Drivers must be able to check and calculate, before departure, that the train’s braking power corresponds to the braking power required for the line, as specified in the vehicle documents.

identify the reference and applications documents (manual of procedures and manual of lines as defined in the ‘Operations’ TSI, driver’s manual, breakdown manual, etc.),

Drivers must be able to check and calculate, before departure, that the train's braking power, as specified in the vehicle documents, corresponds to the braking power required for the line .

identify the reference and applications documents (manual of procedures and manual of lines as defined in the "Operations" TSI, driver's manual, breakdown manual, etc.),

5.6.2. However, if the driver can see, taking into account the obstructions by the A-pillars, a straight line 300 mm in front of the vehicle at a height of 1 200 mm above the road surface and which is situated between a longitudinal vertical plane parallel to the longitudinal vertical median plane going through the outermost side of the vehicle at the driver's side and a longitudinal vertical plane parallel to the longitudinal vertical median plane 900 mm outside the outermost side of the vehicle opposite to the driver's side, a front mirror of class VI is not mandatory.

Driver skills fall into two categories: general skills relating to the job of driver, and specific skills relating to line knowledge, the rolling stock and the operating procedures of the railway undertaking for which the driver works.