of vulnerable road users.

This book is based on the Danish Road Safety Agency's syllabus, so you'll need to learn most of what's on the following pages. A small part of it is knowledge, but most of it you need to learn so well that you can use it in traffic and directly in both the theoretical and practical driving tests.

You can read more about driver training and the driving test in section 10.