Deputy Inspector General of Karachi Licence Department Aftab Pathan on Monday constituted a committee to check shoddy motor driving schools as per the criterion required in Traffic Rule 23.
DIG said Traffic Rule 23 suggests that motor training schools have proper workshops for providing basic training about engines to learning drivers, besides giving them training on how to check tyre pressure and water level in the radiator. He said it is also mandatory for them to have dual operating systems in their driving training vehicles to avoid any untoward incident during the training.
Aftab regretted that as per previous survey of his department 85 per cent of driving schools are not registered with the Karachi Licence Department and being operated without having a valid licence issued from the department.
He said he has now formed a committee to conduct a new survey on shoddy driving schools so that stern action could be initiated against them.
DIG said 90 per cent of these driving schools have no proper workshops and they are working in small shops and also serving as estate agencies, etc, which is against the law. He said these driving schools are not providing better training. He warned the owners of such driving schools to bring reforms in their schools; otherwise, stern action would be taken against them.
He said they had designed a pro forma, which will be used by the officials during the survey, and then it would be decided whether a school should be issued a license, and when stern action should be taken.
