The road to your licence.

Ten hours at a recognised provider, taken before applying for the learner permit. The certificate stays valid for six years.

At an optician or a doctor, on an official form. The result goes with your learner permit application.

A form endorsed by your commune, a photo, ID, the first-aid certificate and the eyesight test. The cantonal office checks the file and calls you to the theory exam.

Fifty questions in forty-five minutes, three options each, no partial credit: you need 135 points out of 150. If you fail, a waiting period applies before the next attempt.

Issued after the theory exam, valid twenty-four months. Outside driving school you need an accompanying person of at least twenty-three, licence-holder for three years and not on probation; the L plate must be visible.

Eight hours at a driving school, compulsory before sitting the practical test. It covers hazard perception, the place of other road users and the real cost of speed.

Possible from eighteen. Anyone who got the learner permit before turning twenty must have held it for at least twelve months — that is the point of lowering the age to seventeen: to lengthen the learning phase, not shorten it.

Three years. An offence leading to withdrawal extends it by a year; a second during the extension annuls the licence and forces you to start over after a waiting period.

One day of training taken during the probation period. Without it, the unrestricted licence is not issued when the three years are up.

After three years without annulment and once the follow-up training is done, the unlimited-duration licence is issued. Driving is governed by the same rules — only your margin for error changes.