The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of physical education lessons in the practical preparation of students for obtaining a driving license. In this respect, the exercises used in physical education lessons, systematized and appropriately dosed, help to educate ambition, courage, distributive attention, calmness, tolerance, perseverance, fast thinking, capacity for anticipation, etc. To achieve the purpose of this paper, two questionnaires were developed. The first questionnaire, with 5 questions, was addressed to a number of 50 driving instructors. For the quantification of the answers, they had to refer to a number of 10 students and answer numerically the answer variants of the question, so that the total sum of the answers to be 10. The second questionnaire, with 4 questions, was addressed to students participating in physical education lessons. For all questions, the answers given had to include all answer variants, percentagewise, so that the total sum of the answers to a question to be 100%. The questionnaire was distributed to 50 students who attended the driving school. After analysing the highest percentages obtained from the students’ answers, it was found that the low results in the practical test for obtaining the driving license are due to poor motor coordination, due to the fact that students are not able to think fast and to find solutions in situations that arise and finally they are not able to cope with the traffic congestion, especially when there are drivers who do not follow the traffic rules. The analysis of the answers given by the driving instructors to the questions led to the conclusion that students are very rushed and do not have patience to listen to the whole explanation given by the instructor, they have poor distributive attention and poor coordination of motor and intellectual activities. Keywords: practical abilities, skills, distributive attention, physical education, driving license, practical preparation
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