AUG 14 -
The government is planning to enforce a new provision for the issuance of driving licence, under which the candidates wanting to obtain permission for driving commercial vehicles will have to go through a comparatively tougher trial and exam process. 

The Department of Transport Management is working to this effect, keeping in mind the increased rate of accidents caused by errors of commercial vehicles’ drivers in recent months.

It would devise a new syllabus, fix the hours for driving classes, strongly monitor driving schools and also check the educational background of candidates applying for a licence. “We are coming up with this new plan to minimise road accidents that mostly occur due to the error of commercial vehicle drivers,” said Anil Gurung, director of the department.

“The department will also strictly start monitoring driving schools that issue certificates without imparting proper training to potential drivers.”

The process of obtaining licence for driving personal vehicles will, however, remain unchanged.

“Our experience has showed that over 50 percent of commercial drivers do not have appropriate educational background to help them understand traffic rules,” said Gurung.

However, he did not elaborate on the required minimum educational qualification to obtain a licence for driving commercial vehicles such as bus, mini bus, truck, mini-truck, and microbus.

The department has already requested the Ministry of Finance to earmark a budget to implement this provision from the correct fiscal year. “We have requested a total of Rs. 37.5 million for the current fiscal year and the cost of carrying out this progamme is also included in it,” Gurung said.

Posted on: 2010-08-15 07:59

Post Your Comment

Please note that all the fields marked * are mandatory.

* Full Name

* Address

* Email Address

* Comment
[Some of the HTML tags you can use : <b>, <i>, <a>]

* Captcha

Get another CAPTCHA code